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