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 #1 Historia Anteislamica View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAbulfeda [i.e. Abū al-Fidāʼ Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAlī]HeadlineAbulfeda's Pre-Islamic History, Arabic-LatinPublisherTypis et Impensis Fr. Chr. Guil. VogelDate Published1881 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 #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 #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 #34 Five books by Paul Lacroix bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLacroix, PaulHeadline5 volumes of history bound by BayntunPublisherChapman and Hall 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 #37 The Report of The Military Male Orphan Asylum at Madras... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBell, AndrewHeadlineInscribed by author to Duchess of EdinburghProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1812 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 #46 An History of the Civill Warres of England, betweene the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke... Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Mounmouth [bound with] The Second Part of the History of the Civill Warres... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBiondi, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineHistory of English Civil Wars 1641-46ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT.H. and I.D. for Iohn BensonDate Published1641-1646 Lot #53 Commentarius historico-politicus de rebus Turcicis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBoecler, Johann HeinrichHeadlineHistory and politics of early 18th c. TurkeyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumptibus Davidis RichteriDate Published1717 Lot #65 Dictionnaire historique, littéraire et bibliographique des Françaises, et des étrangères naturalisées en France... depuis l'etablissement de la monarchie jusqu' à nos jours... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBriquet, Fortunée B.HeadlineWritings of French woman of letters 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDe l'imprimerie de GilléDate Published1804 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 #77 The French Revolution: A History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's French Revolution, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames FraserDate Published1837 Lot #78 Mémoires de Casanova de Seingalt. Écrits par Lui-même View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorCasanova de Seingalt [i.e. Casanova, Giacomo]HeadlineIllustrated edition of Giacomo Casanova's autobiographyPublisherJaval et BourdeauxDate Published1931 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 #91 An Illustration of the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman Costume; in Forty Outlines... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Costume)AuthorBaxter, ThomasHeadlineBaxter's engravings of ancient costumePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 Lot #96 Select Trials for Murders, Robberies, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, Frauds, and Other Offences: At the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Crime)HeadlineSelect Trials at Old Bailey, 1734ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. WilfordDate Published1734 Lot #100 A History of the Sikhs, From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCunningham, Joseph DaveyHeadlineCunningham's History of the Sikhs, first editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1849 Lot #101 Commentaries of the Life of Reign of Charles the First, King of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorD'Israeli, IsaacHeadlineCommentaries on the Life of Charles the FirstPublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 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 #123 Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century: Displayed in a Series of Engravings of the New Buildings, Improvements, &c... Comprising the Palaces, Parks, New Churches, Bridges, Streets, River Scenery, Public Offices and Institutions, Gentlemen's Seats and Mansions... with Historical, Topographical, and Critical Illustrations... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorElmes, James and Thomas H. ShepardHeadlineMetropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth CenturyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJones & Co.Date Published1827 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 #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 #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 #167 Lives of the Necromancers: or, an Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineFirst Edition of Godwin's Lives of NecromancersProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFrederick J. MasonDate Published1834 Lot #175 Face to Face with the Mexicans: The Domestic Life, Educational, Social, and Business Ways, Statesmanship and Literature... of the Mexican People View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGooch, Fanny ChambersHeadlineAmerican's 7 years experience in Mexico, 1887ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFords, Howard, & HulbertDate Published1887 Lot #181 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineExtra illustrated set of Thomas Gray's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by A. Ward for J. Dodsley and J. ToddDate Published1775 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 #194 Will Dollars Save the World? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, HenryHeadlineInscribed by Henry HazlittPublisherD. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.Date Published[1947] Lot #197 Three volumes of The Chronological Diary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Historical Registers)HeadlineThe Chronological Diary 1714-1738ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1717-1738 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 #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 #205 The History of England View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineDavid Hume's History of England, 1754-62ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1754-1762 Lot #208 The Great Wahabee Case; being a full report of the proceedings in the matters of Ameer Khan and Hashmdad Khan, before Justice Norman, in the High Court of Calcutta, original jurisdiction View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(India)HeadlineJihadists on trial in British India, 1870ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by P.S. D'RozariDate Published1870 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 #215 The Bontoc Igorot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorJenks, Albert ErnestHeadlineBontoc Igorot Philippines 1905, many photographsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBureau of Public PrintingDate Published1905 Lot #226 The Generall Historie of the Turkes... Together with the Lives and Conquests of the Othoman Kings and Emperours... Digested into one Continuat Historie untill this Present Yeare 1603 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorKnolles, RichardHeadline1st edition Knolles History of the Turks 1603ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1603 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 #258 Mountains and Molehills: Or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 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 #268 Bible Moralisée. Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat des Codex Vindobonensis 2554 der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Medieval Manuscripts - Facsimile)HeadlineFacsimile of the Moralized Bible in AustriaPublisherAkademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt/Club du LivreDate Published1973 Lot #275 Considérations sur l'Ordre de Cincinnatus, ou Imitation d'un Pamphlet Anglo-Américain View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count deHeadline2nd Ed. of Mirabeau on Order of Cincinnatus, 1775ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1775 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 #284 The Acts of the Witnesses of the Spirit, in Five Parts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMuggleton, LodowickHeadlineMuggleton's Acts of the Witnesses...1764ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1764 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 #289 Across the Plains in ’54: A Story for Young People of Early Emmigration to California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNott, Manford AllenHeadlineAcross the Plains in ’54Publisher[Chase and Ray]Date Published[1915?] 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 #302 Exlibris und Signete View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPreetorius, EmilHeadlineCollection of German bookplatesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDrei Masken VerlagDate Published[1924] Lot #314 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: To Himself View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations bound by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1932 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 #319 Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorRobert, Henry MartynHeadlineRobert's Rules of Order, 1876 first editionPublisherS.C. Griggs & CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #323 The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Called The Magnificent View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRoscoe, WilliamHeadlineRoscoe's Life of Lorenzo de' Medici The MagnificentPublisherPrinted by J. M'CreeryDate Published1795 Lot #324 The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRoth, Henry LingHeadlineNatives of Sarawak & North Borneo, illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTruslove & HansonDate Published1896 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 #330 Moskva v eë proshlom i nastoi͡ashchem View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Russia)HeadlineMoscow in Past and Present illustrated, 12 vols.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherObrazovanieDate Published1909-1912 Lot #359 The entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon, being the subject of a marble frieze in H.M. the King of Danemark's Palace of Christiansburg View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorThorwaldsen, BertelHeadlineAlexander the Great enters BabylonPublisher[Charles Ketsall]Date Published[1836] Lot #360 The Tragedy of Tolstoy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Tolstoy, Leo)AuthorTolstoy, AlexandraHeadlineSigned by Alexandra TolstoyPublisherYale University PressDate Published1933 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 #370 A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts on Witchcraft and the Second Sight; with an Original Essay on Witchcraft. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Author[Webster, David, editor]HeadlineTreatist on Premonitions and Witchcraft, 1820ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for D. WebsterDate Published1820 Lot #372 The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorWhiston, William, translatorHeadlineComplete Works of Flavius Josephus, nicely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published[1863] 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 Lot #378 A Piece of the Action View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWoods, Ola BeatriceHeadlineScarce title on the "racial question"PublisherCarlton PressDate Published[1970] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next