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 1-27 of 27. 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 #50 Moderne Technik: Die wichtigsten Gebiete der Maschinentechnik und Verkehrstechnik... AuthorBlücher, HansHeadlineWith 15 extraordinary color plates with overlaysProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBibliographisches InstitutDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #64 Ka Hana Kapa: The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii, Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History AuthorBrigham, William T.HeadlineKa Hana Kapa color plates, Hawaii bark clothProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBishop Museum PressDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #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 #124 Die Pferdezucht Württembergs. Abbildungen ausgezeichneter Zucht-Pferde aus den Privat-Gestüten S. Maj. des Königs und dem Königlichen Land-Gestüte Heading(Equestrian)Headline15 equestrian plates, many chromolithographProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherVerlag von Ebner & SeubertDate Published1857 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #242 Juguetes Mexicanos AuthorLedesma, G. FernandezHeadlineStudy of Mexican toysPublisher[Talleres Gráficos de la Nación]Date Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #258 Mountains and Molehills: Or Recollections of a Burnt Journal AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #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 #293 Cinderella Heading(Pantomime Toy Books)HeadlineCinderella illustrated in color as a stage playProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMcLoughlin Bro'sDate Publishedc. 1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #363 Conchylia Insularum Britannicarum. The Shells of the British Islands, systematically arranged AuthorTurton, WilliamHeadlineWith 20 hand-colored plates of shellsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherM. A. NattaliDate Published[1822] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold 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