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Previous|1|Next Lot #22 On Certainty = Über Gewissheit View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineSigned by Mel BochnerPublisherArion PressDate Published1991 Lot #28 The Exposition of 1851; Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government of England View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage attacks Exposition of 1851ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1851 Lot #29 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage, Economy of Machinery 1st ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1832 Lot #40 A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineEssays from philosopher George Berkeley, 1752ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1752 Lot #44 La falsità scoperta nel libro intitolato la verità senza maschera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBertini, Anton FrancescoHeadlineBattle of two 18th c. Italian doctorsPublisherFederigo KnochDate Published1711 Lot #50 Moderne Technik: Die wichtigsten Gebiete der Maschinentechnik und Verkehrstechnik... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBlücher, HansHeadlineWith 15 extraordinary color plates with overlaysProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBibliographisches InstitutDate Published1912 Lot #71 Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineFinely bound John, Earl of Rochester conversionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard ChiswelDate Published1680 Lot #79 The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCavendish, HenryHeadlineScientific Papers of Henry Cavendish 1921PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1921 Lot #85 Lexicon Philosophicum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChauvini, Stephani [Chauvin, Etienne]HeadlineChauvin's Lexicon Philosophicum 1713ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFranciscus [Frans] HalmaDate Published1713 Lot #88 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorColonna, FrancescoHeadlineHypnerotomachia Poliphili w/original illustrationsPublisherThames & HudsonDate Published1999 Lot #89 Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progrès de l'Esprit Humain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCondorcet, Nicolas deHeadlineCondorcet's posthumously published treatise, PMM titleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez AgasseDate PublishedL'an III de la République [i.e. 1795] Lot #102 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species, 3rd edition 1861ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1861 Lot #104 Five 19th century French volumes on dentistry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineFive on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1808-1841 Lot #105 The Natural History and Diseases of the Human Teeth [bound with] The Natural History of the Human Teeth View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)AuthorFox, Joseph and John HunterHeadlineTwo 18th-19th century works on human teethProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1778-1814 Lot #106 Three 19th century French volumes on dentistry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineThree on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1817-1841 Lot #117 Why Socialism? [in] Monthly Review: May 1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Economics)AuthorEinstein, Albert:, Leo Huberman & Paul M. Sweezy, editorsHeadlineFirst appearance of Einstein's Why Socialism?ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMonthly Review: An Independent Socialist MagazineDate Published1949 Lot #118 WITHDRAWN - Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Economics)AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Marx's Capital 1st US editionPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1890] Lot #125 Morias Egkomion: Stultitiae Laudatio [with] De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorErasmus, Desiderius and Thomas MoreHeadlineOne of only 2 18th c. issues of Utopia, w/ ErasmusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBarbouDate Published1777 Lot #126 Apophthegmatum, sive scite dictorum libri sex View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineFirst Edition of Erasmus's classical compilationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherIn Officina FrobenianaDate Published1531 Lot #130 The Elements of Euclid, viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. In this Edition, the Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, and some of Euclid's Demonstrated are Restored View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineFoulis Press Euclid, 1756PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1756 Lot #157 Systema Cosmicum, Autore Galilaeo Galilaei Lynceo... in quo Quatuor Dialogis, de Duobus Maximus Mundi Systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadline1st edition Galileo's dialogues pub. in EnglandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherProstat voenale apud Thomam DicasDate Published1663 Lot #158 The Treatment of Insanity View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGalt, John M.HeadlineAdvocacy for humane treatment of mental illnessProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarper & Brothers, Publishers.Date Published1846 Lot #159 Two Games for Children & the Young at Heart View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Games)HeadlineParlor games from the turn of the centuryDate Published1892 & 1902 Lot #187 A Treatise on the Theory of Functions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHarkness, James and Frank MorleyHeadlineHarkness and Morley on functions 1893ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #189 Hermes: Or, a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal Grammar View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlinePrescient work on universal grammar, 1751ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by H. Woodfall, for J. Nourse... and P. VaillantDate Published1751 Lot #194 Will Dollars Save the World? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, HenryHeadlineInscribed by Henry HazlittPublisherD. