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 1-61 of 61. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 The Minor; Or History of George O'Nial, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Anonymous)HeadlineAnonymous novel 1788, History of George O'NialProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. LaneDate Published1788 Lot #9 Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments [with] Brangwyn's Illustrations of the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)HeadlineIllustrated Arabian NightsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1865-1897 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 #15 Bouvard & Pécuchet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineArion Press' Bouvard & PécuchetPublisherArion 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 #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 #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 #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 #41 The Praise of Hell: or, a View of the Infernal Regions. Containing Some Account of the Advantages of that Place, with Respect to its Antiquity, Situation, and Stability... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBernard, Jean FrédéricHeadlineBernard, The Praise of Hell 1760ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJames PottsDate Published1760 Lot #42 Paul et Virgine View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques HenriHeadlinePaul et Virgine, Bernardin 1838 illustratedProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1838 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 #63 Orley Farm View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brian Frost & Company)AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOrley's Farm, bound by Brian Frost & CompanyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 Lot #67 The Excursion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Brooke, Frances]HeadlineFrances Brooke, The Excursion, 2nd ed. 1785ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1785 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 #75 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Calder, Alexander, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 Lot #81 El Ingenioso Hidalgo D. Quijote de la Mancha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineImprenta Real edition of Don Quixote 1819PublisherLa Imprenta RealDate Published1819 Lot #82 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineLarge format printing of Don Quixote 1862PublisherEn la Imprenta NacionalDate Published1862 Lot #84 De la Félicité Publique, ou Considérations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les différentes Epoques de l'histoire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorChastellux, François-Jean, Marquis deHeadlineChastellux's De la Félicité Publique 1772ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMarc-Michel ReyDate Published1772 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 #110 Oeuvres de Rabelais: Texte Collationné sur les Éditions Originales. Avec une Vie de l'Auteur, des Notes et un Glossaire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisHeadlineDoré's magnificent RabelaisPublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published1873 Lot #120 Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEdgeworth, MariaHeadlineCollected tales of Maria Edgeworth, 1825, 14 vols.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherR. Hunter; Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co.; et al.Date Published1825 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 #166 Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Early English Poet:... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's Life of Geoffrey Chaucer 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherT. DavisonDate Published1804 Lot #168 Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century [with] Mandeville; Or, the Last Words of a Maniac! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's last novel, Mandeville 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable and Co./Effingham WilsonDate Published1817-1818 Lot #169 St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadline2 finely bound William Godwin volumesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherColburn and BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #171 Faust: A Tragedy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlineFaust: A Tragedy c.1870 Stroefer & KirchnerPublisherStroefer and KirchnerDate Published[1870] Lot #172 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGoethe, Johann WolfgangHeadlineGoethe's Wilhelm Meister, 1st Carlyle translationProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherOliver & BoydDate Published1824 Lot #177 Sapho View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 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 #191 The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama, 1773ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 Lot #211 Five volumes by Henry James View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineFive volumes by Henry JamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902-1910 Lot #212 A Little Tour in France View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James Little Tour France illus. PennellPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1900 Lot #214 Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]HeadlineAdventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1790 Lot #221 Decii Junii Juvenalis Aquinatis Satirae Decem et Sex Auli Persii Flacci Satirae Sex View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJuvenal and PersiusHeadlineWhittington edition of Juvenal and PersiusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Excudebat Carolus Whittingham]Date Published1845 Lot #225 Works of Charles Kingsley View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's WorksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 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 #246 Frederic Latimer: or, the History of a Young Man of Fashion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Author[LeMaistre, John Gustavus]HeadlineFrederic Latimer, 1799 first editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLuke HansardDate Published1799 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 #259 Le roi de Portugal, conte, suivi des deux achilles, conte dedicatoire, et d'une epitre au juif Hirschel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMartanges, Bonnet deHeadlineTales of Portugal court w/ reference to JudaismProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1788 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 #285 Two Dissertations. I. on the Graecian Mythology. II. An Examination of Sir Isaac Newton's Objections to the Chronology of the Olympiads View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMusgrave, SamuelHeadlineMusgrave on the antiquity of Olympic GamesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by J. NicholsDate Published1782 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 #297 A Political Dictionary: Explaining the True Meaning of Words. Illustrated and Exemplified in the Lives, Morals, Character and Conduct... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPigott, CharlesHeadlinePigott's Political Dictionary 1796ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Thomas GreenleafDate Published1796 Lot #308 Clarisse Harlowe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineClarissa in French illus. Chodowiecki of BerlinProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPaul Barde; Moutard; MerigotDate Published1785-1786 Lot #309 The History of Sir Charles Grandison [with] Clarissa [with] Pamela View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Richardson's three epistolary novelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1770-1776 Lot #310 In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Ricketts, Charles)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElkin Mathews & John Lane and MacmillanDate Published1893 Lot #313 Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries View details Estimate$700 - $100Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLeslie, Charles Robert and Tom TaylorHeadline6 volume fine binding by Riviere & SonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 Lot #317 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 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 #331 Le Vicaire de Wakefield View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Samblanx, Charles de)AuthorGoldsmith, [Oliver]HeadlineCharles de Samblanx Cathedral bindingPublisherBourgueleret, ÉditeurDate Published1838 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 #348 Celebrated Crimes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 Lot #352 Le nouveau Gulliver, ou Voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Swift, Jonathan)AuthorDesfontaines, Pierre-Francois GuyotHeadlineDesfontaines, Le nouveau Gulliver 1730ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAux dépens de la CompagnieDate Published1730 Lot #353 Le Gulliver de la Jeunesse. Voyages de Gulliver dans l'Ile de Lilliput a Brobdingnac, Pays des Géant, a Laputa, etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineIllustrated Gulliver's Travels in FrenchProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBenardin-BéchetDate Published1878 Lot #354 Letters, Written by Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Several of his Friends. From the Year 1703 to 1740... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineLetters from Jonathan SwiftProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. DaviesDate Published1767 Lot #355 The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Swift's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1766 Lot #358 The Seasons View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's The Seasons, A New Edition 1778ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. MurrayDate Published1778 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 #364 The Mysterious Stranger View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's unfinished work on MoralityPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Publishedc.1916 Lot #368 An Essay on Grammar, as it may be applied to the English Language. In Two Treatises. The one Speculative... The other Practical View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWard, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Ward on English Grammar, 1764ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Robert HorsfieldDate Published1765 Lot #379 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineFive volumes of Wordsworth, 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1827 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next