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 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-76 of 76. Previous|1|Next Lot #11 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh, Elias CanettiPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #12 Mrs. Bridge Heading(Arion Press)AuthorConnell, Evan S.HeadlineMrs. Bridge, Evan S. ConnellPublisherArion PressDate Published2009 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #13 Five Volumes from the Arion Press Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineArion Press, four volumes.PublisherArion PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #14 Genesis Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineGenesis, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #15 Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg, 1894-1956, with two other related poems, White Shroud and Black Shroud Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineKaddish, Allen GinsbergPublisherArion PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #16 A Moral Fable-Talk Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGolding, ArthurHeadlineA Moral-Fable Talk, Arthur GoldingPublisherArion PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #17 The Madonna of the Future Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineThe Madonna of the Future, Henry JamesPublisherArion PressDate Published1997 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #18 Le Desert De Retz: A Late Eighteenth-Century French Folly Garden. Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKetcham, DianaHeadlineLe Desert De Retz, Diana KetchamPublisherArion PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #19 The Alienist Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMachado de Assis, Joaquim MariaHeadlineThe Alienist, Joaquim Maria Machado de AssisPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #20 Journey Round My Room Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineJourney Round My Room, Xavier de MaistrePublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #21 American Buffalo Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineAmerican Buffalo, David MametPublisherArion PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #22 A Travel Book Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMartin, FredHeadlineA Travel Book, Fred MartinPublisherArion PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #23 Selected Poems Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineSelected Poems, Herman MelvillePublisherArion PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #24 The Price: A Play Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineThe Price: A Play, Arthur MillerPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #25 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineThe Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Rainer Maria RilkePublisherArion PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #26 Call It Sleep Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineCall It Sleep, Henry Roth Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #27 A Lie of the Mind Heading(Arion Press)AuthorShepard, SamHeadlineA Lie of the Mind, Sam ShephardPublisherArion PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #28 The Silverado Squatters Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis StevensonPublisherArion PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #29 Arcadia: A Play Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArcadia: A Play, Tom StoppardPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #30 The Ballad of Lemon and Crow Heading(Arion Press)AuthorTodd, GlennHeadlineThe Ballad of Lemon and Crow, Glenn ToddPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #31 Williwaw Heading(Arion Press)AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineWilliwaw, Gore VidalPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #32 Tono-Bungay Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineTono-Bungay, H. G. WellsPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #33 Orlando: A Biography Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineOrlando: A Biography, Virginia WoolfPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #36 Announcement and order form for the Ashendene Press edition of Dante Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAnnouncement for Ashendene DanteDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #50 Nine volumes by The Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineThe Book Club of California, Nine volumesPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #51 Nine volumes of Fine Press Books by The Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineThe Book Club of California, nine volumes.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold 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 #104 The Psalter or Psalms of David From the Bible of Archbishop Cranmer Heading(Essex House Press)HeadlineEssex House Press Psalms of DavidPublisherEssex House PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #105 The Temptations of a Saint Heading(Ettan Press)AuthorRoditi, EdouardHeadlineThe Temptations of a SaintPublisherEttan PressDate Published[1980] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #108 The Last Crusade Author[Everson, William] Brother AntoninusHeadlineThe Last Crusade, Brother AntoninusPublisherOyezDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #113 Six Fine Press Books Heading(Fine Press Books)HeadlineFine Press Books, six volumes.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #124 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineGrabhorn Two Years Before the MastPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #125 Letters of Captain Don Pedro Fages & the Reverend President Fr. Junipero Serra at San Diego, California, in October 1772 Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorFages, Pedro & Junipero SerraHeadlineThe Fages-Serra Letters Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #126 Figure Prints of Old Japan: A Pictorial Pageant of Actors & Courtesans of the Eighteenth Century reproduced from the Prints in the Collection of Marjorie & Edwin Grabhorn Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author(Grabhorn, Edwin & Marjorie)HeadlineGrabhorn Figure Prints of Old JapanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #127 Ukiyo-e: "The Floating World" Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Grabhorn, Edwin and Marjorie]HeadlineUkiyo-e: "The Floating World"PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #128 Landscape Prints of Old Japan from the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHillier, JackHeadlineLandscape Prints of Old Japan Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #129 Adventures in Japanese Prints Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMetzgar, Judson D.HeadlineMetzgar on the Japanese Print Grabhorn PressPublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press for Dawson's Book ShopDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #130 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineJournal of a Cruise to California GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #131 The Simple Songs of Khatchik Minasian Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMinasian, KhatchikHeadlineSigned by Saroyan & Minasian Grabhorn PressPublisherColt