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
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	NZD 29.75
177	Johnson Captain Peter	Memoirs	San Francisco	1938	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 23.80
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	NZD 7,140.00
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	NZD 452.20
180	Jarves James Jackson	History of the Hawaiian Or Sandwich Islands	London	1843	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	NZD 89.25
181	Murray Rev Thos Boyles	Pitcairn: The Island The People And The Pastor, Sixth Edition	London	1856	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 23.80
182	De Lamartine Alphonse	Travels In The East (2 Volumes)	Edinburgh	1862	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 35.70
183	Booth Edwin Carton	Australia Illustrated (1874-1876) From Drawings By Skinner, Prout, N Chevalier, O. Brierley	London	ND	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 142.80
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	NZD 452.20
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	NZD 47.60
186	Dibdin	The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin (4 Vols) Written By Himself	London	1803	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 59.50
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	NZD 59.50
188	Adam Alexander	Roman Antiquities or An Account of The Manners And Customs of The Romans	London	1830	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
189	Galt John	The Provost	Edinburgh	1822	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 23.80
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	NZD 53.55
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	Not Sold
192		Mid 19th Century Vellum Bound Notebook	London	N/A	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 41.65
193	Ventouillac L T	Aventures de Telemaque par Fenelon Nouvelle Edition	London	1825	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
194	Thomson Richard	Illustrations of the History Of Great Britain (2 Volumes)	Edinburgh	1828	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 35.70
195	Murray Lindley	AnEnglish Grammar (2 Volumes)	York	1808	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 23.80
196	Lord Byron	The Works Of Lord Byron (4 Volumes)	London	1823	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 23.80
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	NZD 35.70
198	Marchant John	Puerilia: or Amusement for the Young Consisting of A Collection of Songs	London	1751	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 714.00
199	Creech Thomas	The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse upon Pastorals	London	1721	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
200	Suckling Sir John	The Works Of Sir John Suckling Containing his Poems, Letters, and Plays	London	1719	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 41.65

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