*Please note that the buyer's premium for this auction is 20% of the hammer price plus GST on the buyer's premium (total of 23% of the hammer price).
For any enquiries, including condition report requests, please email info@artandobject.co.nz or call 093544646.
The catalogue for our second Rare Book auction of the year features important and interesting works from several collections. Highlights of the catalogue include: A large number of books on art & music, private press and literature from the libraries of sculptor John Edgar and musician Richard Nunns; Robin Hyde – Inscribed copies of ‘Dragons Rampant’ and ‘Nor the Years Condemn’; A rare copy of Ian Fleming’s ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ Jonathon Cape, this copy No 224 of 250 copies, Fleming’s only signed limited edition, published simultaneously with the first Trade edition 1 April, 1963; Of major interest are a complete set of the three Voyages of Captain James Cook 1773-1784, in eight text volumes and two folio atlases of plates and charts; Sydney Parkinson - A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas…. London 1773, first edition; W.L. Buller’s ‘A History of the Birds of New Zealand’, London 1888 and Supplements to the Birds of New Zealand’, London 1906; Historic New Zealand watercolours, lithographs and maps; A collection of major New Zealand hunting books with provenance to T.E. Donne, from the library of Brendan Coe founder and editor of Rod+Rifle.
The sale also features a large selection of New Zealand historic photographs, watercolours, lithographs, and maps; four Herbert Ponting images from the Terra Nova Expedition with the Paul Popper label; and ephemera from the Byrd and Shackleton Expeditions to the Antarctic.
This is an online auction only. Bidding opens on Wednesday 10 August and will begin closing with lot 1 at noon on Tuesday 16 August. Thereafter, lots will close consecutively every 30 seconds until completion. If a lot receives a bid within the last two minutes, it will auto-extend for two minutes until bidding stops.
For any enquiries, including condition report requests, please email info@artandobject.co.nz or call 093544646.
The catalogue for our second Rare Book auction of the year features important and interesting works from several collections. Highlights of the catalogue include: A large number of books on art & music, private press and literature from the libraries of sculptor John Edgar and musician Richard Nunns; Robin Hyde – Inscribed copies of ‘Dragons Rampant’ and ‘Nor the Years Condemn’; A rare copy of Ian Fleming’s ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ Jonathon Cape, this copy No 224 of 250 copies, Fleming’s only signed limited edition, published simultaneously with the first Trade edition 1 April, 1963; Of major interest are a complete set of the three Voyages of Captain James Cook 1773-1784, in eight text volumes and two folio atlases of plates and charts; Sydney Parkinson - A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas…. London 1773, first edition; W.L. Buller’s ‘A History of the Birds of New Zealand’, London 1888 and Supplements to the Birds of New Zealand’, London 1906; Historic New Zealand watercolours, lithographs and maps; A collection of major New Zealand hunting books with provenance to T.E. Donne, from the library of Brendan Coe founder and editor of Rod+Rifle.
The sale also features a large selection of New Zealand historic photographs, watercolours, lithographs, and maps; four Herbert Ponting images from the Terra Nova Expedition with the Paul Popper label; and ephemera from the Byrd and Shackleton Expeditions to the Antarctic.
This is an online auction only. Bidding opens on Wednesday 10 August and will begin closing with lot 1 at noon on Tuesday 16 August. Thereafter, lots will close consecutively every 30 seconds until completion. If a lot receives a bid within the last two minutes, it will auto-extend for two minutes until bidding stops.
3 Abbey Street, Newton
Sunday 14 August, 11am-4pm; Monday 15 August 9am-5pm; Tuesday 16 August, 9am-11am
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COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO JAMES JOYCE & FINNEGANS WAKE

361
COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO JAMES JOYCE & FINNEGANS WAKE
Reserve met
Est.
$60 - $100
Sold
$50
DINESEN, ISAK - Out of Africa
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362
DINESEN, ISAK - Out of Africa
Reserve met
Est.
$200 - $300
Sold
$180
ELIOT, T.S. [2 titles] - Four Quartets
![ELIOT, T.S. [2 titles] - Four Quartets](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/3T54-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE75Q/174-363-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
363
ELIOT, T.S. [2 titles] - Four Quartets
Reserve met
Est.
$200 - $400
Sold
$200
FLEMING, IAN [signed] - On Her Majesty's Service
![FLEMING, IAN [signed] - On Her Majesty's Service](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/1Y32-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE75S/174-364-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
364
FLEMING, IAN [signed] - On Her Majesty's Service
Starting Bid: $9,000
Reserve not met
Est.
$12,000 - $14,000
Ended
HAYMAN DAVID [editor] [James Joyce] - A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake
![HAYMAN DAVID [editor] [James Joyce] - A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/mLkn-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE75W/174-366.jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
366
HAYMAN DAVID [editor] [James Joyce] - A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake
Est.
$80 - $150
Sold
$60
HUGHES, TED [poems], BASKIN, LEONARD [drawings] - Cave Birds: an alchemical cave drama
![HUGHES, TED [poems], BASKIN, LEONARD [drawings] - Cave Birds: an alchemical cave drama](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/s2Qv-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE75Y/174-367-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
367
HUGHES, TED [poems], BASKIN, LEONARD [drawings] - Cave Birds: an alchemical cave drama
Est.
$80 - $100
Sold
$60
JOURNAL OF BECKETT STUDIES - Ten issues

