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 829 715 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 1-52 of 52. 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 #31 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineThe S.F. Gold Rush recalled by two saloon-keepsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1873 Lot #36 Rossetti and His Circle View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineRossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenancePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 Lot #54 Annals of the Bohemian Club - nearly complete set View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club, 8 vols.PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1900-2007 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 #56 An owl's eye view of the Bohemian Grove: Camps - Facilities - Roads: Sonoma County, CA View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Grove)AuthorFrank, PhilHeadlinePhil Frank bird's-eye of Bohemian GroveDate Published1997 Lot #58 Road and Trail Map: The Grove, Bohemian Club, Sonoma County, California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bohemian Grove)AuthorHarvey, J.H.HeadlineTrail map of Bohemian Grove, 1960Publisher[Bohemian Club]Date Published1960 Lot #59 Map "A" of portion of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California: Showing principal roads, trails and club structures, camps and camp locations View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Grove)HeadlineMap of the Bohemian Grove, 1935Publisher[Bohemian Club]Date Published1935 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 #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 #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 #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 #141 The Pantophagist View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorBaldwin, Anita M.HeadlineAnita Baldwin's scarce The PantophagistPublisher[Citizen-News Company]Date Published[1933] 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 #144 Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book: Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of All Classes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorClayton, H.J.HeadlineQuaker Cook-book 1883PublisherWomen's Co-operative Printing OfficeDate Published1883 Lot #145 Club Woman's Cook Book. Compiled by the Fortuna Monday Club View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineClub Woman's Cook Book, 1922PublisherThe Fortuna Monday ClubDate Published1922 Lot #147 Housekeeper's Friend: A Collection of Tried Recipes Contributed by Various Housekeepers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineEarly 20th century California cookbookPublisherPastor's Aid Society of the Christian ChurchDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #148 Howard Presbyterian Church Cook Book: A Collection of Tested Recipes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineSan Francisco cookbook 1897PublisherJames H. Barry, PrinterDate Published1897 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 #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 #251 A California Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(London, Jack)AuthorWilliamson, Sarah M., compilerHeadlineWith Jack London's recipe for cooking ricePublisherTown Talk PressDate Published1916 Lot #280 Twelve menus from the Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California, each with a different illustration on the front by Jo Mora View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMora, JoHeadlineJo Mora menus for Hotel Del MontePublisherHotel Del MonteDate Published1936 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 #292 Noticias de la Nueva California, Tomos I-IV View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlineNoticias de la Nueva California 1/100ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherImprenta de Edouardo Bosqui y CiaDate Published1874 Lot #298 Apple's Pixar Bug's Life "Think Different" poster View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pixar Studios)HeadlineApple's "Think Different" Pixar posterPublisherApple Computer, Inc.Date Published1998 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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next