Dunbar Sloane: Rare Book, 1857, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 08, 2025 - May 08, 2025
Page Size: 350 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Rusden George William

Tragedies In New Zealand In 1868 And 1881

London 1881 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 NZD 178.50
2 Power W Tyrone

Sketches In New Zealand With Pen And Pencil

London 1849 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 285.60
3 Shortland Edward

The Southern Districts of New Zealand

London 1851 NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 249.90
4 Busby James

Our Colonial Empire And The Case Of New Zealand

London ND (1866) NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 773.50
5

(-) New Zealand A Vindication Of The Character Of The Missionaries And Native Christians

London 1861 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 101.15
6 Brodie Walter

Remarks on The Past And Present State of New Zealand

London 1845 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 202.30
7 Yate Rev William

An Account Of New Zealand

London 1835 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 113.05
8 Hursthouse Charles

New Zealand The Emigration Field Of 1851

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 190.40
9 Carey Lieutenant-Colonel

Narrative of The Late War in New Zealand

London 1863 NZD 140.00 - 280.00 NZD 321.30
10 Busby James

Authentic Information Relating To New South Wales and New Zealand

London 1832 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 NZD 476.00
11 Bright John

Hand-Book For Emigrants And Others Being A History Of New Zealand

London 1841 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 202.30
12 Marshall William Barrett

A Personal Narrative of Two Visits To New Zealand

London 1836 NZD 500.00 - 800.00 NZD 190.40
13 Polack J S

New Zealand (2 Volumes)

London 1838 NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 249.90
14 Colenso William

Essay On The Botany of the North Island Of New Zealand

Dunedin 1865 NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 NZD 202.30
15 Shortland Edward

The Southern Districts of New Zealand

London 1851 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 190.40
16 Lang John Dunmore

View of the Origin And Migrations of the Polynesian Nation

London 1834 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 101.15
17 A Pakeha Maori

Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Days

Auckland 1863 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 142.80
18 Gordon Mona

Vintage People & Things In Old New Zealand

Christchurch 1948 NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 95.20
19 Von Hochstetter Dr Ferdinand

New Zealand

Stuttgart 1867 NZD 350.00 - 550.00 NZD 297.50
20 McKillop, Lieut H. F.,

Reminiscences of Twelve Months Service in New Zealand (T Lindsay Buicks typed copy)

1849 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 249.90
21 Carter Charles Rooking

Life and Recollections of a New Zealand Colonist

London 1866 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 273.70
22 Thomson Arthur S

The Story of New Zealand (2 Volumes)

London 1859 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 166.60
23

(-) Reports of the Directors of the New Zealand Company, 1840-1849 (6 Volumes)

1840-1849 NZD 600.00 - 1,000.00 NZD 499.80
24

(-) Plain Facts Relative To The Late War In The Northern District Of New Zealand

Auckland 1847 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 202.30
25 Power W Tyrone

Sketches In New Zealand

London 1849 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 214.20
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