369
JOURNAL OF BECKETT STUDIES - Ten issues
Starting Bid: $140
Reserve not met
Est.
$200 - $300
Ended
JOYCE JAMES - Exiles
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370
JOYCE JAMES - Exiles
Starting Bid: $200
Reserve not met
Est.
$300 - $500
Ended
JOYCE, JAMES [3 items] - Pomes Penyeach
![JOYCE, JAMES [3 items] - Pomes Penyeach](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/RiSC-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE766/174-371.jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
371
JOYCE, JAMES [3 items] - Pomes Penyeach
Est.
$80 - $120
Sold
$60
JOYCE, JAMES - Finnegans Wake
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373
JOYCE, JAMES - Finnegans Wake
Starting Bid: $400
Est.
$500 - $700
Ended
JOYCE, JAMES - Ulysses. A Facsimile of the Manuscript.

374
JOYCE, JAMES - Ulysses. A Facsimile of the Manuscript.
Est.
$80 - $120
Sold
$70
MODERN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE

376
MODERN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE
Starting Bid: $140
Reserve not met
Est.
$200 - $300
Ended
POUND, EZRA - Cantos [and others]
![POUND, EZRA - Cantos [and others]](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/K6lt-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE76I/174-377-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
377
POUND, EZRA - Cantos [and others]
Reserve met
Est.
$200 - $400
Sold
$200
SAMUEL BECKETT - PUBLICITY BROCHURE

378
SAMUEL BECKETT - PUBLICITY BROCHURE
Starting Bid: $60
Est.
$80 - $100
Ended
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [signed by 9 members of the cast] - The Hobbit or There and Back Again
![TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [signed by 9 members of the cast] - The Hobbit or There and Back Again](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/EnZi-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE76O/174-380-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
380
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [signed by 9 members of the cast] - The Hobbit or There and Back Again
Reserve met
Est.
$300 - $500
Sold
$550
TWAIN, MARK - The Jumping Frog

381
TWAIN, MARK - The Jumping Frog
Starting Bid: $30
Est.
$40 - $60
Ended
CADELL, THOMAS [1742-1802] English bookseller & publisher
![CADELL, THOMAS [1742-1802] English bookseller & publisher](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/TlgE-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE76W/174-384-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
384
CADELL, THOMAS [1742-1802] English bookseller & publisher
Reserve met
Est.
$300 - $500
Sold
$250
COLUMELLA (Lucius Junius Moderatus) - Les Douze Livres des choses rustiques...
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385
COLUMELLA (Lucius Junius Moderatus) - Les Douze Livres des choses rustiques...
Reserve met
Est.
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold
$3,000
COMBE, WILLIAM / ROWLANDSON, THOMAS - A mixed 3 Volume Set
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386
COMBE, WILLIAM / ROWLANDSON, THOMAS - A mixed 3 Volume Set
Starting Bid: $300
Est.
$400 - $600
Ended
DICKENS, CHARLES - 6 VOLS - First Editions
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387
DICKENS, CHARLES - 6 VOLS - First Editions
Starting Bid: $450
Est.
$600 - $800
Ended
DOUAY RHEIMS BIBLE - The Holy Bible

388
DOUAY RHEIMS BIBLE - The Holy Bible
Reserve met
Est.
$300 - $400
Sold
$200
LADIES JOURNAL - 19th Century Handwritten Journal
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389
LADIES JOURNAL - 19th Century Handwritten Journal
Reserve met
Est.
$100 - $150
Sold
$200
MERULA, GAUDENZIO - Gaudenzio Merulae Novariensis…
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390
MERULA, GAUDENZIO - Gaudenzio Merulae Novariensis…
Reserve met
Est.
$200 - $400
Sold
$250
REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for 1828
![REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for 1828](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/PvOr-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE77A/174-391-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
391
REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for 1828
Starting Bid: $140
Reserve not met
Est.
$200 - $400
Ended
REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI [1831]
![REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI [1831]](https://images4-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static4/IdYT-4-17QZ8N/4-6SE77C/174-392-(1).jpg?width=720&height=720&resizeinbox=true)
392
REYNOLDS, FREDERIC MANSEL [fore-edge paintings] - The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Starting Bid: $140
Reserve not met
Est.
$200 - $400
Ended
BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY MANUAL - Shareholder's Guide and Official Directory for 1871
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393
BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY MANUAL - Shareholder's Guide and Official Directory for 1871
Reserve met
Est.
$200 - $300
Sold
$300
COOK, AUGUSTUS - An Essay on the Teeth
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394
COOK, AUGUSTUS - An Essay on the Teeth
Reserve met
Est.
$100 - $200
Sold
$180
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER'S POCKET BOOKS

395
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER'S POCKET BOOKS
Reserve met
Est.
$60 - $80
Sold
$160
EPSTEIN, BRIAN - A Cellarful of Noise

396
EPSTEIN, BRIAN - A Cellarful of Noise
Reserve met
Est.
$50 - $100
Sold
$100