Sale 829: Antiquarian & Collectible Books with Fine Press: Selections from the Professor George Starr Collection (with additions)

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(Armenia)
Author
Durnovo, Lydia, editor
Headline
Armenian miniatures c.1000-1700, 60 plates
Publisher
Государсмбенное Издашельсшбо Армянской ССР [Armenian SSR State Publishing House]
Date Published
1952

Estimate$600 - $900

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Improvisations: Artists Equity Ball

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(Artists Equity Association)
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2 lithograph collections, Artists Equity Assn.
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Artists Equity Association
Date Published
1954-1955

Estimate$300 - $500

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36

Rossetti and His Circle

Author
Beerbohm, Max
Headline
Rossetti and His Circle w/ Draper Hill provenance
Publisher
William Heineman
Date Published
1922

Estimate$400 - $600

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William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray

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(Blake, William - Trianon Press)
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Unbound issue of Trianon's Blake's Poems of Gray
Publisher
The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust
Date Published
1972

Estimate$600 - $900

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Pittura Scultura Futuriste (Dinamismo Plastico)

Author
Boccioni, Umberto
Headline
One of founding documents of Futurism in art
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia"
Date Published
1914

Estimate$400 - $600

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74

Derrière le Miroir: Calder

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(Calder, Alexander)
Headline
Derriere le Miroire signed by Alexander Calder
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Aimé Maeght
Date Published
1975

Estimate$500 - $800

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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

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(California - Theatre)
Author
Reinhardt, Max
Headline
Theatre program signed by Rooney & de Havilland
Publisher
[California Festival Association]
Date Published
1934

Estimate$300 - $500

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78

Mémoires de Casanova de Seingalt. Écrits par Lui-même

Author
Casanova de Seingalt [i.e. Casanova, Giacomo]
Headline
Illustrated edition of Giacomo Casanova's autobiography
Publisher
Javal et Bourdeaux
Date Published
1931

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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86

A Letter of Columbus

Author
Citino, David
Headline
From the Logan Elm Press, 1/130 copies
Publisher
The Logan Elm Press at The Ohio State University
Date Published
1990

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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92

Orientalische Kostüme in Schnitt und Farbe

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(Costume)
Author
Tilke, Max
Headline
Costume of the Orient in cut and color, 1923
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Verlag Ernst Wasmuth
Date Published
1923

Estimate$200 - $300

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107

Autograph manuscript for A Metrical History of England; Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, of Some of the Most Prominent Features in Our National Chronology

Author
Dibdin, Thomas John
Headline
Thomas J. Dibdin's manuscript on English History
Publisher
[Printed for the proprietor by J. Hartnell]
Date Published
1812-1813

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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127

A vse taki ona vertitsia

Author
Erenburg, Ilya
Headline
Erenburg's manifesto on Constructivism, 1922
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Геликон [Helikon]
Date Published
1922

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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128

Max Ernst: Das Graphische Werk

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(Ernst, Max)
Author
Leppien, Helmut, editor
Headline
Catalogue raisonné of Ernst's graphic works
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Menil Foundation
Date Published
1975

Estimate$300 - $500

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133

Four signed film scripts

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(Film Scripts)
Headline
Four signed film scripts
Date Published
[c.1990-2000]

Estimate$400 - $600

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136

The Asbestos Society of Sinners: Detailing the Diversions of Dives and others on the Playground of Pluto...

Author
Fogg, Lawrence Daniel
Headline
The Asbestos Society of Sinners 1st
Publisher
Mayhew Publishing Company
Date Published
[1906]

Estimate$300 - $500

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142

A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Bourdain, Anthony
Headline
With bookmark signed by Anthony Bourdain
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Date Published
[2001]

Estimate$300 - $500

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143

From Julia Child's Kitchen

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Child, Julia
Headline
From Julia Child's Kitchen, signed 1st trade edition
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1975

Estimate$300 - $500

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152

Chinese Chopsticks: A Manual of Chinese Cookery and Guide to Peiping Restaurants

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Sia, Mary Li
Headline
Inscribed 1935 Chinese cookbook
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
[Peiping Chronicle]
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$200 - $300

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154

A Cookbook: The Stag at Ease

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Squire, Marian, compiler
Headline
Inscribed to Ed Sullivan, w/ his recipe for Irish stew
Publisher
The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
Date Published
1938

