Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington

Auction Details

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

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Yate Rev William	An Account of New Zealand 1835 Seeley And Burnside, London, first edition, 1835	London	1835	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 119.00
2	A Pakeha Maori	Old New Zealand A Tale Of The Good Old Times Robert J Creighton & Alfred Scales, Auckland, first edition, 1863	Auckland	1863	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 113.05
3	Paul Robert Bateman	Letters From Canterbury New Zealand, Rivingtons, London, first edition, 1857	London	1857	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 95.20
4	Lady Barker	Station Life in New Zealand Macmillan & Co, London, New Edition, 1871	London	1871	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 130.90
5	Power W Tyrone	Sketches in New Zealand With Pen And Pencil Longman, Brown, Green, And Longman's, London, first edition, 1849	London	1849	NZD 120.00 - 240.00	NZD 119.00
6	Powles Colonel C Guy	The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919 Whitcombe And Tombs Limited, Auckland, 1928	Auckland	1928	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 142.80
7	Johannes C Andersen; A. W. Reed; H. Fildes	3 Various NZ Volumes New Zealand Tales by Johannes C Andersen, Ferguson & Osborn Ltd, Wellington, first edition, 1927	Wellington	1927; 1958; 1936	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 261.80
8	Kerry-Nicholls J H	The King Country or, Explorations In New Zealand. A Narrative Of 600 Miles Of Travel Through Maoriland, With Numerous Illustrations And A Map.	London	1884	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 273.70
9	An Old Colonist (William Pratt)	Colonial Experiences or, Incidents And Reminiscences of Thirty Four Years In New Zealand, signed by the author on the TP and 2 others on the FEP		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 166.60
10	Hodder Edwin	Memories of New Zealand Life Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London, first edition, 1862	London	1862	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 142.80
11	Rees William Lee & Lily	Life & Times Of The Right Honourable Sir George Grey H Brett, Auckland, first edition, 1892	Auckland	1892	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 130.90
12	McNab Robert	Historical Records of New Zealand John Mackay Government Printer, Wellington, 1908	Wellington	1908	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 71.40
13		A Short Account of the Character And Labours of Samuel Marsden Formerly Principal Chaplain Of The Church Of England, In New South Wales	Parratta	1844	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 71.40
14	Craik George L	The New Zealanders Charles Knight, Pall Mall, London 1830, from The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge	London	1830	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 77.35
15	Rusden G W	History of New Zealand (3 Volumes) Chapman And Hall, Limited, London, 1883, first edition	London	1883	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 309.40
16	W. P. Reeves; J. R. Elder	State Experiments in Australia by W. P. Reeves (2 Vols) together with Marsdens Lieutenants by J. R. Elder, No 116 of 1000		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
17	Saunders Alfred	History of New Zealand (2 Volumes) Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, ND (1896) Vol II, 1899		ND (1896); 1899	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 166.60
18	Thomson, Arthur S.	The Story of New Zealand (2 Volumes) 1859 Past And Present-Savage And Civilized, John Murray, London, first edition, 1859	London	1859	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 154.70
19	Dieffenbach Ernest	Travels in New Zealand (2 Volumes) With Contributions To The Geography, Geology, Botany, And Natural History Of That Country. John Murray, London, first edition, 1843	London	1843	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 59.50
20	Paterson A M	The Colonial Horse Doctor Published by James Hunter, Otago Daily Times Branch Office, Dunedin, first edition, 1906	Dunedin	1906	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 71.40
21	McKay R A	A History Of Printing In New Zealand 1830-1940		1940	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 101.15
22	Newman Stanley	The Centennial History Canterbury Officers Club 1885-1985		1985	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
23	Andrew Nash; Robert Speechly	British Empire Gazette Saturday July 2 1864		1864	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30
24	Wakefield Edward	New Zealand Illustrated The Story Of New Zealand and Descriptions Of Its Cities And Towns		1967	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 357.00
25		9 x 1950 British Empire Games Auckland Programmes		1950	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000