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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 #33 From Pole to Pole View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorHedin, SvenHeadlineSven Hedin's Pole to Pole, bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1914 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 #63 Orley Farm View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brian Frost & Company)AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOrley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & CompanyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 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 #77 The French Revolution: A History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's French Revolution, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames FraserDate Published1837 Lot #84 De la Félicité Publique, ou Considérations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les différentes Epoques de l'histoire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorChastellux, François-Jean, Marquis deHeadlineChastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMarc-Michel ReyDate Published1772 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 #101 Commentaries of the Life of Reign of Charles the First, King of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorD'Israeli, IsaacHeadlineCommentaries on the Life of Charles the FirstPublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 Lot #108 Roma Vetus ac Recens Utriusque Aedificiis Illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigator reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata. Editio Ultima. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDonati, AlessandroHeadlineRoman Views by Alessandro Donati, 1695ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem WoltersDate Published1695 Lot #114 Catherine de Medicis View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Durvand)AuthorBouchot, HenriHeadlineCatherine de Medicis finely bound by DurvandPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 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 #169 St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadline2 finely bound William Godwin volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherColburn and BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #177 Sapho View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 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 #192 The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineWorks of Hawthorne autograph editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1900 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 #206 W.M. Hunt's Talks on Art: Second Series View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHunt, W.M.HeadlineW.M. Hunt's Talks on Art 1st and 2nd SeriesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1892 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 #214 Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]HeadlineAdventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1790 Lot #225 Works of Charles Kingsley View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's WorksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 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 #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 #267 Les Arts au Moyen Age View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Medieval Art)AuthorDu Sommerard, AlexandreHeadlinePlate volumes to Sommerard's Arts au Moyen AgePublisherHotel de ClunyDate Published1838-1846 Lot #279 The Complete Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(The Monastery Hill Bindery)AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlineThe Poetry of Bryant, bound by Monastery HillPublisherAppleton and CompanyDate Published1910 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 #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 #310 In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Ricketts, Charles)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElkin Mathews & John Lane and MacmillanDate Published1893 Lot #312 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Khayyám bound by RiviereProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1911 Lot #313 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries View details Estimate$700 - $100Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLeslie, Charles Robert and Tom TaylorHeadline6 volume fine binding by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 Lot #314 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: To Himself View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations bound by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1932 Lot #315 Poems of Christina Rossetti View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorRossetti, William M., editorHeadlineFinely bound Poems of Christina RossettiProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 Lot #316 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 Lot #317 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 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 #331 Le Vicaire de Wakefield View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Samblanx, Charles de)AuthorGoldsmith, [Oliver]HeadlineCharles de Samblanx Cathedral bindingPublisherBourgueleret, ÉditeurDate Published1838 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 #348 Celebrated Crimes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 Lot #362 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Tout Bindery)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineJansenist-style binding by ToutDate Published1837 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 #372 The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorWhiston, William, translatorHeadlineComplete Works of Flavius Josephus, nicely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published[1863] 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 Lot #380 The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean. Drawn from Nature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous plates of the Mediterranean 1839ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1839] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next