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Previous|1|Next Lot #22 On Certainty = Über Gewissheit Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineSigned by Mel BochnerPublisherArion PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #40 A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineEssays from philosopher George Berkeley, 1752ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1752 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #89 Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progrès de l'Esprit Humain AuthorCondorcet, Nicolas deHeadlineCondorcet's posthumously published treatise, PMM titleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez AgasseDate PublishedL'an III de la République [i.e. 1795] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #117 Why Socialism? [in] Monthly Review: May 1949 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #118 WITHDRAWN - Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Heading(Economics)AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Marx's Capital 1st US editionPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #125 Morias Egkomion: Stultitiae Laudatio [with] De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia AuthorErasmus, Desiderius and Thomas MoreHeadlineOne of only 2 18th c. issues of Utopia, w/ ErasmusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBarbouDate Published1777 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #126 Apophthegmatum, sive scite dictorum libri sex AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineFirst Edition of Erasmus's classical compilationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherIn Officina FrobenianaDate Published1531 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold 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 #189 Hermes: Or, a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal Grammar AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlinePrescient work on universal grammar, 1751ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by H. Woodfall, for J. Nourse... and P. VaillantDate Published1751 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #192 The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineWorks of Hawthorne autograph editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1900 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #203 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume's Essays and Treatises 1777ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1777 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #204 Four Dissertations AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume, Four Dissertations 1st ed. 1757ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold 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 #213 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #250 Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlinePosthumous Works of Mr. John LockeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by W. B. for A. and J. ChurchillDate Published1706 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #253 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineExpanded edition of Farneworth's MachiavelliProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.Date Published[1775] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold 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 AuthorMalebranche, NicolasHeadlineBest edition of Malebranche's InvestigationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMichael DavidDate Published1712 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 AuthorMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of RomeHeadlineFirst Greek-Latin edition of the MeditationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumptibus Francisci de la BottiereDate Published1626 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #264 L'Anée Sociologique AuthorMauss, MarcelHeadlineFirst publication of Mauss' The GiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Félix AlcanDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #281 Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineM.T. Rousseau translation of More's Utopia 1780ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlex JombertDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #287 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #288 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #299 Oeuvres Morales de Plutarque AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Moralia in French, 17 volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDesaintDate Published1783-1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #325 Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineComplete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789PublisherDe l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire TypographiqueDate Published1783-1789 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #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 #362 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell Heading(Tout Bindery)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineJansenist-style binding by ToutDate Published1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #367 Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle Edition AuthorVoltaire, François-Marie Arouet deHeadline1st authorized collected works of VoltaireProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Etienne Ledet & CompagnieDate Published1738 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #376 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 1922ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold 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