Dunbar Sloane: Rare Book Auction - online 4/23, 1790, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 09, 2024 - May 09, 2024

Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51		(-) The New Zealanders And Their Lands	London	1844	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 101.15
52	Makeriti	The Old Time Maori		1938	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 226.10
53	Grey Sir George	Ko Nga Waiata Maori	Cape Twon	1857	NZD 160.00 - 280.00	NZD 404.60
54	Salmond Anne	Two Worlds First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772	first edition	1991	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
55	Cowan James	Pictures of Old New Zealand	Auckland	1930	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 95.20
56	Grace Jon Te H	Tuwharetoa The History of the Maori People of the Taupo District	Wellington	1959	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 404.60
57	Bagnall A G	New Zealand National Bibliography (5 Volumes)			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 35.70
58	Colenso William	Willies First English Book Parts I & II	Wellington	1872	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 59.50
59		6 Maori Related Biographies Etc			NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 95.20
60	Stack James W	Koro	Christchurch	1909	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 23.80
61		Two Elsdon Best Books: Fishing Methods And Devices Of The Maori, together with The Maori Canoe		1986, 1976	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 202.30
62		Three Elsdon Best Books			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 154.70
63	Simmons D R	The Great New Zealand Myth. A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori.	Wellington	1976	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 29.75
64		A Group Of Early Maori Booklets			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 571.20
65		4 Books On NZ Jade			NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 89.25
66	Pomare, Hon. Sir James & Cowan, James,	Legends Of The Maori (2 Volumes)			NZD 160.00 - 300.00	NZD 404.60
67	Witi Ihimaera	3 Volumes By Witi Ihimaera			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 17.85
68	Andersen Johannes C	The Maori Tohunga And His Spirit World	New Plymouth	1948	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 190.40
69	Phillipps William J	Maori Houses and Food Stores		1952	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 29.75
70	Cowan James	The Adventures Of Kimble Bent	Christchurch	reprint 1975	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 29.75
71	Mitchel J H (Tiaki Hikawera Mitira)	Takitimu A History of the Ngati Kahungunu People		1972	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 101.15
72	Macdonald Christina	Medicines Of The Maori	Auckland	1974	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 71.40
73		Collection Of 10 Various Maori Booklets			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
74	Phillipps W J	The Book of The Hui		1963	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 113.05
75		4 Volumes From Reed's "Raupo" Series of New Zealand Gift Booklets			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 47.60

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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