PressDate Published1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #132 Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro illustrating the Process of Silk Culture Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorUtamaro, KitagawaHeadlineTwelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa UtamaroPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1965 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #136 Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things AuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan Limited Editions ClubPublisherShimbi Shoin for the Limited Editions ClubDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #140 Odyssey in Greek AuthorHomerHeadlineLovely edition of Homer's Odyssey in Greek 1/250PublisherPrinted at the University PressDate Published1909 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$529.50StatusSold Lot #176 The History of Reynard the Foxe Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorCaxton, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Reynard the Foxe by Wm Caxton - Kelmscott PressPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1892] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,109StatusSold Lot #177 Collection of leaves from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Golden Legend Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineLeaves from the Kelmscott Golden LegendePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #178 Psalmi Penitentiales Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorEllis, F.S., editorHeadlineKelmscott Press Psalmi Penitentiales 1/300PublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #179 The Nature of Gothic Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press Ruskin's Nature of GothicPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #180 Proof pages from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineProof pages from the Kelmscott Press ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-5 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #189 A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend... Heading(Leaf Books)Author[Wynkyn de Worde]HeadlineWynkyn de Worde leaf book BCC 1949PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #192 Nohow On Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineNohow On, Samuel BeckettPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #193 WITHDRAWN - Ficciones Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineFicciones, Jorge Luis BorgesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #194 The Kingdom of This World Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorCarpentier, AlejoHeadlineThe Kingdom of This World, Alejo CarpentierPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #195 The First Books of Moses, Called Genesis Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe First Books of Moses, Called Genesis. Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #196 Five Titles from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, five titlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #197 Four Volumes of Fine Press Books by The Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, four volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #198 Hiroshima Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHersey, JohnHeadlineHiroshima, John HerseyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1983 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #199 Dubliners Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineDubliners, James Joyce.PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #200 Three Poems/Tres Poems Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaz, OctavioHeadlineThree Poems/Tres Poems, Octavio PazPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #201 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$60StatusSold Lot #202 A Season in Hell Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRimbaud, ArthurHeadlineA Season in Hell, Arthur RimbaudPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #203 Three volumes of fine press books by The Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, three volumesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #204 The Last Circus & the Electrocution Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineThe Last Circus & the Electrocution, Ray BradburyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #205 Route 2 Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorErdrich, Louise & Michael DorrisHeadlineRoute 2, Erdrich, Louise & Michael DorrisPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #206 Kinderlied Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorGrass, GünterHeadlineKinderlied, Günter GrassPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #207 James and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorO'Brien, EdnaHeadlineJames and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage, Edna O'BrienPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #208 Queen of the Night Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorOates, Joyce CarolHeadlineQueen of the Night, Joyce Carol OatesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #209 Entropy's Bed at Midnight Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineEntropy's Bed at Midnight, Dan SimmonsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #232 The Anatomie of Melancholy Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorBurton, RobertHeadlineNonesuch Press Anatomie of MelancholyPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #286 Flight AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Flight Yolla Bolly Press signed limitedPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #320 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of Grass 1/400 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,993StatusSold Lot #327 Wind Along the Waste Heading(Daniel Press)Author[Wedgwood, Mrs. Ethel Kate Bowen]HeadlineDaniel Press Wind Along the WastePublisherDaniel PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12StatusSold Lot #330 Landless John Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineLandless John Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1944 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #331 Landless John Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineLandless John Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1944 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #332 Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches from Grabhorn Press, 1/1000PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$48StatusSold Lot #337 Growing New Roots: An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings AuthorLeighton, ClareHeadlineClare Leighton Growing New Roots 1/500PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$36StatusSold Lot #338 Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineMarius the Epicurean, His Sensations and IdeasPublisherMacmillanDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$72StatusSold Lot #339 All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais: An American Translation with a Critical Text... AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineAll the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais 3 volsPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$36StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next