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 1-31 of 31. Previous|1|Next Lot #28 The Exposition of 1851; Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government of England AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage attacks Exposition of 1851ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #29 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage, Economy of Machinery 1st ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1832 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold 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 #44 La falsità scoperta nel libro intitolato la verità senza maschera AuthorBertini, Anton FrancescoHeadlineBattle of two 18th c. Italian doctorsPublisherFederigo KnochDate Published1711 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #79 The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. AuthorCavendish, HenryHeadlineScientific Papers of Henry Cavendish 1921PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #85 Lexicon Philosophicum AuthorChauvini, Stephani [Chauvin, Etienne]HeadlineChauvin's Lexicon Philosophicum 1713ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFranciscus [Frans] HalmaDate Published1713 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #102 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species, 3rd edition 1861ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #104 Five 19th century French volumes on dentistry Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineFive on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1808-1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #105 The Natural History and Diseases of the Human Teeth [bound with] The Natural History of the Human Teeth Heading(Dentistry)AuthorFox, Joseph and John HunterHeadlineTwo 18th-19th century works on human teethProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1778-1814 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #106 Three 19th century French volumes on dentistry Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineThree on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1817-1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #130 The Elements of Euclid, viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. In this Edition, the Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, and some of Euclid's Demonstrated are Restored AuthorEuclidHeadlineFoulis Press Euclid, 1756PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #157 Systema Cosmicum, Autore Galilaeo Galilaei Lynceo... in quo Quatuor Dialogis, de Duobus Maximus Mundi Systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano... AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadline1st edition Galileo's dialogues pub. in EnglandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherProstat voenale apud Thomam DicasDate Published1663 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #158 The Treatment of Insanity AuthorGalt, John M.HeadlineAdvocacy for humane treatment of mental illnessProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarper & Brothers, Publishers.Date Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #187 A Treatise on the Theory of Functions AuthorHarkness, James and Frank MorleyHeadlineHarkness and Morley on functions 1893ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #217 The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method AuthorJevons, W. StanleyHeadlineJevons, Principles of Science 1874ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #228 Traité de Mécanique Céleste AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineFirst Edition of Laplace, Celestial MechanicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #229 Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind AuthorLavater, John CasparHeadlineLavater's Physiognomy in English 1792ProvenanceBookplates of the Grolier ClubPublisherPrinted for John Murray... and T. HollowayDate Published1792 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #245 Abriß der Lehre vom Menschen. Für höhere Schulklassen AuthorLehmann, Christian Gottfried WilhelmHeadlineWith 6 anatomical plates, 1818ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #248 Chemische Untersuchung über das Fleisch und seine Zubereitung zum Nahrungsmittel AuthorLiebig, Justus vonHeadlineGerman treatise on food chemistry, 1847ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAkademische Verlagshandlung von C.F. WinterDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 The Wonders of Geography; or, a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineMantell, Wonders of Geology, 1839ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #296 Four early 20th century works on physics Heading(Physics)HeadlineFour 1sts on physicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1903-1922 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #298 Apple's Pixar Bug's Life "Think Different" poster Heading(Pixar Studios)HeadlineApple's "Think Different" Pixar posterPublisherApple Computer, Inc.Date Published1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #301 De i miracoli et maravigliosi effetti dalla natura prodotti. Libri IIII AuthorPorta, Giovanni Battista dellHeadline1st Italian ed. Giovanbattista's Natural MagickProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAppresso Lodovico AvanziDate Published1560 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #334 The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the Conchology of the United States AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, Writings on Conchology 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherH. BailliereDate Published1858 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #357 Radium és radioaktivitás AuthorSzilárd, BélaHeadlineEarly work in Hungarian on radioactivity, 1905ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMai Henrik és fiaDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #374 Group Theory and its Application to the Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra AuthorWigner, Eugene P.HeadlineWigner, Group Theory, 1959ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAcademic PressDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #375 Cerebri Anatome: Cui Accessit. Nervorum Descriptio et Usus AuthorWillis, ThomasHeadlineThomas Willis on brain anatomy, with 16 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Gerbrandum SchagenDate Published1666 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next