Dunbar Sloane: John Anscombe Library (Part 1), 1838, Wellington

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Auction Date: December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Berentson Quinn	Moa The Life And Death Of New Zealand's Legendary Bird.		2012	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 113.05
52		6 Various NZ Volumes. A History Of New Zealand by A. W. Shrimpton and Alan E Mulgan			AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 59.50
53		5 Volumes On NZ Transportation. High Noon For Coaches by J. Halket Millar		1953	AUD 70.00 - 140.00	AUD 23.80
54		4 NZ/Maori Capper Press Reprint Volumes. Tales of the Maori Coast by James Cowan,		1976	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 71.40
55		4 Volumes. Gold & The Goldfields Etc,. Goldfield Balladeer, The Life And Times of the Celebrated Charles R Thatcher, the "Inimitable" songster of the New Zealand Goldfields by Robert Hoskins,		1977	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 29.75
56		3 NZ Historical Capper Press Reprints. Traditions & Superstitions of the New Zealanders by Edward Shortland, edition of 1000,		1980	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 29.75
57		3 Otago Related Capper Press Reprint Volumes. Tuapeka The Land And Its People, A Social History of the Borough of Lawrence and its Surrounding Districts by W. R. Mayhew,		1977	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 53.55
58		3 Capper Press Historical Settlement Reprint Volumes.			AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 95.20
59	Cowan, James,	The New Zealand Wars and the pioneering period (2 Volumes). Cowan James - The New Zealand War and the pioneering period (2 Volumes).		reprint 1983	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 65.45
60		3 NZ Historical Related Volumes. Information Relative To New Zealand by J. Ward,		1975	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 101.15
61		4 NZ Historical Volumes. New Zealand by Hon. W Pember-Reeves, second edition,		1927	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 17.85
62		3 Volumes On Samuel Marsden. Marsden's Lieutenants edited by John Rawson Elder, signed limited edition No 211/1000,		1934	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 101.15
63	McKay R A	A History of Printing In New Zealand 1830-1940. Limited edition number 213/600,		1940	AUD 80.00 - 140.00	AUD 404.60
64		4 NZ Historical Volumes. Early New Zealand Engineers by F. W. Furkert,		1953	AUD 80.00 - 140.00	AUD 59.50
65		6 NZ & Other Maritime Related Volumes. Oceana or England And Her Colonies by James Anthony Froude, New Edition,		1886	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 89.25
66		8 Volumes On Pre-Historic New Zealand Etc. The Moas of New Zealand by W. R. B. Oliver,		1949	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 190.40
67		(-) Fac-similes of the Declaration Of Independence and the Treaty Of Waitangi.	Wellington	1892	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 333.20
68		(-) Papers Relative To Military Operations Against The Rebel Natives 1869. Presented By Both Houses Of The General Assembly, By Command Of His Excellency,	Wellington	1869	AUD 400.00 - 800.00	AUD 654.50
69		(-) Papers Relative To Military Operations Against The Rebel Natives. Presented By Both Houses Of The General Assembly. By Command Of His Excellency,	Wellington	1870	AUD 400.00 - 800.00	AUD 309.40
70		(-) Report From The Select Committee on New Zealand. Together With The Minutes Of Evidence Taken Before Them and An Appendix And Index.		1840	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 523.60
71		4 Volumes On Early New Zealand. The Old Frontier, Te Awamutu The Story Of The Waipa Valley, by James Cowan, first edition,		1922	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 47.60
72		4 Volumes On Early NZ. Where The White Man Treads by W. B., Otorohanga, second edition,		1928	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 41.65
73		6 Various NZ Historical Books. Early Maoriland Adventures told by J. W. Stack,		1937	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 41.65
74		6 NZ Historical Volumes. Mahoe Leaves: Being A Selection Of Sketches of New Zealand And Its Inhabitants And Other Matters Concerning Them by Thomas Moser	Wanganui	1888	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 41.65
75		6 NZ Historical Volumes. The Life And Work of Samuel Marsden by The Rev. J. B. Marsden,		1913	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 35.70

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