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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  • Heading
    (Andersen, Hans Christian)
  • Headline
    Signed by 10 illustrators, Emperor's New Clothes
  • Publisher
    Harcourt Brace & Company
  • Date Published
    [1998]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
7
  • Heading
    (Angelo, Valenti)
  • Author
    Voltaire
  • Headline
    Hand-colored and signed by Angelo, one of 15 copies
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Rimington & Hooper
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
9
  • Heading
    (Arabian Nights)
  • Headline
    Illustrated Arabian Nights
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1865-1897
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
11
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Abbott, Edwin A.
  • Headline
    Signed by Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
12
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Bishop, Elizabeth
  • Headline
    Signed by John Newman
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2016
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
13
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Headline
    Michael Kenna's Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    The Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
14
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Duncan, Robert
  • Headline
    With signed aquatint by Frank Lobdell
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2008
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
16
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Freud, Sigmund
  • Headline
    The Case of the Wolf Man signed by Jim Dine
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    The Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1993
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
17
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Graham, Jorie
  • Headline
    Signed by Graham and Lethbridge
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2014
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
19
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Rulfo, Juan
  • Headline
    Pedro Páramo, signed by Enrique Chagoya
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2016
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
20
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Sterne, Laurence
  • Headline
    Signed by John Baldessari
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1988
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
21
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Stoppard, Tom
  • Headline
    Arion Arcadia signed by Tom Stoppard
  • Publisher
    The Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2001
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
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
32
  • Heading
    (Baumann, Gustave, illustrator)
  • Author
    Riley, James Whitcomb
  • Headline
    Color woodcuts by Gustave Baumann
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    The Bobbs-Merrill Company
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Beerbohm, Max
  • Headline
    Rossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenance
  • Publisher
    William Heineman
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
43
  • Author
    Bernhard, William John
  • Headline
    Jewel Merchants. In Linocuts
  • Publisher
    Privately printed
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
45
  • Heading
    (Bible in Dutch)
  • Headline
    Keur Bible New Testament & Apocrypha
  • Publisher
    Pieter and Jacob Keur
  • Date Published
    1729
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
50
  • Author
    Blücher, Hans
  • Headline
    With 15 extraordinary color plates with overlays
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Bibliographisches Institut
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
68
  • Author
    Brown, Margaret Wise and Clement Hurd
  • Headline
    Bad Little Duckhunter in jacket, 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    William R. Scott
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
69
  • Author
    Brown, Margaret Wise and Jean Charlot
  • Headline
    Two Little Trains In scarce jacket
  • Publisher
    William R. Scott
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
74
  • Heading
    (Calder, Alexander)
  • Headline
    Derriere le Miroire signed by Alexander Calder
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Aimé Maeght
  • Date Published
    1975
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
75
  • Heading
    (Calder, Alexander, illustrator)
  • Author
    Aesop
  • Headline
    Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Harrison of Paris
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
81
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Imprenta Real edition of Don Quixote 1819
  • Publisher
    La Imprenta Real
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
82
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Large format printing of Don Quixote 1862
  • Publisher
    En la Imprenta Nacional
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
83
  • Heading
    (Chapbooks)
  • Headline
    19th century chapbook collection
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    c.1815-1839
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
86
  • Author
    Citino, David
  • Headline
    From the Logan Elm Press, 1/130 copies
  • Publisher
    The Logan Elm Press at The Ohio State University
  • Date Published
    1990
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
91
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Author
    Baxter, Thomas
  • Headline
    Baxter's engravings of ancient costume
  • Publisher
    William Miller
  • Date Published
    1810
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
95
  • Author
    Crane, Walter
  • Headline
    Walter Crane Queen Summer
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Co.
