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 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 1-71 of 71. 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 #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 #15 Bouvard & Pécuchet Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineArion Press' Bouvard & PécuchetPublisherArion PressDate Published2016 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #18 Messiah: Oratorio in Three Parts Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHandel, George FridericHeadlineArion Press MessiahPublisherArion PressDate Published2021 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #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 #48 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book [with] abridged review copy Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Jerusalem with review copyPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #49 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineUnbound issue of Trianon's Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #55 Bohemian Grove Plays - a nearly complete run Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineNearly complete collection of Grove PlaysPublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1911-2011 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #62 Seventeen works from Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineSeventeen works from Book Club of CA, 1929-93PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1929-1993 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #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 #94 The Pleasures of Planting and Other Thoughts Heading(Cranbrook Press)AuthorBooth, George G.HeadlineCranbrook Press The Pleasures of PlantingPublisherCranbrook PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #111 Shake-Speares Sonnets. Tercentenary Edition Heading(Doves Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDoves Press edition of Shakespeare's SonnetsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoves PressDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #134 Three works of the fine press Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineLEC works are signed by the illustratorsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #135 The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography Heading(The Fleuron)AuthorSimon, Oliver and Stanley Morrison, editorsHeadlineSix volumes of The FleuronPublisherThe FleuronDate Published1924-1930 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #137 Five Folio Society titles relating to the 19th Century Heading(Folio Society)Headline5 Folio Society titles relating on the 19th CenturyPublisherFolio SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #138 Three Folio Society titles relating to warfare Heading(Folio Society)Headline3 Folio Society titles on warfarePublisherFolio SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #139 Three titles from the Folio Society Heading(Folio Society)HeadlineThree titles from the Folio SocietyDate Published2005-2011 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold 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 #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 #163 The Engravings of Eric Gill Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorSkelton, ChristopherHeadlineCatalogue raisonné of Eric Gill's engravingsPublisherChristopher SkeltonDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #178 Ten titles from the Grabhorn Press Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineTen Grabhorn Press titles, 1933-1969ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933-1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #179 The Peyote Ritual: Visions and Descriptions Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorToke, Monroe TsaHeadlineThe Peyote Ritual Grabhorn Press Ltd EditionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #190 The Mystery of Golf AuthorHaultain, Theodore ArnoldHeadlineHaulltain's Mystery of Golf, Bruce Rogers ed.PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #201 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery AuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall: life in a monasteryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #239 A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin Heading(Leaves, 1583)AuthorDodoens, RembertHeadlineA Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens HerbalPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #240 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman Heading(Leaves, 1611)HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #288 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #290 The Officina Bodoni: The Operation of a Hand-press during the First Six Years of Its Work Heading(Officina Bodoni)HeadlineThe Officina Bodoni 1929, 1/500PublisherEditiones Officinae BodoniDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #310 In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays Heading(Ricketts, Charles)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElkin Mathews & John Lane and MacmillanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #322 O Pioneers! [salesman's dummy copy] Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSalesman's dummy of O Pioneers!PublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #326 Printers to the Club: A Portfolio Heading(Roxburghe Club)AuthorLinden, James & Jennifer Larson, editorsHeadlinePrinters to the Club - Roxburghe Club 1986PublisherRoxburghe ClubDate Published1986 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #329 The Essay on Friendship [with] The Essays of Elia Heading(Roycroft)AuthorThoreau, Henry D.; Charles LambHeadlineTwo volumes from the Roycroft ShopPublisherRoycroft ShopDate Published1903; 1899 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 #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 #342 Decalogus AuthorSobota, Jan and JarmilaHeadlineSobota's Decalogus, cross-shaped artist book 1/100Date Published1999 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #346 Ten miniature books from Achille St. Onge Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline10 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1959-1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #365 When A Printer Plays: A showing of printer's flowers and typographic fleurons arranged in arabesque patterns... Heading(Typography)AuthorHoffman, Richard J.HeadlineStudy of typographic fleuronsPublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #382 Cawdor Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' Cawdor from Yolla Bolly PressProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next