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