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Previous|12|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 #8 The Minor; Or History of George O'Nial, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Anonymous)HeadlineAnonymous novel 1788, History of George O'NialProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. LaneDate Published1788 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 #15 Bouvard & Pécuchet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineArion Press' Bouvard & PécuchetPublisherArion PressDate Published2016 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 #18 Messiah: Oratorio in Three Parts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHandel, George FridericHeadlineArion Press MessiahPublisherArion PressDate Published2021 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 #25 Fanni, ou la nouvelle Paméla, histoire Anglaise View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorArnaud, François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard deHeadlineFanni, ou la nouvelle Pamela 1767ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez L'Esclapart & La Veuve DuchesneDate Published1767 Lot #27 Beauties and Achievements of the Blind View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorArtman, Wm. and L.V. HallHeadlineAchievements of the Blind, 1872ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPublished for the AuthorsDate Published1872 Lot #35 Histoire de Mademoiselle de Grisoles, écrite par elle-même View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBeauclair, Paul-Louis deHeadlineHistoire de Mademoiselle de Grisoles, 1770ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1770 Lot #36 Rossetti and His Circle View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBernard, Jean FrédéricHeadlineBernard, The Praise of Hell 1760ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames PottsDate Published1760 Lot #42 Paul et Virgine View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques HenriHeadlinePaul et Virgine, Bernardin 1838 illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1838 Lot #43 The Jewel Merchants. In Linocuts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBernhard, William JohnHeadlineJewel Merchants. In LinocutsPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 Lot #48 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book [with] abridged review copy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Jerusalem with review copyPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] Lot #49 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineUnbound issue of Trianon's Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBlount, Sir Thomas PopeHeadlineBlount's Remarks Upon Poetry 1694ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Rc. Everingham, for R. BentlyDate Published1694 Lot #55 Bohemian Grove Plays - a nearly complete run View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineNearly complete collection of Grove PlaysPublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1911-2011 Lot #62 Seventeen works from Book Club of California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineSeventeen works from Book Club of CA, 1929-93PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1929-1993 Lot #63 Orley Farm View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brian Frost & Company)AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOrley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & CompanyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 Lot #67 The Excursion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Brooke, Frances]HeadlineFrances Brooke, The Excursion, 2nd ed. 1785ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #72 The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Byron and Shelley)HeadlineWith first appearances by Byron and ShelleyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn HuntDate Published1822-23 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 #84 De la Félicité Publique, ou Considérations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les différentes Epoques de l'histoire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorChastellux, François-Jean, Marquis deHeadlineChastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMarc-Michel ReyDate Published1772 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 #94 The Pleasures of Planting and Other Thoughts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cranbrook Press)AuthorBooth, George G.HeadlineCranbrook Press The Pleasures of PlantingPublisherCranbrook PressDate Published1902 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 #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 #111 Shake-Speares Sonnets. Tercentenary Edition View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDoves Press edition of Shakespeare's SonnetsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoves PressDate Published1909 Lot #120 Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 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 #134 Three works of the fine press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineLEC works are signed by the illustratorsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #135 The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(The Fleuron)AuthorSimon, Oliver and Stanley Morrison, editorsHeadlineSix volumes of The FleuronPublisherThe FleuronDate Published1924-1930 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 #137 Five Folio Society titles relating to the 19th Century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Folio Society)Headline5 Folio Society titles relating on the 19th CenturyPublisherFolio SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #138 Three Folio Society titles relating to warfare View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Folio Society)Headline3 Folio Society titles on warfarePublisherFolio SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #139 Three titles from the Folio Society View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Folio Society)HeadlineThree titles from the Folio SocietyDate Published2005-2011 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 #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 #163 The Engravings of Eric Gill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorSkelton, ChristopherHeadlineCatalogue raisonné of Eric Gill's engravingsPublisherChristopher SkeltonDate Published1983 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 #166 Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Early English Poet:... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's Life of Geoffrey Chaucer 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. DavisonDate Published1804 Lot #168 Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century [with] Mandeville; Or, the Last Words of a Maniac! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's last novel, Mandeville 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable and Co./Effingham WilsonDate Published1817-1818 Lot #169 St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadline2 finely bound William Godwin volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherColburn and BentleyDate Published1831 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 #172 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGoethe, Johann WolfgangHeadlineGoethe's Wilhelm Meister, 1st Carlyle translationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherOliver & BoydDate Published1824 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 #178 Ten titles from the Grabhorn Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineTen Grabhorn Press titles, 1933-1969ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933-1969 Lot #179 The Peyote Ritual: Visions and Descriptions View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorToke, Monroe TsaHeadlineThe Peyote Ritual Grabhorn Press Ltd EditionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published[1957] Lot #180 The Poems of Gray View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems of Thomas Gray 1800ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for F.J. DuRoverayDate Published1800 Lot #190 The Mystery of Golf View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHaultain, Theodore ArnoldHeadlineHaulltain's Mystery of Golf, Bruce Rogers ed.PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1908 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama, 1773ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 Lot #201 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall: life in a monasteryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 Lot #211 Five volumes by Henry James View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineFive volumes by Henry JamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902-1910 Lot #212 A Little Tour in France View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James Little Tour France illus. PennellPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1900 Lot #214 Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]HeadlineAdventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1790 Lot #221 Decii Junii Juvenalis Aquinatis Satirae Decem et Sex Auli Persii Flacci Satirae Sex View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJuvenal and PersiusHeadlineWhittington edition of Juvenal and PersiusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Excudebat Carolus Whittingham]Date Published1845 Lot #225 Works of Charles Kingsley View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's WorksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorKyd, ThomasHeadlineThomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy 1633PublisherPrinted by Augustine Mathewes for Francis GroveDate Published1633 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 #239 A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Leaves, 1583)AuthorDodoens, RembertHeadlineA Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens HerbalPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1977 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1611)HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 Lot #246 Frederic Latimer: or, the History of a Young Man of Fashion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Author[LeMaistre, John Gustavus]HeadlineFrederic Latimer, 1799 first editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLuke HansardDate Published1799 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 #253 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineExpanded edition of Farneworth's MachiavelliProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.Date Published[1775] Lot #259 Le roi de Portugal, conte, suivi des deux achilles, conte dedicatoire, et d'une epitre au juif Hirschel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMartanges, Bonnet deHeadlineTales of Portugal court w/ reference to JudaismProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1788 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 #285 Two Dissertations. I. on the Graecian Mythology. II. An Examination of Sir Isaac Newton's Objections to the Chronology of the Olympiads View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMusgrave, SamuelHeadlineMusgrave on the antiquity of Olympic GamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by J. NicholsDate Published1782 Lot #288 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #290 The Officina Bodoni: The Operation of a Hand-press during the First Six Years of Its Work View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)HeadlineThe Officina Bodoni 1929, 1/500PublisherEditiones Officinae BodoniDate Published1929 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 #302 Exlibris und Signete View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPreetorius, EmilHeadlineCollection of German bookplatesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDrei Masken VerlagDate Published[1924] 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next