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 1-82 of 82. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale Heading(Andersen, Hans Christian)HeadlineSigned by 10 illustrators, Emperor's New ClothesPublisherHarcourt Brace & CompanyDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #7 Zadig Heading(Angelo, Valenti)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineHand-colored and signed by Angelo, one of 15 copiesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherRimington & HooperDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #9 Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments [with] Brangwyn's Illustrations of the Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)HeadlineIllustrated Arabian NightsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1865-1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #11 Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAbbott, Edwin A.HeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherArion PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #12 The Little of our Earthly Trust Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBishop, ElizabethHeadlineSigned by John NewmanPublisherArion PressDate Published2016 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Hound of the Baskervilles Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineMichael Kenna's Hound of the BaskervillesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #14 The Structure of Rime Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineWith signed aquatint by Frank LobdellPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #16 The Case of the Wolf-Man: From the History of an Infantile Neurosis Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineThe Case of the Wolf Man signed by Jim DineProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #17 What the End is For: A Selection of Poems, 1977-2011 Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGraham, JorieHeadlineSigned by Graham and LethbridgePublisherArion PressDate Published2014 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #19 Pedro Páramo Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRulfo, JuanHeadlinePedro Páramo, signed by Enrique ChagoyaPublisherArion PressDate Published2016 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #20 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Heading(Arion Press)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineSigned by John BaldessariPublisherArion PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #21 Arcadia: A Play Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArion Arcadia signed by Tom StoppardPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #32 All the Year Round Heading(Baumann, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineColor woodcuts by Gustave BaumannProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #36 Rossetti and His Circle AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #43 The Jewel Merchants. In Linocuts AuthorBernhard, William JohnHeadlineJewel Merchants. In LinocutsPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #45 Het Nieuwe Testament... [bound with] De Boecken genaemt Apocryphe... Heading(Bible in Dutch)HeadlineKeur Bible New Testament & ApocryphaPublisherPieter and Jacob KeurDate Published1729 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #68 The Bad Little Duckhunter AuthorBrown, Margaret Wise and Clement HurdHeadlineBad Little Duckhunter in jacket, 1st ed.PublisherWilliam R. ScottDate Published1947 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #69 Two Little Trains AuthorBrown, Margaret Wise and Jean CharlotHeadlineTwo Little Trains In scarce jacketPublisherWilliam R. ScottDate Published1949 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #74 Derrière le Miroir: Calder Heading(Calder, Alexander)HeadlineDerriere le Miroire signed by Alexander CalderProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAimé MaeghtDate Published1975 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #75 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Heading(Calder, Alexander, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #76 California Festival Association has the honor to present Max Reinhardt personally directing his production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"... Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; Faculty Glade-Greek Theatre, Berkeley Heading(California - Theatre)AuthorReinhardt, MaxHeadlineTheatre program signed by Rooney & de HavillandPublisher[California Festival Association]Date Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 El Ingenioso Hidalgo D. Quijote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineImprenta Real edition of Don Quixote 1819PublisherLa Imprenta RealDate Published1819 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #82 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineLarge format printing of Don Quixote 1862PublisherEn la Imprenta NacionalDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #83 Twenty-eight nineteenth century chapbooks and pamphlets Heading(Chapbooks)Headline19th century chapbook collectionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Publishedc.1815-1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #86 A Letter of Columbus AuthorCitino, DavidHeadlineFrom the Logan Elm Press, 1/130 copiesPublisherThe Logan Elm Press at The Ohio State UniversityDate Published1990 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #91 An Illustration of the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman Costume; in Forty Outlines... Heading(Costume)AuthorBaxter, ThomasHeadlineBaxter's engravings of ancient costumePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #95 Queen Summer: or the Tourney of the Lily and the Rose AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane Queen SummerPublisherCassell & Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #103 Das puch von dem entkrist HeadlineFacsimile of medieval block bookPublisherInsel VerlagDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #107 Autograph manuscript for A Metrical History of England; Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, of Some of the Most Prominent Features in Our National Chronology AuthorDibdin, Thomas JohnHeadlineThomas J. Dibdin's manuscript on English HistoryPublisher[Printed for the proprietor by J. Hartnell]Date Published1812-1813 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold 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 #109 The Vision of Hell Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith 76 plates by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter, & GalpinDate Published[1866] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #110 Oeuvres de Rabelais: Texte Collationné sur les Éditions Originales. Avec une Vie de l'Auteur, des Notes et un Glossaire Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisHeadlineDoré's magnificent RabelaisPublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #132 Les Mamelles de Tirésias Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineApollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of TiresiasPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #133 Four signed film scripts Heading(Film Scripts)HeadlineFour signed film scriptsDate Published[c.1990-2000] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #136 The Asbestos Society of Sinners: Detailing the Diversions of Dives and others on the Playground of Pluto... AuthorFogg, Lawrence DanielHeadlineThe Asbestos Society of Sinners 1stPublisherMayhew Publishing CompanyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #142 A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorBourdain, AnthonyHeadlineWith bookmark signed by Anthony BourdainPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #143 From Julia Child's Kitchen Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineFrom Julia Child's Kitchen, signed 1st trade editionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #152 Chinese Chopsticks: A Manual of Chinese Cookery and Guide to Peiping Restaurants Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorSia, Mary LiHeadlineInscribed 1935 Chinese cookbookProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Peiping Chronicle]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #154 A Cookbook: The Stag at Ease Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorSquire, Marian, compilerHeadlineInscribed to Ed Sullivan, w/ his recipe for Irish stewPublisherThe Caxton Printers, Ltd.