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
103
  • Headline
    Facsimile of medieval block book
  • Publisher
    Insel Verlag
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
107
  • Author
    Dibdin, Thomas John
  • Headline
    Thomas J. Dibdin's manuscript on English History
  • Publisher
    [Printed for the proprietor by J. Hartnell]
  • Date Published
    1812-1813
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,187.50
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
109
  • Heading
    (Doré, Gustave, illustrator)
  • Author
    Dante Alighieri
  • Headline
    With 76 plates by Gustave Doré
  • Publisher
    Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
  • Date Published
    [1866]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
110
  • Heading
    (Doré, Gustave, illustrator)
  • Author
    Rabelais, François
  • Headline
    Doré's magnificent Rabelais
  • Publisher
    Garnier Frères
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$500
StatusSold
132
  • Heading
    (Ferat, Serge)
  • Author
    Apollinaire, Guillaume
  • Headline
    Apollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of Tiresias
  • Publisher
    Éditions Sic
  • Date Published
    1918
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
133
  • Heading
    (Film Scripts)
  • Headline
    Four signed film scripts
  • Date Published
    [c.1990-2000]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
136
  • Author
    Fogg, Lawrence Daniel
  • Headline
    The Asbestos Society of Sinners 1st
  • Publisher
    Mayhew Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
142
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Bourdain, Anthony
  • Headline
    With bookmark signed by Anthony Bourdain
  • Publisher
    Bloomsbury
  • Date Published
    [2001]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
143
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Child, Julia
  • Headline
    From Julia Child's Kitchen, signed 1st trade edition
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1975
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Sia, Mary Li
  • Headline
    Inscribed 1935 Chinese cookbook
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    [Peiping Chronicle]
  • Date Published
    [1935]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
154
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Squire, Marian, compiler
  • Headline
    Inscribed to Ed Sullivan, w/ his recipe for Irish stew
  • Publisher
    The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1938
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
159
  • Heading
    (Games)
  • Headline
    Parlor games from the turn of the century
  • Date Published
    1892 & 1902
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
160
  • Heading
    (Gandhi, Manilal Mohandas)
  • Headline
    Signed and inscribed by Manilal M. Ganhdi, 1953
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Published by the Proprietors of "Indian Opinion"
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
161
  • Heading
    (Gehenna Press)
  • Author
    Scott, John Anthony, editor
  • Headline
    With Etchings by Thomas Cornell, signed by Baskin
  • Publisher
    The Gehenna Press
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
164
  • Author
    Giraudeau, Pierre
  • Headline
    Giraudeau on European banking 1741
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Se distribuë chez l'Auteur
  • Date Published
    1741-1743
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
171
  • Author
    Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
  • Headline
    Faust: A Tragedy c.1870 Stroefer & Kirchner
  • Publisher
    Stroefer and Kirchner
  • Date Published
    [1870]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
176
  • Author
    Gorey, Edward
  • Headline
    Signed by Edward Gorey
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1982]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
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
183
  • Heading
    (Grigoriev, Boris, illustrator)
  • Author
    Chernii, Sasha [pseud. of Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg]
  • Headline
    Children's poems illustrated by Boris Grigoriev
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Slovo
  • Date Published
    [1921]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$875
StatusSold
185
  • Heading
    (Hafez)
  • Author
    Daumer, G. Fr., translator
  • Headline
    Daumer's Hafez translations
  • Publisher
    Eugen Diederichs
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
200
  • Author
    Horace
  • Headline
    Engraved by John Pine
  • Publisher
    Johannes Pine
  • Date Published
    1733-1737
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
223
  • Author
    [Kempis, Thomas]
  • Headline
    Kempis' Imitation of Jesus-Christ, nicely bound
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Garnier Frères
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
230
  • Heading
    (Le Frou-Frou Magazine)
  • Headline
    Bound collection of Le Frou-Frou magazine
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
231
  • Heading
    (Leaves, 1250, approx.)
