Sale of the Arnold Heine Book Collection
Over 1,500 books from the late Arnold Heine’s unique collection will be sold. Mountaineering and exploration titles from across the globe feature strongly, with many out-of-print books on New Zealand’s mountaineering history, tramping, hunting, geology, ecology, conservation and culture, as well as guidebooks.
WHEN
Auction: Friday 17 June 2022
103 lots of rare books, on view from 5.30 pm; auction starting at 7.30 pm.
A catalogue of the lots is available from the HVTC secretary. Absentee bids are accepted by e-mail until Wednesday 15 June.
Book sale: Saturday 18 June 2022, 9.30am onwards
All remaining books. These books will not be on view until 9.30 am on Saturday morning.
WHERE
Hutt Valley Tramping Club rooms, Birch St Reserve, from Birch St, Waterloo, Lower Hutt.
The sale is hosted by Les Molloy (FMC Patron), Dave Bamford (NZAC) and Dennis Page (President of Hutt Valley Tramping Club). All proceeds from this sale are being generously donated to the FMC Mountain & Forest Trust by Arnold’s widow Jan. Both FMC and the FMC Mountain & Forest Trust are extremely grateful for Arnold’s services to the outdoor community, as well as Jan’s generosity in donating the proceeds to the Trust to help us continue our work.
Some books are signed by A J Heine and some have a Heine Library bookplate. Some seriously rare/collectable books from Arnold’s Library – mostly Polar and Himalayan – are being sold through Colin Monteath’s Barking Mad Books website.
A flyer about the book sale can be downloaded here.
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