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #159 Two Games for Children & the Young at Heart Heading(Games)HeadlineParlor games from the turn of the centuryDate Published1892 & 1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #160 Souvenir of the Passive Resistance Movement in South Africa. 1906-1914 Heading(Gandhi, Manilal Mohandas)HeadlineSigned and inscribed by Manilal M. Ganhdi, 1953ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPublished by the Proprietors of "Indian Opinion"Date Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #161 The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorScott, John Anthony, editorHeadlineWith Etchings by Thomas Cornell, signed by BaskinPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1964 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #164 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribuë chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #171 Faust: A Tragedy AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlineFaust: A Tragedy c.1870 Stroefer & KirchnerPublisherStroefer and KirchnerDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #176 The Dwindling Party AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineSigned by Edward GoreyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold 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 #183 Detskii Ostrov / Children's Island Heading(Grigoriev, Boris, illustrator)AuthorChernii, Sasha [pseud. of Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg]HeadlineChildren's poems illustrated by Boris GrigorievProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSlovoDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #185 Hafis: Eine Sammlung Persischer Gedichte Heading(Hafez)AuthorDaumer, G. Fr., translatorHeadlineDaumer's Hafez translationsPublisherEugen DiederichsDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #200 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera AuthorHoraceHeadlineEngraved by John PinePublisherJohannes PineDate Published1733-1737 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #223 L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ Author[Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineKempis' Imitation of Jesus-Christ, nicely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #230 Le Frou-Frou magazine Heading(Le Frou-Frou Magazine)HeadlineBound collection of Le Frou-Frou magazineDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Leaf from Commentarii in Psalmos Heading(Leaves, 1250, approx.)AuthorArnobius the YoungerHeadlineManuscript Bible commentary leaf, c.13th centuryDate Publishedc.13th-14th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #242 Juguetes Mexicanos AuthorLedesma, G. FernandezHeadlineStudy of Mexican toysPublisher[Talleres Gráficos de la Nación]Date Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #249 The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade.... Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #252 Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain. Vol. II, Part I, containing Cambridgeshire AuthorLysons, Daniel and SamuelHeadlineWith plates of Cambridge 1808ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #260 Soignez la Gloire de votre Firme et l'excellence de vos Marchandises... Heading(Martin, Charles, illustrator)AuthorCocteau, JeanHeadline11 pochoir plates by Charles MartinPublisher[Draeger Frères]Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #263 Quinze Poèmes d'Émile Verhaeren Heading(Masereel, Frans, illustrator)AuthorVerhaeren, ÉmileHeadlineWith 57 woodcuts by Frans MasereelProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherÉditions Georges CresDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #265 Étude de la Mer: Faune et Flore de la Manche et de l'Océan AuthorMéheut, MathurinHeadlineWith 49 color plates of marine lifeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published1913 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #283 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSigned by Barry MoserPublisherAmerican Heritage Press / [University of California]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #293 Cinderella Heading(Pantomime Toy Books)HeadlineCinderella illustrated in color as a stage playProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMcLoughlin Bro'sDate Publishedc. 1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #300 The Songs of Bilitis Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineSigned by Willy PogányPublisherMacy-Masius: PublishersDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #302 Exlibris und Signete AuthorPreetorius, EmilHeadlineCollection of German bookplatesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDrei Masken VerlagDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #303 Deutscher Buch- und Steindrucker Heading(Printing)HeadlineTwo volumes of German printing journalProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherErnest MorgensternDate Published1897-1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #305 Dansez Petits AuthorPrivas, XavierHeadlineDansez Petits, with pochoir illustrationsPublisherLibrairie DelagraveDate Published[c.1920s] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #321 The Religion of Vishnoo. The History of the Most Remarkable Events of the Ten Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnoo, the Preserving Power of India... AuthorRodriguez, Etienne AlexanderHeadlineWith color plates of VishnuProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #327 So Here Then are the Preachments Entitled The City of Tagaste, and a Dream and a Prophecy Heading(Roycroft)AuthorFra Elbertus [Hubbard, Elbert]HeadlineSigned by Hubbard and PainePublisher[Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #328 So here then are Dreams Heading(Roycroft)AuthorSchreiner, OliveHeadlineSigned by Elbert HubbardPublisherRoycroft ShopDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #338 The Art of Maurice Sendak AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned by Maurice SendakPublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Publishedc.1980 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #339 Fox in Socks AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineFirst Printing of Seuss' Fox in Socks, in djPublisherBeginner Books / Random HouseDate Published1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #341 Four pamphlets by William Henry Smyth AuthorSmyth, William HenryHeadline4 works by William Henry Smyth, one signed by himProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBerkeley Daily GazetteDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #347 Tanglewood Tales Heading(Sterrett, Virginia Frances, illustrator)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineTanglewood Tales illustrated by Virginia SterrettPublisherThe Penn Pub. Co.Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #349 Immensee AuthorStorm, TheodoreHeadlineImmensee, illustrated by the Armstrong sistersPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #353 Le Gulliver de la Jeunesse. Voyages de Gulliver dans l'Ile de Lilliput a Brobdingnac, Pays des Géant, a Laputa, etc. AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineIllustrated Gulliver's Travels in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBenardin-BéchetDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #356 Hymn to Proserpine AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Buckland-WrightPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #359 The entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon, being the subject of a marble frieze in H.M. the King of Danemark's Palace of Christiansburg AuthorThorwaldsen, BertelHeadlineAlexander the Great enters BabylonPublisher[Charles Ketsall]Date Published[1836] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #364 The Mysterious Stranger AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's unfinished work on MoralityPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Publishedc.1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #369 Basil Seal Rides Again, Or the Rake's Regress AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineWaugh's Basil Seal Rides Again Signed LimitedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #371 Ah Moy, the story of a Chinese girl AuthorWheat, LuHeadlineStory of a Chinese girl hand-colored 1908PublisherGrafton PressDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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