  • Author
    Arnobius the Younger
  • Headline
    Manuscript Bible commentary leaf, c.13th century
  • Date Published
    c.13th-14th century
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
242
  • Author
    Ledesma, G. Fernandez
  • Headline
    Study of Mexican toys
  • Publisher
    [Talleres Gráficos de la Nación]
  • Date Published
    [1930]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
249
  • Heading
    (Limited Editions Club)
  • Author
    Burton, Richard F., translator
  • Headline
    Arabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions Club
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
252
  • Author
    Lysons, Daniel and Samuel
  • Headline
    With plates of Cambridge 1808
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies
  • Date Published
    1808
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
260
  • Heading
    (Martin, Charles, illustrator)
  • Author
    Cocteau, Jean
  • Headline
    11 pochoir plates by Charles Martin
  • Publisher
    [Draeger Frères]
  • Date Published
    [1925]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
263
  • Heading
    (Masereel, Frans, illustrator)
  • Author
    Verhaeren, Émile
  • Headline
    With 57 woodcuts by Frans Masereel
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Éditions Georges Cres
  • Date Published
    [1917]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
265
  • Author
    Méheut, Mathurin
  • Headline
    With 49 color plates of marine life
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
283
  • Heading
    (Moser, Barry, illustrator)
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Signed by Barry Moser
  • Publisher
    American Heritage Press / [University of California]
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
293
  • Heading
    (Pantomime Toy Books)
  • Headline
    Cinderella illustrated in color as a stage play
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    McLoughlin Bro's
  • Date Published
    c. 1880
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
300
  • Heading
    (Pogány, Willy, illustrator)
  • Author
    Louÿs, Pierre
  • Headline
    Signed by Willy Pogány
  • Publisher
    Macy-Masius: Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1926]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
302
  • Author
    Preetorius, Emil
  • Headline
    Collection of German bookplates
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Drei Masken Verlag
  • Date Published
    [1924]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
303
  • Heading
    (Printing)
  • Headline
    Two volumes of German printing journal
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Ernest Morgenstern
  • Date Published
    1897-1910
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
305
  • Author
    Privas, Xavier
  • Headline
    Dansez Petits, with pochoir illustrations
  • Publisher
    Librairie Delagrave
  • Date Published
    [c.1920s]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
321
  • Author
    Rodriguez, Etienne Alexander
  • Headline
    With color plates of Vishnu
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
327
  • Heading
    (Roycroft)
  • Author
    Fra Elbertus [Hubbard, Elbert]
  • Headline
    Signed by Hubbard and Paine
  • Publisher
    [Roycroft Shop]
  • Date Published
    [1900]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
328
  • Heading
    (Roycroft)
  • Author
    Schreiner, Olive
  • Headline
    Signed by Elbert Hubbard
  • Publisher
    Roycroft Shop
  • Date Published
    [1901]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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
338
  • Author
    Sendak, Maurice
  • Headline
    Signed by Maurice Sendak
  • Publisher
    Harry N. Abrams
  • Date Published
    c.1980
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
339
  • Author
    Seuss, Dr.
  • Headline
    First Printing of Seuss' Fox in Socks, in dj
  • Publisher
    Beginner Books / Random House
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
341
  • Author
    Smyth, William Henry
  • Headline
    4 works by William Henry Smyth, one signed by him
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Berkeley Daily Gazette
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
347
  • Heading
    (Sterrett, Virginia Frances, illustrator)
  • Author
    Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Headline
    Tanglewood Tales illustrated by Virginia Sterrett
  • Publisher
    The Penn Pub. Co.
  • Date Published
    [1921]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
349
  • Author
    Storm, Theodore
  • Headline
    Immensee, illustrated by the Armstrong sisters
  • Publisher
    A.C. McClurg & Co.
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
353
  • Author
    Swift, Jonathan
  • Headline
    Illustrated Gulliver's Travels in French
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Benardin-Béchet
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
356
  • Author
    Swinburne, Algernon Charles
  • Headline
    Signed and inscribed by Buckland-Wright
  • Publisher
    Golden Cockerel Press
  • Date Published
    [1944]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
359
  • Author
    Thorwaldsen, Bertel
  • Headline
    Alexander the Great enters Babylon
  • Publisher
    [Charles Ketsall]
  • Date Published
    [1836]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
364
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain's unfinished work on Morality
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers Publishers
  • Date Published
    c.1916
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
369
  • Author
    Waugh, Evelyn
  • Headline
    Waugh's Basil Seal Rides Again Signed Limited
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Chapman & Hall
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
371
  • Author
    Wheat, Lu
  • Headline
    Story of a Chinese girl hand-colored 1908
  • Publisher
    Grafton Press
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
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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