Sale 838: Rare & Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts: Selections from the Professor George Starr Collection (with additions) – Part 2 - Children's Illustration & Literature (#838) 05/15/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/15/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 838 714 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 1-67 of 67. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorL'Estrange, RogerHeadlineFirst Aesop specifically for childrenPublisherR. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et alDate Published1692 Lot #4 Aesopicks: or, A Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, John, translatorHeadlineOgilby's Aesopicks, 2nd editionPublisherPrinted by the AuthorDate Published1673 Lot #14 Nankyoku Tanken View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Antarctica)AuthorShirase NobuHeadlineShirase, 1st Japanese Antarctic expedition, 1913PublisherHakubunkanDate Published1913 Lot #34 Emblems of Love, in Four Languages View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorAyres, PhilipHeadlineWith 44 lovely plates of CupidProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for John WrenDate Published[c.1750] Lot #52 Visions of the Daughters of Albion [with] The Book of Ahania View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTwo Trianon Blake facsimile editionsPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959]; [1973] Lot #55 Livre d'Heures View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)HeadlineBook of Hours with Lazarus Goldschmidt bookplatePublisherLeullierDate Published[c.1900] Lot #72 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 Lot #74 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA lovely illustrated edition of Don QuixotePublisherDon Joaquin IbarraDate Published1780 Lot #78 The Shop Signs of Peking View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorFung, H.K.HeadlineShop Signs of Peking with hand-colored illus.PublisherChinese Painting Association of PekingDate Published[1931] Lot #90 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator)HeadlineTravels and Adventures of MunchausenPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1859 Lot #95 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House in original parts 1852-53PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 Lot #104 WITHDRAWN: Les Mamelles de Tirésias View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineWITHDRAWNPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 Lot #116 A Book of Pictured Carols View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGaskin, Arthur J.HeadlineA Book of Pictured Carols 1/100PublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1893 Lot #129 German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, From Oral Tradition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Grimm's Fairy Tales Vol. IPublisherC. BaldwynDate Published1823 Lot #134 Fair Japan; Optimistic Version View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHelmuth, WilliamHeadlineWith 9 collotypes of JapanPublisherKelly & WalshDate Published[c.1900] Lot #143 L'Album I-XIX View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Humor Magazines - Belle Époque)HeadlineL'Album French humor magazine, issues 1-19PublisherMontgrédin et CieDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #147 Album of twenty-one Indian paintings on mica View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(India)HeadlineTwenty-one 19th century Indian mica paintingsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate PublishedMid-late 19th century Lot #157 This is My Own [with] Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineTwo signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collectionPublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon HouseDate Published[1940]; c. 1941 Lot #201 Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineJapanese Homes inscribed by Edward MorseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #202 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlineMorton Report Philomathean Soc. Rosetta StoneProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPhilomathean SocietyDate Published1859 Lot #205 The New Bon Ton Magazine; or, Telescope of the Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(The New Bon Ton Magazine)HeadlineThe New Bon Ton Magazine, 1818-20PublisherJ. JohnstonDate Published1818-20 Lot #214 The Pearl. A Journal of Facetiae Voluptious Reading View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(The Pearl)Author[Lazenby, William, publisher]HeadlineThe Pearl, an erotic periodical - CompletePublisherPrinted for the Society of viceDate Published1880 Lot #217 Le Diadème de Flore View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picard, Françoise, bookbinder)AuthorD'Houville, GérardHeadlineHandsome hand-binding by Françoise PicardPublisherSociété d'Édition "Le Livre"Date Published1928 Lot #238 Mycenae [with] Ilios View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineHenry Schliemann on the sites of Mycenae & TroyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1878-1881 Lot #254 Army & Navy A.B.C. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Spanish-American War)HeadlineWilliam McKinley-era expansionist propagandaPublisherGeorge M. Hill CompanyDate Published[c. 1899-1901] Lot #258 Travels in Europe, for the use of Travellers on the Continent, and Likewise in the Island of Sicily; Where the Author had Never Been... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStarke, MarianaHeadlineStarke's guide to Italy in 1836 w/ folding mapPublisherA. and W. Galignani and Co.Date Published1836 Lot #277 Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából: tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült köés egynehány fametszettel View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorXántus, JánosHeadlineHungarian travels with plate of Los Angeles 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLauffer és StolpDate Published1858 Lot #279 The Story of the Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAdams, FrankHeadlineFrog Who Would A-Wooing Go 1913PublisherBlackie and Son Ltd.Date Published[c.1913] Lot #280 The Fairies of Lake Merritt View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1925)AuthorCrocker, Florence B.HeadlineLake Merritt Fairies turn a Black boy whiteProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSunset PressDate Published[1925] Lot #281 The Briar Rose Book of Old Old Fairy Tales View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAnderson, AnneHeadlineBriar Rose Book illustrated by Anne AndersonPublisherT.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd.Date Published[c.1920] Lot #282 Ruff & Reddy - The Fairy Guide - Showing how His Reddiness the only Authorized Nursery Guide and Personal Conductor of Cooke's Tours... