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Previous|1234|Next Lot #301 The New and Improved Illustrated Bartenders' Manual, or, How to Mix Drinks of the Present Style AuthorJohnson, HarryHeadlineHarry Johnson's scarce cocktail manualPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #302 The Artistry of Mixing Drinks AuthorMeier, FrankHeadlineThe Artistry of Mixing Drinks, limited editionPublisher[Fryam Press]Date Published1936 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #303 Dining Wining and Dancing in New York AuthorMiddleton, ScudderHeadlineThe 1938 sophisticate's guide to NYCPublisherDodge Publishing CompanyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #304 Louis' Mixed Drinks, With Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines AuthorMuckensturm, LouisHeadlineFirst English language recipe for dry martiniPublisherH.M. Caldwell Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #305 American-Bar: Boissons Anglaises & Américaines telles qu'on les prépare AuthorNewman, Frank P.HeadlineFrank P. Newman's American-Bar, third ed.PublisherSociété Française d'Imprimerie et de LibraireDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #306 The Home Bartender's Guide and Song Book AuthorRoe, Charlie and Jim SchwenckHeadlineHome Bartender's Guide and Song Book 1930PublisherExperimenter Publications IncDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #307 Nightlife: Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide to New York After Dark AuthorShaw, Charles G.HeadlineNightlife in New York during prohibition, 1931PublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #308 Café Royal Cocktail Book AuthorTarling, W.J.HeadlineCafé Royal Cocktail Book first editionPublisherPall MallDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #309 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks AuthorThomas, JerryHeadlineFirst Asbury edition of Professor Jerry's manualPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #310 The Bon Vivant's Companion...or...How to Mix Drinks AuthorThomas, JerryHeadlineDrinking with Asbury and Professor JerryPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #311 Introspective 1972-1982 AuthorArth, Michael E.HeadlineSigned twice by the artistPublisherLinnaea GraphicsDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #312 Epopeia AuthorBely, Andrei, editorHeadlineRussian lit. journal Epopeia, El Lissitzky coversProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherГеликон [Helikon]Date Published1922-1923 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #313 Safe & Sound AuthorBerlin, LuciaHeadlineLucia Berlin, Safe & Sound - illus. F. ButlerProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPoltroon PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #314 Penthouse of the Gods: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of Tibet and the Sacred City of Lhasa AuthorBernard, TheosHeadlinePenthouse of the Gods by Theos Bernard 1939ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #315 Essays on the Spirit of Legislation, in the Encouragement of Agriculture, Population, Manufactures, and Commerce Author[Bertrand, Jean, Benjamin Carrand, and Gabriel Seigneux de Correvon]HeadlineEnglish ed. French essays on political economy 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. Nicoll... and G. RobinsonDate Published1772 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #316 Antiquités Celtiques et Antédiluviennes : Mémoire Sur L'industrie Primitive et Les Arts à Leur Origine AuthorBoucher de Perthes, JacquesHeadlineAntiquités Celtiques, inscribed and signedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTreuttel & Wurtz; Dumoulin; Derache; DidronDate Published1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #317 Die Paragenesis der Mineralien AuthorBreithaupt, AugustHeadlineEarly work on mineral formation, 1849ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ.G. EngelhardtDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #318 Letters on Natural Magic AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's Letters to Walter Scott on illusionsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #319 A Treatise on Optics. AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineDavid Brewster's influential Treatise on OpticsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and John TaylorDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #320 Peter Priggins, The College Scout... with illustrations by Phiz Heading(Browne, Hablot, illustrator)AuthorHook, TheodoreHeadlinePeter Priggins, illustrated by Phiz, 3 vols. 1842ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #321 The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes Which it hath already undergone, or is to Undergo, Till the Consummation of all Things AuthorBurnet, ThomasHeadlineThomas Burnet Theory of the Earth, 3rd editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by R.N. for Walter KettilbyDate Published1697 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #322 Tractatus de Natura Muliebri seu Disputationes ac Lectiones Pisanae [bound with] Onchylogia Curiosa: Sive de Unguibus Tractatio Physico-Medica AuthorCastro, Rodericus and Georg Friedrich Franck von FranckenauHeadlineEarly printed books on women and nailsPublisherHermannum a Sante [and] Johannis BielkiiDate Published1668-1696 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #323 An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Pantentee of the Theatre-Royal AuthorCibber, ColleyHeadlineAutobiography of Colley Cibber, 1740 second ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by John Watts for the Author: And Sold by W. LewisDate Published1740 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #324 The Brown Derby Cookbook AuthorCobb, RobertHeadlineThe Brown Derby Cookbook in jacket, 1st ed.PublisherDoubledayDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #325 