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Auction Name	Rare Book	Total Sales (NZD)	119,946.05
Auction Date	May 08, 2025 - May 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	113,790.00
Sale Number	#1857	High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	201,170.00
Total Lots	350
Sold Lots	307.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	173,680.00
% of Lots Sold	87.71%	High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	308,800.00
Unsold Lots	43	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	38.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
272		The Booke of Common prayer 1580	1580	NZD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	NZD 10,710.00
225	Owen Richard	Memoirs of the Extinct Wingless Birds Of New Zealand (2 Volumes)	1879	NZD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00	NZD 9,520.00
223	Buller Walter Lawry	A History Of The Birds Of New Zealand	1873	NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	NZD 8,925.00
320	Travers W T L (Editor)	New Zealand Graphic And Descriptive	1877	NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	NZD 4,760.00
224	Buller Sir Walter Lawry	A History Of The Birds Of New Zealand (2 Volumes)	1888	NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	NZD 3,570.00
342	Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718)	Nuova Zelanda	1696	NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 2,856.00
249	Venerable Bede	The History Of The Church Of England	1565	NZD 1,400.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 2,618.00
243	Parr Samuel	A Letter from Irenoplis to The Inhabitants of Eleutheropolis	1792	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 2,023.00
67	Woon James Garland	Wanganui Old Settlers	1902	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 1,785.00
161	Cook Captain & King Captain James	A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean (5 Volumes)	1784	NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	NZD 1,785.00
111	Robley Major-General	Moko; Or Maori Tattooing	1896	NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 1,666.00
180	Hawkesworth John	An Account Of The Voyages (3 Volumes)	1773	NZD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00	NZD 1,666.00
56		21 Volumes Of The Hawkes Bay Almanack & Directory Circa 1867-1907	Circa 1867-1907	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 1,547.00
226		Buller	1905	NZD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00	NZD 1,547.00
193		(-) Aurora Australis	1988	NZD 500.00 - 800.00	NZD 1,309.00
291	Orwell George	Nineteen Eighty-Four	1949	NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 1,130.50
117	White John	The Ancient History Of The Maori his Mythology And Traditions (7 Vols)		NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 1,071.00
247	Ovid	P Ovidi Nasonis Operum Tom 1	1683	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 1,011.50
251	Calvin John	The Institution of Christian Religion	1578	NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	NZD 1,011.50
152	Omia	An Historic Epistle from Omiah to the Queen of Otaheite	1775	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 952.00
263		(-) The Book of Common Prayer	1774	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 952.00
245	Ovid	Pub Ovidii Nasonis Operum Tom 2	1683	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	NZD 892.50
27	Grayling W I of the Taranaki Volunteer Rifles	The War In Taranaki	1862	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 833.00
33	Bidwill John Carne	Rambles in New Zealand	1841	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 833.00
120	Robley Major-General	Mok; Or Maori Tattooing	1896	NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 833.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.