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

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22
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Wittgenstein, Ludwig
  • Headline
    Signed by Mel Bochner
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1991
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
33
  • Heading
    (Bayntun)
  • Author
    Hedin, Sven
  • Headline
    Sven Hedin's Pole to Pole, bound by Bayntun
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co., Limited
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
40
  • Author
    Berkeley, George
  • Headline
    Essays from philosopher George Berkeley, 1752
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
  • Date Published
    1752
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
63
  • Heading
    (Brian Frost & Company)
  • Author
    Trollope, Anthony
  • Headline
    Orley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & Company
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Burnet, Gilbert
  • Headline
    Finely bound John, Earl of Rochester conversion
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for Richard Chiswel
  • Date Published
    1680
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
77
  • Author
    Carlyle, Thomas
  • Headline
    Carlyle's French Revolution, 1st edition
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    James Fraser
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Chastellux, François-Jean, Marquis de
  • Headline
    Chastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Marc-Michel Rey
  • Date Published
    1772
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
89
  • Author
    Condorcet, Nicolas de
  • Headline
    Condorcet's posthumously published treatise, PMM title
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Chez Agasse
  • Date Published
    L'an III de la République [i.e. 1795]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
101
  • Author
    D'Israeli, Isaac
  • Headline
    Commentaries on the Life of Charles the First
  • Publisher
    Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1830
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
108
  • Author
    Donati, Alessandro
  • Headline
    Roman Views by Alessandro Donati, 1695
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters
  • Date Published
    1695
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$750
StatusSold
114
  • Heading
    (Durvand)
  • Author
    Bouchot, Henri
  • Headline
    Catherine de Medicis finely bound by Durvand
  • Publisher
    Goupil et Cie
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
117
  • Heading
    (Economics)
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert:, Leo Huberman & Paul M. Sweezy, editors
  • Headline
    First appearance of Einstein's Why Socialism?
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
118
  • Heading
    (Economics)
  • Author
    Marx, Karl
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Marx's Capital 1st US edition
  • Publisher
    The Humboldt Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1890]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
125
  • Author
    Erasmus, Desiderius and Thomas More
  • Headline
    One of only 2 18th c. issues of Utopia, w/ Erasmus
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Barbou
  • Date Published
    1777
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
126
  • Author
    Erasmus, Desiderius
  • Headline
    First Edition of Erasmus's classical compilation
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    In Officina Frobeniana
  • Date Published
    1531
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
169
  • Author
    Godwin, William
  • Headline
    2 finely bound William Godwin volumes
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Colburn and Bentley
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
177
  • Heading
    (Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)
  • Author
    Daudet, Alphonse
  • Headline
    Daudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple states
  • Publisher
    Armand Magnier
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
189
  • Author
    Harris, James
  • Headline
    Prescient work on universal grammar, 1751
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed by H. Woodfall, for J. Nourse... and P. Vaillant
  • Date Published
    1751
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
192
  • Author
    Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Headline
    Works of Hawthorne autograph edition
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1900
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
203
  • Author
    Hume, David
  • Headline
    David Hume's Essays and Treatises 1777
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Cadell, et al.
  • Date Published
    1777
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
204
  • Author
    Hume, David
  • Headline
    David Hume, Four Dissertations 1st ed. 1757
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for A. Millar
  • Date Published
    1757
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Hunt, W.M.
  • Headline
    W.M. Hunt's Talks on Art 1st and 2nd Series
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin and Company
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
213
  • Author
    Jāḥiẓ, ʿAmr b. Baḥr al- (Abū ʿUṯmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr), 776-869
  • Headline
    The Book of Animals by al-Jahiz, 8 vols. 1965-9
  • Publisher
    Muṣṭafā al-Bābī al-Ḥalabī
  • Date Published
    1965-1969
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
214
  • Author
    Jeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]
  • Headline
    Adventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
225
  • Author
    Kingsley, Charles
  • Headline
    Nicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's Works
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
250
  • Author
    Locke, John
  • Headline
    Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed by W. B. for A. and J. Churchill
  • Date Published
    1706
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
253
  • Author
    Machiavel, Nicholas
  • Headline
    Expanded edition of Farneworth's Machiavelli
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.