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorByron, May and G.E. FarrowHeadlineRuff & Reddy illustrated by John HassallPublisherFrederick A. Stokes Co.Date Published[1911] Lot #283 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hudson illustrationsPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[n.d. 1922] Lot #284 The Six Who Were Left in a Shoe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorColum, PadraicHeadlineIllustrated in color by Dugald Stewart WalkerPublisherThe P.F. Volland CompanyDate Published[1923] Lot #285 The Hidden Valley of Oz View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCosgrove, Rachel R.HeadlineHidden Valley of Oz signed 1stPublisherThe Reilly & Lee Co.Date Published[1951] Lot #286 The Brownies: Their Book View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCox, PalmerHeadlineThe Brownies: Their Book w/jacketPublisherD. Appleton-Century CompanyDate Published[1940s] Lot #287 Goody Two Shoes Picture Book View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineFour color picture books in one by Walter CranePublisherGeorge Rutledge and SonsDate Published[c.1875] Lot #288 This Little Pig His Picture Book View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineThis Little Pig's Picture Book by Walter CranePublisherJohn Lane; Stone & KimballDate Published[1895] Lot #289 When I Grow Up View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDenslow, W.W.HeadlineWhen I Grow Up by W.W. DenslowPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1909 Lot #290 Walt Disney's Fantasia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorTaylor, DeemsHeadlineWalt Disney's FantasiaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1940 Lot #291 Two titles by Edward Gorey View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineTwo 1st editions from Edward GoreyDate Published1960-1974 Lot #292 Friendly Fairies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGruelle, JohnnyHeadlineIllustrated in color by Johnny GruellePublisherP.F. Volland CompanyDate Published[1919] Lot #293 A Picture for Harold's Room View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, CrockettHeadlineA Picture for Harold's Room 1st w/jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1960] Lot #294 An Alphabet of Birds View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKeeley, GertrudeHeadlineAlphabet of Birds, illust. by R.J. Campbell, 1901PublisherJamieson-Higgins Co.Date Published1901 Lot #295 A Wrinkle In Time View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorL'Engle, MadeleineHeadlineL'Engle A Wrinkle in Time 1st ed in djPublisherAriel Books / Farrar, Straus and CudahyDate Published[1962] Lot #296 The Blue Fairy Book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineFolio Society Blue Fairy Book, illustratedPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published2003 Lot #297 The Story of Ferdinand View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLeaf, MunroHeadlineFerdinand the Bull 1st UK edition in jacketPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[1937] Lot #298 Make Way for Ducklings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMcCloskey, RobertHeadlineThe 1942 Caldecott Medal winnerPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1941] Lot #299 Winnie-the-Pooh View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineWinnie-the-Pooh 1st American EditionPublisherDuttonDate Published[1926] Lot #300 The House at Pooh Corner [with] Autograph letter signed by A.A. Milne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineHouse at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] Lot #301 Daily Express Children's Annual, No. 4 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Movable Books)AuthorGiraud, S. Louis, ed.HeadlineDaily Express Children's Annual, No. 4 Pop-UpsPublisherLane PublicationsDate Published[c. 1930s] Lot #302 Jack the Giant Killer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Movable Books)AuthorLentz, Harold, illustratorHeadlinePop-Up Jack and the Giant Killer w/jacketPublisherBlue Ribbon BooksDate Published[1932] Lot #303 Daily Express Children's Annual No. 2 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Movables)AuthorGiraud, S. Louis, editorHeadlineDaily Express Children's Annual w/7 pop-ups 1930PublisherLane PublicationsDate Published[1930] Lot #304 Les Mille et Une Nuits View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nézière, Raymond, illustrator)HeadlineThousand and One Nights, illustrated by NézièrePublisherMaisomn Alfred MameDate Published[1933] Lot #305 An Alphabet [with] London Types View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineWith 37 color lithograph plates by NicholsonPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1898 [i.e.1897] Lot #306 The Silver Princess of Oz View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Oz)AuthorThompson, Ruth PlumlyHeadlineSilver Princess of Oz w/jacketPublisherThe Reilly & Lee Co.Date Published1938 Lot #307 The Knave of Hearts View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorSaunders, LouiseHeadlineThe Knave of Hearts illustrated by Maxfield ParrishPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #308 The "Pop-Up" Pinocchio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Pop-Ups)AuthorLentz, Harold, illustratorHeadline"Pop-Up" Pinocchio 1932PublisherBlue Ribbon Books, Inc.Date Published[1932] Lot #309 The Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineDeluxe edition signed by RackhamPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #310 Im Blumenhimmel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorReinheimer, SophieHeadlineFlower Fairies, illustrated by Else Vietor-WenzPublisherGerhard StallingDate Published1929 Lot #311 The Little Green Road to Fairyland View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRentoul Outhwaite, Ida and Annie R. RentoulHeadlineLittle Green Road to Fairyland 1st Aus.PublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published[1948] Lot #312 In the Night Kitchen View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineMaurice Sendak's In the Night KitchenPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1970] Lot #313 Ten Little Rabbits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned Sendak miniature bookPublisherRosenbach FoundationDate Published1982 Lot #314 The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineDr. Seuss' second book in jacket, 1st printingPublisherVanguard PressDate Published[1938] Lot #315 Fox in Socks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineFirst Printing of Seuss's Fox in Socks, in djPublisherBeginner Books / Random HouseDate Published1965 Lot #316 She Lufs Me – She Lufs Me Not View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Jessie WillcoxHeadlineJessie Willcox Smith Colliers Mag cover paintingDate Publishedc.1907-1930s Lot #317 The Pearl and the Pumpkin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWest, Paul and W. W. DenslowHeadlineW.W. Denslow The Pearl and the PumpkinPublisherG.W. Dillingham Co.Date Published[1904] Lot #318 Quacks: The Story of the Ugly Duckling After Hans Christian Anderson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorWingrave, Marion MHeadlineThe Ugly Duckling w/chromolithograph illustrationsPublisherWard, Lock & Co.Date Published[c.1890] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next