Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Judd Laura Fish	Honolulu Sketches Of The Life Social, Political And Religious, In The Hawaiian Islands From 1828 To 1861		1928	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
177	Johnson Captain Peter	Memoirs	San Francisco	1938	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
178	Cook Captain James (Magra James)	A Journal of a Voyage round the World In His Majesty's Ship Endeavour	London	1771	NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
179	Bankes, Rev. Thomas	A New And Authentic System Of Universal Geography (Complete in One Volume)	London	c. 1790	NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
180	Jarves James Jackson	History of the Hawaiian Or Sandwich Islands	London	1843	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	Unknown
181	Murray Rev Thos Boyles	Pitcairn: The Island The People And The Pastor, Sixth Edition	London	1856	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
182	De Lamartine Alphonse	Travels In The East (2 Volumes)	Edinburgh	1862	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
183	Booth Edwin Carton	Australia Illustrated (1874-1876) From Drawings By Skinner, Prout, N Chevalier, O. Brierley	London	ND	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Unknown
184		14 Vintage Baedeker European Travel Guides including, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Paris the Rhine, Great Britain, Holland, Southern France etc		N/A	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
185	De Lolme J L	The Constitution Of England or An Account of The English Government, A New Edition	London	1817	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
186	Dibdin	The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin (4 Vols) Written By Himself	London	1803	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
187	Clarke Samuel	A Discourse Concerning The Being And Attributes Of God The Obligations of Natural Religion, and the Truth and Certainty of The Christian Revelation	London	1767	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
188	Adam Alexander	Roman Antiquities or An Account of The Manners And Customs of The Romans	London	1830	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
189	Galt John	The Provost	Edinburgh	1822	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
190	Planche J R	British Costume A Complete History of the Dress Of The Inhabitants of the British Islands	London	ND (1855)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
191	Blackmore Sir Richard	Creation: A Philosophical Poem In Seven Books, To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author, Johnson's Edition	Philadelphia	1806	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
192		Mid 19th Century Vellum Bound Notebook	London	N/A	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
193	Ventouillac L T	Aventures de Telemaque par Fenelon Nouvelle Edition	London	1825	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
194	Thomson Richard	Illustrations of the History Of Great Britain (2 Volumes)	Edinburgh	1828	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
195	Murray Lindley	AnEnglish Grammar (2 Volumes)	York	1808	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
196	Lord Byron	The Works Of Lord Byron (4 Volumes)	London	1823	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
197	Rollin M	Histoire Ancienne Des Egyptiens Des Carthaginois, Des Assyriens, Des Babyloniens, Des Medes Et Des Perses, Des Macedoniens, Des Grecs. Tome Premier	Paris	1730	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
198	Marchant John	Puerilia: or Amusement for the Young Consisting of A Collection of Songs	London	1751	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
199	Creech Thomas	The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals	London	1721	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
200	Suckling Sir John	The Works Of Sir John Suckling Containing his Poems, Letters, and Plays	London	1719	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.