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 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 #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 #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 #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 #36 Rossetti and His Circle View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 Lot #40 A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineEssays from philosopher George Berkeley, 1752ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1752 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 #71 Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineFinely bound John, Earl of Rochester conversionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard ChiswelDate Published1680 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 #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 #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 #89 Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progrès de l'Esprit Humain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCondorcet, Nicolas deHeadlineCondorcet's posthumously published treatise, PMM titleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez AgasseDate PublishedL'an III de la République [i.e. 1795] 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 #117 Why Socialism? [in] Monthly Review: May 1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 Lot #118 WITHDRAWN - Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Economics)AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Marx's Capital 1st US editionPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1890] Lot #125 Morias Egkomion: Stultitiae Laudatio [with] De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorErasmus, Desiderius and Thomas MoreHeadlineOne of only 2 18th c. issues of Utopia, w/ ErasmusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBarbouDate Published1777 Lot #126 Apophthegmatum, sive scite dictorum libri sex View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineFirst Edition of Erasmus's classical compilationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherIn Officina FrobenianaDate Published1531 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 #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 #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 #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 #176 The Dwindling Party View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineSigned by Edward GoreyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1982] Lot #189 Hermes: Or, a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Language and Universal Grammar View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlinePrescient work on universal grammar, 1751ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by H. Woodfall, for J. Nourse... and P. VaillantDate Published1751 Lot #203 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume's Essays and Treatises 1777ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1777 Lot #204 Four Dissertations View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume, Four Dissertations 1st ed. 1757ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 Lot #213 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 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 #250 Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlinePosthumous Works of Mr. John LockeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by W. B. for A. and J. ChurchillDate Published1706 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 #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMalebranche, NicolasHeadlineBest edition of Malebranche's InvestigationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMichael DavidDate Published1712 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of RomeHeadlineFirst Greek-Latin edition of the MeditationsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumptibus Francisci de la BottiereDate Published1626 Lot #264 L'Anée Sociologique View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMauss, MarcelHeadlineFirst publication of Mauss' The GiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Félix AlcanDate Published1925 Lot #276 Miró Cartons View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Miró, Joan)AuthorDupin, JacquesHeadlineWith 26 pages of lithos by Joan MiróPublisherMaeght ÉditeurDate Published1965 Lot #281 Tableau du meilleur gouvernement possible, ou l'Utopie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineM.T. Rousseau translation of More's Utopia 1780ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlex JombertDate Published1780 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 #287 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 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 #299 Oeuvres Morales de Plutarque View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Moralia in French, 17 volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDesaintDate Published1783-1795 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 #318 Patriarcha: Or The Natural Power of Kings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorFilmer, Robert, SirHeadlineRobert Filmer, Natural Power of Kings 1680ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWalter DavisDate Published1680 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 #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 #338 The Art of Maurice Sendak View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned by Maurice SendakPublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Publishedc.1980 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 #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 #367 Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, François-Marie Arouet deHeadline1st authorized collected works of VoltaireProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Etienne Ledet & CompagnieDate Published1738 Lot #369 Basil Seal Rides Again, Or the Rake's Regress View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineWaugh's Basil Seal Rides Again Signed LimitedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1963 Lot #376 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, 1922ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published1922 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next