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Previous|12|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 #8 The Minor; Or History of George O'Nial, Esq. Heading(Anonymous)HeadlineAnonymous novel 1788, History of George O'NialProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. LaneDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #9 Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments [with] Brangwyn's Illustrations of the Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)HeadlineIllustrated Arabian NightsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1865-1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #25 Fanni, ou la nouvelle Paméla, histoire Anglaise AuthorArnaud, François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard deHeadlineFanni, ou la nouvelle Pamela 1767ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez L'Esclapart & La Veuve DuchesneDate Published1767 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #27 Beauties and Achievements of the Blind AuthorArtman, Wm. and L.V. HallHeadlineAchievements of the Blind, 1872ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPublished for the AuthorsDate Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #35 Histoire de Mademoiselle de Grisoles, écrite par elle-même AuthorBeauclair, Paul-Louis deHeadlineHistoire de Mademoiselle de Grisoles, 1770ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1770 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #36 Rossetti and His Circle AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Praise of Hell: or, a View of the Infernal Regions. Containing Some Account of the Advantages of that Place, with Respect to its Antiquity, Situation, and Stability... AuthorBernard, Jean FrédéricHeadlineBernard, The Praise of Hell 1760ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames PottsDate Published1760 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #42 Paul et Virgine AuthorBernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques HenriHeadlinePaul et Virgine, Bernardin 1838 illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #51 De Re Poetica: Or, Remarks Upon Poetry. With Characters and Censures of the Most Considerable Poets, whether Ancient or Modern. Extracted out of the Best and Choicest Criticks AuthorBlount, Sir Thomas PopeHeadlineBlount's Remarks Upon Poetry 1694ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Rc. Everingham, for R. BentlyDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold 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 #63 Orley Farm Heading(Brian Frost & Company)AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOrley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & CompanyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #67 The Excursion Author[Brooke, Frances]HeadlineFrances Brooke, The Excursion, 2nd ed. 1785ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South Heading(Byron and Shelley)HeadlineWith first appearances by Byron and ShelleyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn HuntDate Published1822-23 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #81 El Ingenioso Hidalgo D. Quijote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineImprenta Real edition of Don Quixote 1819PublisherLa Imprenta RealDate Published1819 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #82 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineLarge format printing of Don Quixote 1862PublisherEn la Imprenta NacionalDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #84 De la Félicité Publique, ou Considérations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les différentes Epoques de l'histoire AuthorChastellux, François-Jean, Marquis deHeadlineChastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMarc-Michel ReyDate Published1772 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #108 Roma Vetus ac Recens Utriusque Aedificiis Illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigator reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata. Editio Ultima. AuthorDonati, AlessandroHeadlineRoman Views by Alessandro Donati, 1695ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem WoltersDate Published1695 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #110 Oeuvres de Rabelais: Texte Collationné sur les Éditions Originales. Avec une Vie de l'Auteur, des Notes et un Glossaire Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisHeadlineDoré's magnificent RabelaisPublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #120 Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces AuthorEdgeworth, MariaHeadlineCollected tales of Maria Edgeworth, 1825, 14 vols.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherR. Hunter; Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co.; et al.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #166 Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Early English Poet:... AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's Life of Geoffrey Chaucer 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. DavisonDate Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #168 Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century [with] Mandeville; Or, the Last Words of a Maniac! AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's last novel, Mandeville 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable and Co./Effingham WilsonDate Published1817-1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #169 St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadline2 finely bound William Godwin volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherColburn and BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #171 Faust: A Tragedy AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlineFaust: A Tragedy c.1870 Stroefer & KirchnerPublisherStroefer and KirchnerDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #172 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship AuthorGoethe, Johann WolfgangHeadlineGoethe's Wilhelm Meister, 1st Carlyle translationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherOliver & BoydDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #180 The Poems of Gray AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems of Thomas Gray 1800ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for F.J. DuRoverayDate Published1800 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #191 The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama, 1773ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #211 Five volumes by Henry James AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineFive volumes by Henry JamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902-1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #212 A Little Tour in France AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James Little Tour France illus. PennellPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #214 Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même AuthorJeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]HeadlineAdventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #221 Decii Junii Juvenalis Aquinatis Satirae Decem et Sex Auli Persii Flacci Satirae Sex AuthorJuvenal and PersiusHeadlineWhittington edition of Juvenal and PersiusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Excudebat Carolus Whittingham]Date Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #225 Works of Charles Kingsley AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's WorksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #227 The Spanish Tragedy: or, Hieronimo is Mad Againe. Containing the Lamentable End of Don Horatio, and Belimperia; With the Pitifull Death of Hieronimo AuthorKyd, ThomasHeadlineThomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy 1633PublisherPrinted by Augustine Mathewes for Francis GroveDate Published1633 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$21,250StatusSold 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 #246 Frederic Latimer: or, the History of a Young Man of Fashion Author[LeMaistre, John Gustavus]HeadlineFrederic Latimer, 1799 first editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLuke HansardDate Published1799 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold 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 #253 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineExpanded edition of Farneworth's MachiavelliProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.Date Published[1775] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #259 Le roi de Portugal, conte, suivi des deux achilles, conte dedicatoire, et d'une epitre au juif Hirschel AuthorMartanges, Bonnet deHeadlineTales of Portugal court w/ reference to JudaismProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #285 Two Dissertations. I. on the Graecian Mythology. II. An Examination of Sir Isaac Newton's Objections to the Chronology of the Olympiads AuthorMusgrave, SamuelHeadlineMusgrave on the antiquity of Olympic GamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by J. NicholsDate Published1782 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #302 Exlibris und Signete AuthorPreetorius, EmilHeadlineCollection of German bookplatesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDrei Masken VerlagDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next