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 101-140 of 140. Previous|12|Next Lot #297 A Political Dictionary: Explaining the True Meaning of Words. Illustrated and Exemplified in the Lives, Morals, Character and Conduct... AuthorPigott, CharlesHeadlinePigott's Political Dictionary 1796ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Thomas GreenleafDate Published1796 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #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 #308 Clarisse Harlowe AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineClarissa in French illus. Chodowiecki of BerlinProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPaul Barde; Moutard; MerigotDate Published1785-1786 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #309 The History of Sir Charles Grandison [with] Clarissa [with] Pamela AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Richardson's three epistolary novelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1770-1776 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #313 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLeslie, Charles Robert and Tom TaylorHeadline6 volume fine binding by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $100Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #317 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #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 #325 Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineComplete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789PublisherDe l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire TypographiqueDate Published1783-1789 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #348 Celebrated Crimes Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #349 Immensee AuthorStorm, TheodoreHeadlineImmensee, illustrated by the Armstrong sistersPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #352 Le nouveau Gulliver, ou Voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver Heading(Swift, Jonathan)AuthorDesfontaines, Pierre-Francois GuyotHeadlineDesfontaines, Le nouveau Gulliver 1730ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAux dépens de la CompagnieDate Published1730 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #354 Letters, Written by Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Several of his Friends. From the Year 1703 to 1740... AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineLetters from Jonathan SwiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. DaviesDate Published1767 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #355 The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Swift's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1766 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #358 The Seasons AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's The Seasons, A New Edition 1778ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. MurrayDate Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #360 The Tragedy of Tolstoy Heading(Tolstoy, Leo)AuthorTolstoy, AlexandraHeadlineSigned by Alexandra TolstoyPublisherYale University PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #368 An Essay on Grammar, as it may be applied to the English Language. In Two Treatises. The one Speculative... The other Practical AuthorWard, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Ward on English Grammar, 1764ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Robert HorsfieldDate Published1765 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #379 The Poetical Works AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineFive volumes of Wordsworth, 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 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|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next