Sale 547 - Fine Books & Manuscripts from the Personal Collection of the Late Cecil M. Wahle (with additions) (#547) 11/20/2014 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/20/2014 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 547 347 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Sportsman in Ireland, with His Summer Route through the Highlands of Scotland Author[Allen, Robert]HeadlineThe Sportsman in Ireland, Robert AllenPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #39 Poems AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineElizabeth Barrett Barrett Poems first edition 1844PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1844 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #40 Coming Back with the Spitball. A Pitcher's Romance Heading(Baseball)AuthorHopper, JamesHeadlineRare 1914 Baseball Fiction in original dust jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #41 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first edition, Second statePublisherGeo. M. Hill Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #42 Salome Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineSalome, Oscar WildePublisherJohn LaneDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #54 Faustus: His Life, Death, and Descent Into Hell. Translated from the German Heading(Borrow, George, translator)Author[Klinger, F.M. von]HeadlineFaustus first edition in EnglishPublisherW. Simpkiin and R. MarshallDate Published1825 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Carmen Heading(Bull, René)AuthorMérimée, ProsperHeadlineCarmen illustrated by Renee BullPublisherHutchinson & Co.Date Published[1915] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #63 The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of Sa'di. Faithfully translated in English Author[Burton, Richard F., atttributed translator]HeadlineBurton translates the GulistanPublisherKama Shastra SocietyDate Published1888 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #64 Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice AuthorByron, LordHeadlineByron's Marino Faliero etchings by Sepp FrankPublisherAvalun VerlagDate Published1922 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #67 China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures Heading(China)AuthorBertin, M. ed.HeadlineChina: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, M. BertinPublisherJ. J. StockdaleDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #70 Dombey and Son Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, T.J. - His copy)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineT.J. Cobden Sandersen's CopyPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[c.1848] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #71 Wordsworth: An Anthology Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #73 Queen Elizabeth AuthorCreighton, MandellHeadlineBiography of Queen Elizabeth Finely BoundPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #78 Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad, in the Decan, in twenty-four views, from the drawings of James Wales, under the direction of Thomas Daniell AuthorDaniell, Thomas & James WalesHeadlineDaniell's Hindoo Excavations wth 24 plates 1816PublisherWilliam Daniell, & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #83 Hours of Gladness Heading(Detmold, Edward J.)AuthorMaeterlinck, MauriceHeadlineHours of Gladness illustrated by E.J. DetmoldPublisherGeorge Allen / Dodd MeadDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #84 Sketches by "Boz": Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. [With] Sketches by "Boz". Second Series. AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz 1837PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #90 Mathias Sandorf - with 30 original watercolor sketches by Emilien Dufour Heading(Dufour, Emilien Leon)AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineWith 30 original sketches by Emilien DufourPublisherLibrarie HachetteDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorHousman, LaurenceHeadlinePrincess Badoura, Housman, LaurencePublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #102 Les Coleopteres du Monde - The Beetles of the World Heading(Entomology)HeadlineLes Coleopteres du Monde - The Beetles of the WorldPublisherSciences NATDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #106 Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S...Comprising His Diary from the Year 1641 to 1705-6,...To Which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nichols...Also Between Sir Edward Hyde...and Sir Richard Browne AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineMemoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John EvelynPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #118 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #121 Fables. By the Late Mr. Gay AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables of John GayPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1737 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #123 The Flowers of Shakespeare Author[Giraud, Jane Elizabeth]HeadlineThe Flowers of Shakespeare by Jane Giraud 1846PublisherDay & SonDate Published[1846 ] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #147 Six original illustrations by Fridolf Johnson AuthorJohnson, FridolfHeadlineOriginal illustrations by Fridolf JohnsonDate Published1940s? View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #149 The Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and Fletcher AuthorJonson, Ben, John Fletcher & Francis BeaumontHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and FletcherPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1811 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #163 Nathan der Weise: ein dramatisches Gedicht, in fünf Aufzügen Heading(Judaica & Hebraica)AuthorLessing, Gotthold EphraimHeadlineDramatic plea for religious tolerance 1779Date Published1779 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #181 Candide Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVoltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineCandide with illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #187 The Lark. Numbers 1-24 Heading(Lark)Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al]HeadlineThe Lark Numbers 1-24PublisherDoxeyDate Published1895-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander]HeadlineFirst Editions of Milne's Christopher Robin BooksPublisherMethuenDate Published1924, 26, 27, 28 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #220 Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost Twelfth EditionPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #221 The Poetical Works of John Milton AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineThe Poetical Works of John MiltonPublisherJ. Johnson, et alDate Published1809 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #226 Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries Author[Moore, John]HeadlineMordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries, John MoorePublisherG. G. and J. RobinsonDate Published1800 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #228 Oeuvres Complètes AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Alfred de