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 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #24 Miscellanies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorArmstrong, JohnHeadlineCollected works of John Armstrong, physician-poetProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. CadellDate Published1770 Lot #25 Fanni, ou la nouvelle Paméla, histoire Anglaise View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorArnaud, François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard deHeadlineFanni, ou la nouvelle Pamela 1767ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez L'Esclapart & La Veuve DuchesneDate Published1767 Lot #30 Tea and Brandy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ballad Broadside)HeadlineTea & Brandy: English Broadside BalladDate Publishedc.1795 Lot #32 All the Year Round View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Baumann, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineColor woodcuts by Gustave BaumannProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] 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 #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 #49 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineUnbound issue of Trianon's Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBlount, Sir Thomas PopeHeadlineBlount's Remarks Upon Poetry 1694ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Rc. Everingham, for R. BentlyDate Published1694 Lot #70 Religio Medici cum annotationibus View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineReligio Medici, in Latin 1677 editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSumpt. Io. Friderici SpoorDate Published1677 Lot #72 The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Byron and Shelley)HeadlineWith first appearances by Byron and ShelleyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn HuntDate Published1822-23 Lot #73 Don Juan View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineByron's Don Juan, Hodgson & Co; John HuntPublisherHodgson & Co.; John HuntDate Published1822-24 Lot #85 Lexicon Philosophicum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChauvini, Stephani [Chauvin, Etienne]HeadlineChauvin's Lexicon Philosophicum 1713ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFranciscus [Frans] HalmaDate Published1713 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 #99 De legibus naturae disquisitio philosophicae View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadlineLatin answer to Hobbes, R. Cumberland 1672ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTypis E. Flesher, Prostat vero apud Nathanaelem HookeDate Published1672 Lot #108 Roma Vetus ac Recens Utriusque Aedificiis Illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigator reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata. Editio Ultima. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDonati, AlessandroHeadlineRoman Views by Alessandro Donati, 1695ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem WoltersDate Published1695 Lot #109 The Vision of Hell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith 76 plates by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter, & GalpinDate Published[1866] Lot #121 Költeményei: 1880-1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorElek, Koronghy LippichHeadlineEarly Hungarian art nouveau illustrated poetryProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPallasDate Published1903 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 #129 The Cases of Polygamy, Concubinage, Adultery, Divorce, &c. Seriously and Learnedly Discussed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Ethics)HeadlineCollection of writings on sexual misconduct, 1732ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Payne..., J. Chrichrley..., and W. ShropshireDate Published1732 Lot #130 The Elements of Euclid, viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. In this Edition, the Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, and some of Euclid's Demonstrated are Restored View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineFoulis Press Euclid, 1756PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1756 Lot #156 The Religion of Nature Delineated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Franklin, Benjamin)AuthorWollaston, WilliamHeadlineTypeset in London by Benjamin Franklin, 1725ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by S. PalmerDate Published1725 Lot #180 The Poems of Gray View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems of Thomas Gray 1800ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for F.J. DuRoverayDate Published1800 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 #185 Hafis: Eine Sammlung Persischer Gedichte View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hafez)AuthorDaumer, G. Fr., translatorHeadlineDaumer's Hafez translationsPublisherEugen DiederichsDate Published1912 Lot #198 The Poetic Mirror, Or the Living Bards of Britain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHogg, JamesHeadlineJames Hogg, Poetic Mirror: parodies, 1816ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 Lot #200 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHoraceHeadlineEngraved by John PinePublisherJohannes PineDate Published1733-1737 Lot #202 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's Natural Religion 1779, second editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1779 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 #210 Two editions of the Basilikon Doron in Latin and Hungarian View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorJames I, King of EnglandHeadlineThe Basilikon Doron in Latin & HungarianProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1604-1612 Lot #218 De Virginitate Liber, a Iulio Pogiano Conversus View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorJohn Chrysostom, SaintHeadlineAldine Press edition of St. Chrysostom On Virginity 1562ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F.Date Published1562 Lot #220 Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri XXXXIIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorJustinus, Marcus JunianusHeadline16th c. edition of Justin's adaptation of TrogusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Seb. GryphiumDate Published1551 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 #227 The Spanish Tragedy: or, Hieronimo is Mad Againe. Containing the Lamentable End of Don Horatio, and Belimperia; With the Pitifull Death of Hieronimo View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorKyd, ThomasHeadlineThomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy 1633PublisherPrinted by Augustine Mathewes for Francis GroveDate Published1633 Lot #238 Fifteen continuous leaves from the "Great Bible" of 1540, comprising nearly all of II Chronicles View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1540)Headline1540 Great Bible 2nd Book of ChroniclesPublisherThomas Petyt & Robert Redman for Thomas BertheletDate Published1540 Lot #247 Theatrum pontificiale, oder, Schau-Platz der Brücken und Brücken-Baues... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLeupold, JacobHeadline1st book on bridge-building printed in Germany, 1726ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherZufinden bey dem Autore und Joh. Friedr. Gleditschens... Gedruckt bey Christoph ZunkelDate Published1726 Lot #254 The Mirror. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Mackenzie, Henry, et al]HeadlineThe Mirror Published at Edinburgh in...1779-80ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. Creech; W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published[1781] 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 #263 Quinze Poèmes d'Émile Verhaeren View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Masereel, Frans, illustrator)AuthorVerhaeren, ÉmileHeadlineWith 57 woodcuts by Frans MasereelProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherÉditions Georges CresDate Published[1917] Lot #269 Almanach der Wiener Werkstätte View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMell, Max and Josef Hoffmann, editorsHeadlinePoetry and art, Vienna & Leipzig 1911ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBrüder RosenbaumDate Published[1911] Lot #279 The Complete Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(The Monastery Hill Bindery)AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlineThe Poetry of Bryant, bound by Monastery HillPublisherAppleton and CompanyDate Published1910 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 #307 The Seven Famous Cartons [sic] of Raphael Urbin, Drawn at the Command of Pope Leo the 10th as Patterns for Tapestry... in 1707... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRaphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino]HeadlineRare engraving of Raphael "Cartoons" 1720Date Published[1707]-1720 Lot #315 Poems of Christina Rossetti View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorRossetti, William M., editorHeadlineFinely bound Poems of Christina RossettiProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 Lot #316 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 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 #332 Sixteenth-century sammelband with three titles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Sammelband)Headline16th c. German sammelband, 3 Latin titlesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherEx Officina Paltheniana, sumptibus viduae Petri FischeriDate Published1596 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 #362 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Tout Bindery)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineJansenist-style binding by ToutDate Published1837 Lot #375 Cerebri Anatome: Cui Accessit. Nervorum Descriptio et Usus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorWillis, ThomasHeadlineThomas Willis on brain anatomy, with 16 platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Gerbrandum SchagenDate Published1666 Lot #381 Walking Amusements for Chearful Christians; or Trades Spiritualized: To Which are Added, Various Pieces, In Prose and Verse: With a Map of the Roads to Happiness and Misery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWright, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Wright's Walking Amusements w/ mapProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. BucklandDate Published1775 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next