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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage attacks Exposition of 1851ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1851 Lot #29 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage, Economy of Machinery 1st ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1832 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 #44 La falsità scoperta nel libro intitolato la verità senza maschera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBertini, Anton FrancescoHeadlineBattle of two 18th c. Italian doctorsPublisherFederigo KnochDate Published1711 Lot #50 Moderne Technik: Die wichtigsten Gebiete der Maschinentechnik und Verkehrstechnik... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBlücher, HansHeadlineWith 15 extraordinary color plates with overlaysProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBibliographisches InstitutDate Published1912 Lot #79 The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCavendish, HenryHeadlineScientific Papers of Henry Cavendish 1921PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1921 Lot #85 Lexicon Philosophicum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChauvini, Stephani [Chauvin, Etienne]HeadlineChauvin's Lexicon Philosophicum 1713ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFranciscus [Frans] HalmaDate Published1713 Lot #102 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species, 3rd edition 1861ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1861 Lot #104 Five 19th century French volumes on dentistry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineFive on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1808-1841 Lot #105 The Natural History and Diseases of the Human Teeth [bound with] The Natural History of the Human Teeth View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)AuthorFox, Joseph and John HunterHeadlineTwo 18th-19th century works on human teethProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1778-1814 Lot #106 Three 19th century French volumes on dentistry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Dentistry)HeadlineThree on dentistry in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1817-1841 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineFoulis Press Euclid, 1756PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1756 Lot #157 Systema Cosmicum, Autore Galilaeo Galilaei Lynceo... in quo Quatuor Dialogis, de Duobus Maximus Mundi Systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadline1st edition Galileo's dialogues pub. in EnglandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherProstat voenale apud Thomam DicasDate Published1663 Lot #158 The Treatment of Insanity View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGalt, John M.HeadlineAdvocacy for humane treatment of mental illnessProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarper & Brothers, Publishers.Date Published1846 Lot #187 A Treatise on the Theory of Functions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHarkness, James and Frank MorleyHeadlineHarkness and Morley on functions 1893ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #217 The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorJevons, W. StanleyHeadlineJevons, Principles of Science 1874ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1874 Lot #228 Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineFirst Edition of Laplace, Celestial MechanicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 Lot #229 Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorLavater, John CasparHeadlineLavater's Physiognomy in English 1792ProvenanceBookplates of the Grolier ClubPublisherPrinted for John Murray... and T. HollowayDate Published1792 Lot #245 Abriß der Lehre vom Menschen. Für höhere Schulklassen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLehmann, Christian Gottfried WilhelmHeadlineWith 6 anatomical plates, 1818ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1818 Lot #248 Chemische Untersuchung über das Fleisch und seine Zubereitung zum Nahrungsmittel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLiebig, Justus vonHeadlineGerman treatise on food chemistry, 1847ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAkademische Verlagshandlung von C.F. WinterDate Published1847 Lot #256 The Wonders of Geography; or, a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineMantell, Wonders of Geology, 1839ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1839 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 #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 #296 Four early 20th century works on physics View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)HeadlineFour 1sts on physicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1903-1922 Lot #298 Apple's Pixar Bug's Life "Think Different" poster View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pixar Studios)HeadlineApple's "Think Different" Pixar posterPublisherApple Computer, Inc.Date Published1998 Lot #301 De i miracoli et maravigliosi effetti dalla natura prodotti. Libri IIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPorta, Giovanni Battista dellHeadline1st Italian ed. Giovanbattista's Natural MagickProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAppresso Lodovico AvanziDate Published1560 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 #334 The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the Conchology of the United States View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, Writings on Conchology 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherH. BailliereDate Published1858 Lot #357 Radium és radioaktivitás View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSzilárd, BélaHeadlineEarly work in Hungarian on radioactivity, 1905ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMai Henrik és fiaDate Published1905 Lot #374 Group Theory and its Application to the Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWigner, Eugene P.HeadlineWigner, Group Theory, 1959ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAcademic PressDate Published1959 Lot #375 Cerebri Anatome: Cui Accessit. Nervorum Descriptio et Usus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorWillis, ThomasHeadlineThomas Willis on brain anatomy, with 16 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Gerbrandum SchagenDate Published1666 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next