MussetPublisherG. Charpentier Et Cie.Date Published1890-91 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #235 Funny Bunnies AuthorParker, B.HeadlineFunny Bunnies, by B ParkerPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #237 Weltgeschichte AuthorPflugt-Harttung, Dr. J. vonHeadlineMassive German World History 6 volumesPublisherUllstein & Co.Date Published[1907-1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #243 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Pogany, Willy)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, (translator)HeadlinePogany's Rubaiyat full leather bindingPublisherThomas CrowellDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #244 Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales Heading(Pogany, Willy)AuthorKunos, IgnaczHeadlineForty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Kunos IgnaczPublisherHarrapDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #245 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Pogany, Willy)HeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, PogonyPublisherThomas CrowellDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #247 Wag-By-Wall AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter Wag-by-WallPublisherThe Horn Book, Inc.Date Published1944 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #254 A Wonder Book Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Wonderbook illus by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #255 Peer Gynt Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIbsen, HenrikHeadlinePeer Gynt, RackhamPublisherLippincottDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #256 Rip Van Winkle Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineRip Van Winkle Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #257 Rip Van Winkle Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineRip Van Winkle, IRving WashingtonPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #258 Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes Heading(Rackham, Arthur)HeadlineMother Goose with Arthur Rackham illustrationsPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #259 The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Arthur Rackham IllusPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #260 Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #261 The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineThe Compleat Angler Rackham IllustrationsPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #265 Bill the Minder AuthorRobinson, W. HeathHeadlineBill the Minder, W. Heath RobinsonPublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #266 The Vicar of Wakefield Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineVicar of Wakefield illustrated by RowlandsonPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #271 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineHow the Grinch Stole Christmas 1st EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #274 The Merry Wives of Windsor AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMerry Wives of Windsor Illus. by J. ThielPublisherTegernseeDate Published1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #275 The Merry Wives of Windsor AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Merry Wives of Windsor Hugh Thomson IllustrationsPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #280 The Fairie Queene AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineThe Fairie Queene, volume 2, Edmund SpenserPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #291 Arabian Nights Heading(Sterrett, Virginia Frances)AuthorHawthorne, Hildegard (editor)HeadlineVirginia Sterrett illustrated the Arabian NightsPublisherThe Penn Publishing CompanyDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #292 Tanglewood Tales Heading(Sterrett, Virginia Frances)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineTanglewood Tales Illustrated by Virginia SterrettPublisherPenn Publishing CompanyDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #293 Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Valima Edition in 9 volumes AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineWorks Robt L. Stevenson 9 vols Valima EditionPublisherCollierDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$120 - $200Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #295 Six volumes of sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees in the original cloth AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineSurtees sporting novels in original clothPublisherBradbury & Evans (most)Date Published1853-1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #296 The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis Heading(Syntax Imitation)HeadlineThe Tour of Dr. Syntax Through LondonPublisherJ. JohnstonDate Published1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #297 In Congress, July 4, 1776, a Declaration by the Representatives of The United States of America. Heading(Szyk, Arthur - Declaration of Independence)AuthorJefferson, Thomas, et al.HeadlineArthur Szyk illuminates Declaration of IndependenceDate Published1950 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #300 The New Order AuthorSzyk, ArthurHeadlineArthur Szyk, The New OrderPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #305 Idylls of the King AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineIdylls of the King, TennysonPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #306 L'ombre de la croix AuthorTharaud, Jérôme & Jean TharaudHeadlineL'ombre de la croix, TharaudPublisherEditions LapinaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #307 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night Heading(Thomson, Hugh)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineShe Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night: Goldsmith, OliverPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Publishedca. 1920 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #311 The Rivers of France, From drawings by J.M.W. Turner Heading(Turner, J.M.W.)PublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, et alDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #312 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Tom Sawyer First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #313 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyPublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #314 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches New and OldPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #318 Two volumes from Victorian England Heading(Victorian Literature)HeadlineQueen Victoria & John LeechDate Published1897 & c.1900 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #323 Two titles by Oscar Wilde with illustrations by John Vassos AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde Illustrated by John VassosPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #341 The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick, Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel Heading(Robinson, William Heath)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineThe Works of Mr. Francis RabelaisPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1904 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next