Sale 829: Antiquarian & Collectible Books with Fine Press: Selections from the Professor George Starr Collection (with additions) – Part 1 (#829) 01/09/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/09/2025 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 829 715 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 1-46 of 46. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Illustrated Heading(Allom, Thomas, artist)AuthorWalsh, RobertHeadlineThomas Allom's views of the Turkish EmpireProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Publishedc.1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #33 From Pole to Pole Heading(Bayntun)AuthorHedin, SvenHeadlineSven Hedin's Pole to Pole, bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Tibet, Past and Present AuthorBell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Bell, Tibet, 1929ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #63 Orley Farm Heading(Brian Frost & Company)AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOrley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & CompanyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #71 Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineFinely bound John, Earl of Rochester conversionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard ChiswelDate Published1680 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #77 The French Revolution: A History AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's French Revolution, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames FraserDate Published1837 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #84 De la Félicité Publique, ou Considérations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les différentes Epoques de l'histoire AuthorChastellux, François-Jean, Marquis deHeadlineChastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMarc-Michel ReyDate Published1772 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 National Costumes of the M.P.R. Heading(Costume)AuthorYadamsuren, U.HeadlineNational Costumes of Mongolia, color platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherState Publishing HouseDate Published1967 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #101 Commentaries of the Life of Reign of Charles the First, King of England AuthorD'Israeli, IsaacHeadlineCommentaries on the Life of Charles the FirstPublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 Roma Vetus ac Recens Utriusque Aedificiis Illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigator reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata. Editio Ultima. AuthorDonati, AlessandroHeadlineRoman Views by Alessandro Donati, 1695ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem WoltersDate Published1695 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #114 Catherine de Medicis Heading(Durvand)AuthorBouchot, HenriHeadlineCatherine de Medicis finely bound by DurvandPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #123 Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century: Displayed in a Series of Engravings of the New Buildings, Improvements, &c... Comprising the Palaces, Parks, New Churches, Bridges, Streets, River Scenery, Public Offices and Institutions, Gentlemen's Seats and Mansions... with Historical, Topographical, and Critical Illustrations... AuthorElmes, James and Thomas H. ShepardHeadlineMetropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth CenturyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJones & Co.Date Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadline2 finely bound William Godwin volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherColburn and BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #177 Sapho Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #192 The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineWorks of Hawthorne autograph editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1900 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #195 Through Asia AuthorHedin, SvenHeadlineSven Hedin's Through Asia 1898ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #199 Representations of Dresses, Morals and Customs, in the Kingdom of Holland at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Heading(Holland)AuthorMaaskamp, EvertHeadlineWith 21 hand-colored platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherE. MaaskampDate Published1808 [but 1811] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #206 W.M. Hunt's Talks on Art: Second Series AuthorHunt, W.M.HeadlineW.M. Hunt's Talks on Art 1st and 2nd SeriesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #208 The Great Wahabee Case; being a full report of the proceedings in the matters of Ameer Khan and Hashmdad Khan, before Justice Norman, in the High Court of Calcutta, original jurisdiction Heading(India)HeadlineJihadists on trial in British India, 1870ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by P.S. D'RozariDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #214 Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même AuthorJeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]HeadlineAdventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #215 The Bontoc Igorot AuthorJenks, Albert ErnestHeadlineBontoc Igorot Philippines 1905, many photographsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBureau of Public PrintingDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #222 Journal of Francis Anne Butler Author[Kemble, Fanny]HeadlineFanny Kemble's Tour of America in 1832-1833ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1835] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #225 Works of Charles Kingsley AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's WorksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #267 Les Arts au Moyen Age Heading(Medieval Art)AuthorDu Sommerard, AlexandreHeadlinePlate volumes to Sommerard's Arts au Moyen AgePublisherHotel de ClunyDate Published1838-1846 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #279 The Complete Poetical Works Heading(The Monastery Hill Bindery)AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlineThe Poetry of Bryant, bound by Monastery HillPublisherAppleton and CompanyDate Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #282 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlineMorton Report Philomathean Soc. Rosetta StoneProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPhilomathean SocietyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #306 Jerosolymitana peregrinatio...Dum assertiones ex universa theologia...Joannis Duns-Scoti ...in conventu Jaurinensi ad divum Stephanum... anno 1754...publice propugnaret Vincentius Nagy ...praeside Basilio Farkas AuthorRadziwiłł, Mikołaj Krzysztof, książęHeadlineNicolaus Christof Radziwill pilgrimage to JerusalemProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTypis Gregorii Joannis StreibigDate Published1754 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #310 In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays Heading(Ricketts, Charles)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElkin Mathews & John Lane and MacmillanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #312 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Khayyám bound by RiviereProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #313 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLeslie, Charles Robert and Tom TaylorHeadline6 volume fine binding by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $100Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #314 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: To Himself Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations bound by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #315 Poems of Christina Rossetti Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorRossetti, William M., editorHeadlineFinely bound Poems of Christina RossettiProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #316 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan poetry finely bound by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. AlmonDate Published1779 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #317 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #318 Patriarcha: Or The Natural Power of Kings Heading(Riviere)AuthorFilmer, Robert, SirHeadlineRobert Filmer, Natural Power of Kings 1680ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWalter DavisDate Published1680 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #321 The Religion of Vishnoo. The History of the Most Remarkable Events of the Ten Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnoo, the Preserving Power of India... AuthorRodriguez, Etienne AlexanderHeadlineWith color plates of VishnuProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #324 The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo AuthorRoth, Henry LingHeadlineNatives of Sarawak & North Borneo, illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTruslove & HansonDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #331 Le Vicaire de Wakefield Heading(Samblanx, Charles de)AuthorGoldsmith, [Oliver]HeadlineCharles de Samblanx Cathedral bindingPublisherBourgueleret, ÉditeurDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #332 Sixteenth-century sammelband with three titles Heading(Sammelband)Headline16th c. German sammelband, 3 Latin titlesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherEx Officina Paltheniana, sumptibus viduae Petri FischeriDate Published1596 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #335 Mycenae [with] Ilios AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineHenry Schliemann on the sites of Mycenae & TroyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1878-1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #336 Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia, in the South of Europe and in Brazil, with a Voyage up the Amazon and the Xingu AuthorSchomburgk, Robert H. and John Edward Taylor, translatorsHeadlineAdalbert's Travels in the Europe and BrazilProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #348 Celebrated Crimes Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #351 The Travels of Jedediah Smith: A Documentary Outline Including the Journal of the Great American Pathfinder AuthorSullivan, Maurice S.HeadlineThe Travels of Jedediah Smith by SullivanProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Fine Arts PressDate Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #362 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell Heading(Tout Bindery)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineJansenist-style binding by ToutDate Published1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #372 The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus AuthorWhiston, William, translatorHeadlineComplete Works of Flavius Josephus, nicely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #380 The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean. Drawn from Nature AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous plates of the Mediterranean 1839ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1839] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next