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.Date Published[1947] Lot #203 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume's Essays and Treatises 1777ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1777 Lot #204 Four Dissertations View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume, Four Dissertations 1st ed. 1757ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 Lot #213 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorJāḥiẓ, ʿAmr b. Baḥr al- (Abū ʿUṯmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr), 776-869HeadlineThe Book of Animals by al-Jahiz, 8 vols. 1965-9PublisherMuṣṭafā al-Bābī al-ḤalabīDate Published1965-1969 Lot #217 The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorJevons, W. StanleyHeadlineJevons, Principles of Science 1874ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1874 Lot #228 Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineFirst Edition of Laplace, Celestial MechanicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 Lot #229 Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorLavater, John CasparHeadlineLavater's Physiognomy in English 1792ProvenanceBookplates of the Grolier ClubPublisherPrinted for John Murray... and T. HollowayDate Published1792 Lot #245 Abriß der Lehre vom Menschen. Für höhere Schulklassen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLehmann, Christian Gottfried WilhelmHeadlineWith 6 anatomical plates, 1818ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1818 Lot #248 Chemische Untersuchung über das Fleisch und seine Zubereitung zum Nahrungsmittel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLiebig, Justus vonHeadlineGerman treatise on food chemistry, 1847ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAkademische Verlagshandlung von C.F. WinterDate Published1847 Lot #250 Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlinePosthumous Works of Mr. John LockeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by W. B. for A. and J. ChurchillDate Published1706 Lot #253 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineExpanded edition of Farneworth's MachiavelliProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.Date Published[1775] Lot #255 De la Recherche de la Verite, ou l'on Traite de la Nature de l'Esprit de l'Homme, & de l'Usage qu'il en Doit View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMalebranche, NicolasHeadlineBest edition of Malebranche's InvestigationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMichael DavidDate Published1712 Lot #256 The Wonders of Geography; or, a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineMantell, Wonders of Geology, 1839ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1839 Lot #257 Μαρκου Αντωνινου αυτοκρατορος και φιλοσόφος των εἰς ἑαυτόν, βιβλια ιβ = Marci Antonini Imperatoris & Philosophi, de vita sua Libri XII Graece & Latine... Accessit Marini Proclus Item View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of RomeHeadlineFirst Greek-Latin edition of the MeditationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumptibus Francisci de la BottiereDate Published1626 Lot #264 L'Anée Sociologique View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMauss, MarcelHeadlineFirst publication of Mauss' The GiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Félix AlcanDate Published1925 Lot #281 Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineM.T. Rousseau translation of More's Utopia 1780ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlex JombertDate Published1780 Lot #287 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 Lot #288 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #296 Four early 20th century works on physics View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)HeadlineFour 1sts on physicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1903-1922 Lot #298 Apple's Pixar Bug's Life "Think Different" poster View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pixar Studios)HeadlineApple's "Think Different" Pixar posterPublisherApple Computer, Inc.Date Published1998 Lot #299 Oeuvres Morales de Plutarque View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Moralia in French, 17 volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDesaintDate Published1783-1795 Lot #301 De i miracoli et maravigliosi effetti dalla natura prodotti. Libri IIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPorta, Giovanni Battista dellHeadline1st Italian ed. Giovanbattista's Natural MagickProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAppresso Lodovico AvanziDate Published1560 Lot #318 Patriarcha: Or The Natural Power of Kings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorFilmer, Robert, SirHeadlineRobert Filmer, Natural Power of Kings 1680ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWalter DavisDate Published1680 Lot #325 Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineComplete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789PublisherDe l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire TypographiqueDate Published1783-1789 Lot #332 Sixteenth-century sammelband with three titles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Sammelband)Headline16th c. German sammelband, 3 Latin titlesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherEx Officina Paltheniana, sumptibus viduae Petri FischeriDate Published1596 Lot #334 The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the Conchology of the United States View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, Writings on Conchology 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherH. BailliereDate Published1858 Lot #346 Ten miniature books from Achille St. Onge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline10 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1959-1975 Lot #357 Radium és radioaktivitás View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSzilárd, BélaHeadlineEarly work in Hungarian on radioactivity, 1905ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMai Henrik és fiaDate Published1905 Lot #367 Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, François-Marie Arouet deHeadline1st authorized collected works of VoltaireProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Etienne Ledet & CompagnieDate Published1738 Lot #374 Group Theory and its Application to the Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWigner, Eugene P.HeadlineWigner, Group Theory, 1959ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAcademic PressDate Published1959 Lot #375 Cerebri Anatome: Cui Accessit. Nervorum Descriptio et Usus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorWillis, ThomasHeadlineThomas Willis on brain anatomy, with 16 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Gerbrandum SchagenDate Published1666 Lot #376 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 1922ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published1922 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next