Estimate$400 - $600

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160

Souvenir of the Passive Resistance Movement in South Africa. 1906-1914

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(Gandhi, Manilal Mohandas)
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Manilal M. Ganhdi, 1953
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Published by the Proprietors of "Indian Opinion"
Date Published
1914

Estimate$300 - $500

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164

La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe

Author
Giraudeau, Pierre
Headline
Giraudeau on European banking 1741
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Se distribuë chez l'Auteur
Date Published
1741-1743

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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170

Three volumes of Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart

Author
Goebel, Theodor
Headline
Three volumes illustrating German color printing
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Felix Krais
Date Published
1895-1910

Estimate$300 - $500

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176

The Dwindling Party

Author
Gorey, Edward
Headline
Signed by Edward Gorey
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1982]

Estimate$300 - $500

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206

W.M. Hunt's Talks on Art: Second Series

Author
Hunt, W.M.
Headline
W.M. Hunt's Talks on Art 1st and 2nd Series
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin and Company
Date Published
1892

Estimate$300 - $500

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231

Leaf from Commentarii in Psalmos

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(Leaves, 1250, approx.)
Author
Arnobius the Younger
Headline
Manuscript Bible commentary leaf, c.13th century
Date Published
c.13th-14th century

Estimate$300 - $500

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267

Les Arts au Moyen Age

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(Medieval Art)
Author
Du Sommerard, Alexandre
Headline
Plate volumes to Sommerard's Arts au Moyen Age
Publisher
Hotel de Cluny
Date Published
1838-1846

Estimate$3,000 - $5,000

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269

Almanach der Wiener Werkstätte

Author
Mell, Max and Josef Hoffmann, editors
Headline
Poetry and art, Vienna & Leipzig 1911
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Brüder Rosenbaum
Date Published
[1911]

Estimate$300 - $500

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277

Joan Miró Lithographe I and II

Author
Miró, Joan
Headline
Joan Miró Lithographe I and II
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1972-1975

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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283

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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(Moser, Barry, illustrator)
Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Signed by Barry Moser
Publisher
American Heritage Press / [University of California]
Date Published
[1985]

Estimate$200 - $300

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291

Der Ornamentenschatz: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Ornamente aus Allen Kunstepochen

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(Ornament)
Author
Dolmetsch, Heinrich
Headline
A high-point of 19th century chromolithography
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Julius Hoffmann
Date Published
1897

Estimate$500 - $800

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The Songs of Bilitis

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(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)
Author
Louÿs, Pierre
Headline
Signed by Willy Pogány
Publisher
Macy-Masius: Publishers
Date Published
[1926]

Estimate$200 - $300

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302

Exlibris und Signete

Author
Preetorius, Emil
Headline
Collection of German bookplates
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Drei Masken Verlag
Date Published
[1924]

Estimate$300 - $500

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311

Ex-Libris, 1903

Author
Riquer, Alexandre de
Headline
Rare volume on bookplates of A. de Riquer
Publisher
[Williams and Norgate]
Date Published
1903

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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327

So Here Then are the Preachments Entitled The City of Tagaste, and a Dream and a Prophecy

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(Roycroft)
Author
Fra Elbertus [Hubbard, Elbert]
Headline
Signed by Hubbard and Paine
Publisher
[Roycroft Shop]
Date Published
[1900]

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So here then are Dreams

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(Roycroft)
Author
Schreiner, Olive
Headline
Signed by Elbert Hubbard
Publisher
Roycroft Shop
Date Published
[1901]

Estimate$300 - $500

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338

The Art of Maurice Sendak

Author
Sendak, Maurice
Headline
Signed by Maurice Sendak
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Date Published
c.1980

Estimate$300 - $500

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341

Four pamphlets by William Henry Smyth

Author
Smyth, William Henry
Headline
4 works by William Henry Smyth, one signed by him
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Berkeley Daily Gazette
Date Published
1920

Estimate$300 - $500

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356

Hymn to Proserpine

Author
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Buckland-Wright
Publisher
Golden Cockerel Press
Date Published
[1944]

Estimate$300 - $500

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369

Basil Seal Rides Again, Or the Rake's Regress

Author
Waugh, Evelyn
Headline
Waugh's Basil Seal Rides Again Signed Limited
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Date Published
1963

Estimate$300 - $500

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