The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; Wherein, All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism Is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated AuthorCudworth, RalphHeadlineFirst edition of Cudworth's Intellectual SystemProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard RoystonDate Published1678 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #326 The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Expression of Emotions w/ 7 heliotypesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #327 Regneri de Graaf Opera Omnia AuthorDe Graaf, RegnierHeadline17th century medical works of De Graaf, 40 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherIo. Ant. Huguetan & Soc.Date Published1678 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #328 Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux du Cafe du Thé et du Chocolate AuthorDufour, Philippe SylvestreHeadlineRare early work on Chocolate 1685ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJean Girin & B. RiviereDate Published1685 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #329 Two Kitchens in Provence AuthorFisher, M.F.K.HeadlineTwo Kitchens in Provence M.F.K. FisherProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #330 Die Electrische Beleuchtung AuthorFontaine, HippolyteHeadlineEarly treatise on electric lighting, c.1880ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLehmann & WentzelDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #331 La Logique des Vraisemblances Mr. de D AuthorFormey, Jean Henri SamuelHeadlineFrench philosophical tract on truth, 1748ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1748 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #332 Roma Antica e Moderna AuthorFranzini, FedericoHeadlineRome from antiquity to 17th century, illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPer il MascardiDate Published1677-1678 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #333 The Women of Turkey and Their Folk-Lore AuthorGarnett, Lucy M.J.HeadlineWomen of Turkey, with folding ethnographic mapProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1890-1891 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #334 A Chinese-English Dictionary AuthorGiles, Herbert A.HeadlineSecond edition Giles Chinese-English dictionaryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherKelly & Walsh, LimitedDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #335 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribué chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #336 Dr. Albert Haller's Physiology; Being a Course of Lectures upon the Visceral Anatomy and Vital Oeconomy of Human Bodies AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadlineAlbrecht von Haller, Physiology in English 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for G. RobinsonDate Published1772 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #337 Electric Waves: Being Researches on the Propagation of Electric Action With Finite Velocity Through Space AuthorHertz, HeinrichHeadlineHertz's Electric Waves 1st edition in EnglishProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #338 Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health AuthorHubbard, L. RonHeadlineFirst edition of DianeticsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHermitage HouseDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #339 Kymatik / Cymatics AuthorJenny, HansHeadlineHans Jenny on sound wavesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBasilius PresseDate Published1967-1974 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #340 Epistles Philosophical and Moral Author[Kenrick, William]HeadlineKenrick's Epistles Moral & Philosophical 1759ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. WilcoxDate Published1759 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #341 The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c... AuthorKitchiner, WilliamHeadlineArt of Invigorating and Prolonging Life 1822ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Hurst, Robinson, and Co.Date Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #342 The Housekeeper's Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management: Containing a Complete System of Carving with Accuracy and Elegance; Hints relative to Dinner Parties; the Art of Managing Servants; and the Economist and Epicure's Calendar, shewing the seasons when all kinds of Meat, Fish, Poultry, Game, Vegetables and Fruits first arrive in the market - earliest time forced - when most plentiful - and when best and cheapest. To which is added a Variety of useful and Original Receipts. AuthorKitchiner, WilliamHeadline1st & only edition of Kitchiner's Housekeeper's OracleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWhittaker, Treacher & CoDate Published1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #343 Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineDeluxe issue T.E. Lawrence's 7 Pillars of WisdomProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.Date Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #344 Question Moral: Si el Chocolate quebranta el ayuno Eclesiástico AuthorLéon Pinelo, Antonio deHeadline1636 religious debate on chocolate in SpanishProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPor la Vidua de Juan Gonçalez [i.e. widow of Juan González]Date Published1636 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #345 Le Nouveau Theatre d'Agriculture et Menage des Champs, contenant La maniere de cultiver & faire valoir toutes... AuthorLiger, LouisHeadlineLe Nouveau Theatre d'Agriculture w/ 29 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDamien BeugnieDate Published[1713] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #346 Manuscript sermon possibly by Ebenezer Grant Marsh, 1799 AuthorMarsh, Ebenezer Grant[?]HeadlineManuscript sermon 1799 by Ebenezer Grant MarshProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 The Literature of Political Economy: A Classified Catalogue of Select Publications in the Different Departments of that Science, with Historical, Critical, and Biographical Notices AuthorMcCulloch, J.R.HeadlineMcCulloch, Literature of Political Economy, 1stProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #348 The Sociological Imagination AuthorMills, C. WrightHeadlineC. Wright Mills, Sociological Imagination 1st ed.PublisherOxford University PressDate Published1959 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #349 Three volumes from the official library of the Nazi party Heading(Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)Headline3 volumes from the Nazi party official libraryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1940-1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #350 Organic Remains of a Former World. Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World; Generally Termed Extraneous Fossils. AuthorParkinson, JamesHeadlinePaleontology by identifier of Parkinson's diseaseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherC. Whittingham et alDate Published1804 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #351 The Boy's Playbook of Science: Including the Various Manipulations and Arrangements of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus Required for the Successful Performance of Scientific Experiments... AuthorPepper, John HenryHeadlinePepper's Playbook of Science for youths, 1866ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #352 Purchas his Pilgrimage, Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in all Ages and Places discovered, from the creation unto this Present AuthorPurchas, SamuelHeadlinePurchas his Pilgrimage, 3rd edition,1617ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Henry FetherstoneDate Published1617 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #353 Filmgegner von Heute – Filmfreunde von Morgen AuthorRichter, HansHeadlineHans Richter on experimental movies, 1929ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHermann ReckendorfDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #354 Deviatyi Soviet Partii i ego Rezoliutsii (iiun 1919, Moskva) AuthorRubanovich, IlyaHeadlineReport on Russian Revolution by anarchist expatProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherImprimerie "Union"Date Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #355 Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs AuthorSerres, Oliver deHeadline1st French major treatise on agronomy, later ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherImprimé pour Samuel ChouëtDate Published1651 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #356 Mr William Shakespeare his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline10-volume octavo Shakespeare's Plays 1768ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1768 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #357 An Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the more Improved Districts of Scotland AuthorSinclair, JohnHeadlineSinclair's Husbandry of Scotland, 2nd editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and CompanyDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #358 Chinese Characteristics AuthorSmith, Arthur H.HeadlineChinese Characteristics by Arthur Smith, 1890ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted and published at the "North-China Herald" officeDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #359 Soviet Aviation Heading(Soviet Union)HeadlineSoviet Aviation, 1939 illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherState Art PublishersDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #360 Soyer's Culinary Campaign, Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With the Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions, the Army, Navy, Public, etc., etc. AuthorSoyer, AlexisHeadlineFirst Edition of Soyer's Culinary CampaignProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherG. Routledge & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #361 Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D. D... Arranged by Thomas Sherridan, A. M. with Notes, Historical and Critical AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadline24 volume set of Jonathan Swift's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam Durell and Co.Date Published1812-1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #362 Perspective: Id est, Celeberrima ars Inspicientis aut Transpicientis Oculorum Aciei... AuthorVries, Jan Vredeman deHeadline1st ed. of part 1 of Vredeman on perspective, 1604ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHenricus Hondius sculps. et execud.Date Published[1604] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #363 Island Life: or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace Island Life 1st edition w/ 3 color mapsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #364 The Decoration of Houses AuthorWharton, Edith and Ogden Codman, Jr.HeadlineEdith Wharton's Decoration of Houses 1897ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #365 Observations on Modern Gardening, Illustrated by Descriptions Author[Whatley, Thomas]HeadlineObservations on Modern Gardening, 4th editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Payne and SonDate Published1777 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #366 An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man, and in Different Animals and Vegetables; and from the Former to the Latter. Illustrated with Engravings Adapted to the Subject AuthorWhite, CharlesHeadlineCharles White's Account of Gradation in ManProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherC. DillyDate Published[1799] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #367 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION HeadlineTHANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION View details StatusCLOSED! Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next