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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|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 #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 #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 #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 #36 Rossetti and His Circle AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #40 A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineEssays from philosopher George Berkeley, 1752ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1752 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #71 Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineFinely bound John, Earl of Rochester conversionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard ChiswelDate Published1680 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #89 Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progrès de l'Esprit Humain AuthorCondorcet, Nicolas deHeadlineCondorcet's posthumously published treatise, PMM titleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez AgasseDate PublishedL'an III de la République [i.e. 1795] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #117 Why Socialism? [in] Monthly Review: May 1949 Heading(Economics)AuthorEinstein, Albert:, Leo Huberman & Paul M. Sweezy, editorsHeadlineFirst appearance of Einstein's Why Socialism?ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMonthly Review: An Independent Socialist MagazineDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #118 WITHDRAWN - Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Heading(Economics)AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Marx's Capital 1st US editionPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #125 Morias Egkomion: Stultitiae Laudatio [with] De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia AuthorErasmus, Desiderius and Thomas MoreHeadlineOne of only 2 18th c. issues of Utopia, w/ ErasmusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBarbouDate Published1777 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #126 Apophthegmatum, sive scite dictorum libri sex AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineFirst Edition of Erasmus's classical compilationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherIn Officina FrobenianaDate Published1531 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #176 The Dwindling Party AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineSigned by Edward GoreyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #189 Hermes: Or, a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal Grammar AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlinePrescient work on universal grammar, 1751ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by H. Woodfall, for J. Nourse... and P. VaillantDate Published1751 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #203 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume's Essays and Treatises 1777ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1777 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #204 Four Dissertations AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume, Four Dissertations 1st ed. 1757ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #213 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) AuthorJāḥiẓ, ʿAmr b. Baḥr al- (Abū ʿUṯmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr), 776-869HeadlineThe Book of Animals by al-Jahiz, 8 vols. 1965-9PublisherMuṣṭafā al-Bābī al-ḤalabīDate Published1965-1969 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #250 Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlinePosthumous Works of Mr. John LockeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by W. B. for A. and J. ChurchillDate Published1706 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #255 De la Recherche de la Verite, ou l'on Traite de la Nature de l'Esprit de l'Homme, & de l'Usage qu'il en Doit AuthorMalebranche, NicolasHeadlineBest edition of Malebranche's InvestigationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMichael DavidDate Published1712 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #257 Μαρκου Αντωνινου αυτοκρατορος και φιλοσόφος των εἰς ἑαυτόν, βιβλια ιβ = Marci Antonini Imperatoris & Philosophi, de vita sua Libri XII Graece & Latine... Accessit Marini Proclus Item AuthorMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of RomeHeadlineFirst Greek-Latin edition of the MeditationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumptibus Francisci de la BottiereDate Published1626 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #264 L'Anée Sociologique AuthorMauss, MarcelHeadlineFirst publication of Mauss' The GiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Félix AlcanDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #281 Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineM.T. Rousseau translation of More's Utopia 1780ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlex JombertDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #287 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #299 Oeuvres Morales de Plutarque AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Moralia in French, 17 volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDesaintDate Published1783-1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #318 Patriarcha: Or The Natural Power of Kings Heading(Riviere)AuthorFilmer, Robert, SirHeadlineRobert Filmer, Natural Power of Kings 1680ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWalter DavisDate Published1680 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 #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 #338 The Art of Maurice Sendak AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned by Maurice SendakPublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Publishedc.1980 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #367 Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle Edition AuthorVoltaire, François-Marie Arouet deHeadline1st authorized collected works of VoltaireProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Etienne Ledet & CompagnieDate Published1738 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #369 Basil Seal Rides Again, Or the Rake's Regress AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineWaugh's Basil Seal Rides Again Signed LimitedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #376 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 1922ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next