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 #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 #24 Miscellanies AuthorArmstrong, JohnHeadlineCollected works of John Armstrong, physician-poetProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. CadellDate Published1770 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #30 Tea and Brandy Heading(Ballad Broadside)HeadlineTea & Brandy: English Broadside BalladDate Publishedc.1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 All the Year Round Heading(Baumann, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineColor woodcuts by Gustave BaumannProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #73 Don Juan AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineByron's Don Juan, Hodgson & Co; John HuntPublisherHodgson & Co.; John HuntDate Published1822-24 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #109 The Vision of Hell Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith 76 plates by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter, & GalpinDate Published[1866] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #121 Költeményei: 1880-1902 AuthorElek, Koronghy LippichHeadlineEarly Hungarian art nouveau illustrated poetryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPallasDate Published1903 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #181 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineExtra illustrated set of Thomas Gray's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by A. Ward for J. Dodsley and J. ToddDate Published1775 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #185 Hafis: Eine Sammlung Persischer Gedichte Heading(Hafez)AuthorDaumer, G. Fr., translatorHeadlineDaumer's Hafez translationsPublisherEugen DiederichsDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #198 The Poetic Mirror, Or the Living Bards of Britain AuthorHogg, JamesHeadlineJames Hogg, Poetic Mirror: parodies, 1816ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera AuthorHoraceHeadlineEngraved by John PinePublisherJohannes PineDate Published1733-1737 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #263 Quinze Poèmes d'Émile Verhaeren Heading(Masereel, Frans, illustrator)AuthorVerhaeren, ÉmileHeadlineWith 57 woodcuts by Frans MasereelProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherÉditions Georges CresDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #269 Almanach der Wiener Werkstätte AuthorMell, Max and Josef Hoffmann, editorsHeadlinePoetry and art, Vienna & Leipzig 1911ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBrüder RosenbaumDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #276 Miró Cartons Heading(Miró, Joan)AuthorDupin, JacquesHeadlineWith 26 pages of lithos by Joan MiróPublisherMaeght ÉditeurDate Published1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #279 The Complete Poetical Works Heading(The Monastery Hill Bindery)AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlineThe Poetry of Bryant, bound by Monastery HillPublisherAppleton and CompanyDate Published1910 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 #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 #315 Poems of Christina Rossetti Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorRossetti, William M., editorHeadlineFinely bound Poems of Christina RossettiProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #316 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan poetry finely bound by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. AlmonDate Published1779 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #362 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell Heading(Tout Bindery)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineJansenist-style binding by ToutDate Published1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #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