  • Date Published
    [1775]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$500
StatusSold
255
  • Author
    Malebranche, Nicolas
  • Headline
    Best edition of Malebranche's Investigations
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Michael David
  • Date Published
    1712
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
257
  • Author
    Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
  • Headline
    First Greek-Latin edition of the Meditations
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus Francisci de la Bottiere
  • Date Published
    1626
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
264
  • Author
    Mauss, Marcel
  • Headline
    First publication of Mauss' The Gift
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Librairie Félix Alcan
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
267
  • Heading
    (Medieval Art)
  • Author
    Du Sommerard, Alexandre
  • Headline
    Plate volumes to Sommerard's Arts au Moyen Age
  • Publisher
    Hotel de Cluny
  • Date Published
    1838-1846
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
279
  • Heading
    (The Monastery Hill Bindery)
  • Author
    Bryant, William Cullen
  • Headline
    The Poetry of Bryant, bound by Monastery Hill
  • Publisher
    Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
281
  • Author
    More, Thomas
  • Headline
    M.T. Rousseau translation of More's Utopia 1780
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Alex Jombert
  • Date Published
    1780
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
287
  • Heading
    (Newton, Isaac)
  • Author
    Pemberton, Henry
  • Headline
    Pemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy
  • Publisher
    S. Palmer
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$500
StatusSold
288
  • Heading
    (Nonesuch Press)
  • Author
    Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
  • Headline
    Montaigne's Essays from Nonesuch Press
  • Publisher
    The Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
299
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    Plutarch's Moralia in French, 17 volumes
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Desaint
  • Date Published
    1783-1795
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
310
  • Heading
    (Ricketts, Charles)
  • Author
    Symonds, John Addington
  • Headline
    Symonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxe
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Elkin Mathews & John Lane and Macmillan
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
312
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Khayyám, Omar
  • Headline
    Rubáiyát of Khayyám bound by Riviere
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
313
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Leslie, Charles Robert and Tom Taylor
  • Headline
    6 volume fine binding by Riviere & Son
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$700 - $100
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
314
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
  • Headline
    Meditations bound by Riviere & Son
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
315
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Rossetti, William M., editor
  • Headline
    Finely bound Poems of Christina Rossetti
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
316
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
  • Headline
    Sheridan poetry finely bound by Riviere & Son
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    T. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. Almon
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
317
  • Heading
    (Riviere & Son)
  • Author
    Tristram, Outram W.
  • Headline
    Unusual embossed binding by Riviere & Son
  • Publisher
    Macmillan
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
318
  • Heading
    (Riviere)
  • Author
    Filmer, Robert, Sir
  • Headline
    Robert Filmer, Natural Power of Kings 1680
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Walter Davis
  • Date Published
    1680
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
325
  • Author
    Rousseau, Jean Jacques
  • Headline
    Complete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire Typographique
  • Date Published
    1783-1789
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
331
  • Heading
    (Samblanx, Charles de)
  • Author
    Goldsmith, [Oliver]
  • Headline
    Charles de Samblanx Cathedral binding
  • Publisher
    Bourgueleret, Éditeur
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
332
  • Heading
    (Sammelband)
  • Headline
    16th c. German sammelband, 3 Latin titles
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Ex Officina Paltheniana, sumptibus viduae Petri Fischeri
  • Date Published
    1596
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
348
  • Heading
    (Stikeman & Co.)
  • Author
    Dumas, Alexandre
  • Headline
    Celebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.
  • Publisher
    H.S. Nichols
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
362
  • Heading
    (Tout Bindery)
  • Author
    Campbell, Thomas
  • Headline
    Jansenist-style binding by Tout
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
367
  • Author
    Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de
  • Headline
    1st authorized collected works of Voltaire
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Chez Etienne Ledet & Compagnie
  • Date Published
    1738
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
372
  • Author
    Whiston, William, translator
  • Headline
    Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, nicely bound
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    T. Nelson and Sons
  • Date Published
    [1863]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
376
  • Author
    Wittgenstein, Ludwig
  • Headline
    First U.S. ed. of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 1922
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Harcourt, Brace & Company
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
380
  • Author
    Wright, G.N.
  • Headline
    With numerous plates of the Mediterranean 1839
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Fisher, Son, & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1839]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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