Dunbar Sloane: Rare Book, 1942, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date
August 26, 2026 - August 26, 2026
Page Size: 430 items in 18 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Smith S Percy

The Lore of the Whare-wananga

New Plymouth 1913; 1915 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
52 Andersen Johannes C; Williams Herbert W

Maori String Figures; A Dictionary Of The Maori Language

1927; 1957 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
53 Kerry-Nicholls J H

The King Country

London 1884 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
54 Henderson G M

The Antecedents and Early Life of Valentine Savage known as Taina

Wellington 1948 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
55 Binney Judith

Redemption Songs A life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki

1995 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
56 Duff Roger; Travers W T L; Stack J W; Barrow Terence

3 Books, including: The Moa-Hunter Period Of Maori Culture

Christchurch 1956; ND (1906); 1961 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
57 King Michael; Best Elsdon

3 Books, including: Maori A Photographic and Social History

Wellington 1983; 1925; 1998 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
58 Martin Josiah (1843-1916)

Portrait Of Mohi Te Puatau of Ngati Paoa with Patu

N/A NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
59

4 Vintage Maori Postcards

N/A NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
60 Colenso William; Puckey William

Ko Nga Upoko Eono O Te Pukapuka A Te Poropiti A Raniera

Paihia 1840 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
61 Lyall A C

Whakatohea of Opotiki

Wellington 1979 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
62 Andersen Johannes C; Buck Peter

2 Books, including: Maori Life in Ao-Tea

Christchurch ND (1907); 1950 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
63 Grey George

Nga Mahi A Nga Tupuna

New Plymouth 1928 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
64 Stewart W Downie; Smith S Percy

2 Books, including: Mr Justice Richmond And The Taranaki War Of 1860

1947; 1984 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
65 Best Elsdon; Phillipps W J

2 Books, including: Fishing Methods And Devices Of The Maori

1929; 1952 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
66 Cowan James; McLean John; Ihimaera Witi; Anderson Atholl; Binney Judith; Harris Aroha

4 Books, including: Tales of the Maori Bush

1995; 2020; 1974; 2015 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
67 Anderson Atholl; Binney Judith; Harris Aroha; Maclean Chris; Maclean Joan

3 Books, including: Tangata Whenua

N/A NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
68 Mitira Tiaki Hikawera

Takitimu

Wellington 1944 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
69 Andersen Johannes C; Rowe W Page

2 Books, including: Maori String Figures

1927; 1928 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
70 Cowan James

The New Zealand Wars

1983 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
71 Barrow T; Schoon Theo; Mataira Katarina

4 Books, including: The Decorative Arts Of The New Zealand

1975; 1973; 1975 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
72 Davidson Janet; Maguire Marian; Paama-Pengelly Julie; Browne Harriet Louisa Gore; Martin W; Gupta S M; Laughton J G

8 Books, including: The Prehistory Of New Zealand

1984; 2011; 2010; 1965; 1967; 1995; 1961; 1859 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
73 Pomare Maui; Cowan James; Reed A W; Buck Peter

4 Books, including: Kupapa

2015; 1987; 1963; 1964 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
74 Millard Victor R

Portraits Of Tattooed Maori Chiefs of New Zealand

1942 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
75 Greenwood William; Dinwiddie W; McGregor John; Du Rietz Rolf; Wilcox Dora; Batley R A L; Andersen Johannes C; Samwell David

A Small Group Of Historical Booklets & Pamphlets

Auckland; Uppsala; Stockholm; Sydney 1942; 1921; 1903; 1962; 1934; 1958; 1840; 1917 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.