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... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPigott, CharlesHeadlinePigott's Political Dictionary 1796ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Thomas GreenleafDate Published1796 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 #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 #308 Clarisse Harlowe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineClarissa in French illus. Chodowiecki of BerlinProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPaul Barde; Moutard; MerigotDate Published1785-1786 Lot #309 The History of Sir Charles Grandison [with] Clarissa [with] Pamela View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Richardson's three epistolary novelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1770-1776 Lot #310 In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Ricketts, Charles)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElkin Mathews & John Lane and MacmillanDate Published1893 Lot #313 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries View details Estimate$700 - $100Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLeslie, Charles Robert and Tom TaylorHeadline6 volume fine binding by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 Lot #317 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 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 #322 O Pioneers! [salesman's dummy copy] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSalesman's dummy of O Pioneers!PublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1937 Lot #325 Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineComplete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789PublisherDe l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire TypographiqueDate Published1783-1789 Lot #326 Printers to the Club: A Portfolio View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Roxburghe Club)AuthorLinden, James & Jennifer Larson, editorsHeadlinePrinters to the Club - Roxburghe Club 1986PublisherRoxburghe ClubDate Published1986 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 #329 The Essay on Friendship [with] The Essays of Elia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorThoreau, Henry D.; Charles LambHeadlineTwo volumes from the Roycroft ShopPublisherRoycroft ShopDate Published1903; 1899 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 #342 Decalogus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSobota, Jan and JarmilaHeadlineSobota's Decalogus, cross-shaped artist book 1/100Date Published1999 Lot #346 Ten miniature books from Achille St. Onge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline10 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1959-1975 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 #348 Celebrated Crimes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 Lot #349 Immensee View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStorm, TheodoreHeadlineImmensee, illustrated by the Armstrong sistersPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #352 Le nouveau Gulliver, ou Voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Swift, Jonathan)AuthorDesfontaines, Pierre-Francois GuyotHeadlineDesfontaines, Le nouveau Gulliver 1730ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAux dépens de la CompagnieDate Published1730 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 #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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineLetters from Jonathan SwiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. DaviesDate Published1767 Lot #355 The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Swift's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1766 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 #358 The Seasons View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's The Seasons, A New Edition 1778ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. MurrayDate Published1778 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 #360 The Tragedy of Tolstoy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Tolstoy, Leo)AuthorTolstoy, AlexandraHeadlineSigned by Alexandra TolstoyPublisherYale University PressDate Published1933 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 #365 When A Printer Plays: A showing of printer's flowers and typographic fleurons arranged in arabesque patterns... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Typography)AuthorHoffman, Richard J.HeadlineStudy of typographic fleuronsPublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate Published1987 Lot #368 An Essay on Grammar, as it may be applied to the English Language. In Two Treatises. The one Speculative... The other Practical View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWard, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Ward on English Grammar, 1764ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Robert HorsfieldDate Published1765 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 #379 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineFive volumes of Wordsworth, 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1827 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] Lot #382 Cawdor View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' Cawdor from Yolla Bolly PressProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next