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 1-52 of 52. Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 Lot #9 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 Lot #12 Istorii͡a Sibiri [History of Siberia] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorAndrijevič, Vladimir Kallistratovič (Владимир Константинович Андриевич)HeadlineSiberian History in Russian by V.K. Andrievich, 1889ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherV.V. KomarovaDate Published1889 Lot #13 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1775-1779 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineAnnual Registers for 1775-1779PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1777-1781 Lot #35 Three works on mathematics View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Babbage, Charles)HeadlinePrize binding for UCL mathematicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1820 Lot #36 History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France during that Period View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBaines, EdwardHeadlineBaines, Wars of the French RevolutionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and James HarperDate Published1817 Lot #37 Fables et Contes Philosophiques View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBarbe, PhilippeHeadlineFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonProvenanceFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonPublisherChez DelalainDate Published1771 Lot #38 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunDate Published1912-1914 Lot #41 A History of Russia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBell, RobertHeadlineBell's History of Russia in 3 volumes, 1836ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1836 Lot #51 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Songs of Innocence, Trianon facsimilePublisherTrianon PressDate Published1954 Lot #62 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 Lot #68 Officium in Epiphania Domini, et per totam octavam; juxta Missâle, & Breviárium românum... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Catholicism)Headline18th century liturgical manual, finely boundPublisherJoachim IbarraDate Published1765 Lot #69 The Orthodox Communicant, By Way of Meditation on the Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion; According to the Liturgy of the Church of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cecil & Larkins, Bookbinders)HeadlineThe Orthodox Communicant bound by Cecil & LarkinsPublisherJ. SturtDate Published1721 Lot #91 Q. Curtii Rufi Rerum Alexandri Magni Libri VIII supersistes. Accedunt Titi Pompae et Ian Loccenii Notae View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineRoman History, Elzevir printing 1625PublisherEx Officina ElsevirianaDate Published1625 Lot #96 Great Domesday Book: 900th Anniversary Library Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Domesday Book)HeadlineMassive 6 volume set of the Domesday BookPublisherAlecto Historical EditionsDate Published1989 Lot #99 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 Lot #100 The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEngels, FrederickHeadlineEngels Classic of Communist TheoryPublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co.Date Published1892 Lot #101 Dell'Istoria di Mantova Libri cinque. Nella quale cominciandosi dall'edificazione di essa Citta, brevemente si raccontano tutte le cose piu notabili succedute di tempo in tempo cosi in pace, come in guerra View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEquicola, MarioHeadlineEarly 17th century history of Mantova, ItalyPublisherFrancesco OsannaDate Published1607 Lot #102 Four nicely bound volumes of European history View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 Lot #106 The Novelties of a Year and a Day, in a Series of Picturesque Letters on the Characters, Manners, and Customs of the Spanish, French, and English Nations... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFigaroHeadlineLetters on Spain, France, and EnglandPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published[1785] Lot #107 Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Bayntun)AuthorBurney, FannyHeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1903 Lot #108 A Geographical History of Mammals View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLydekker, R.HeadlineLovely prize binding from 1905PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1896 Lot #109 Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineAnecdotes of Painting 1828PublisherPrinted at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol, for John MajorDate Published1828 Lot #110 Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTupper, Martin FarquharHeadlineFore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, OxfordPublisherT. HatchardDate Published1851 Lot #118 Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of our Lord God 1764. Being the Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorn'd with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(George III, King of Great Britain, former owner)HeadlineFine binding from George III's libraryProvenanceFrom the library of King George IIIPublisherH. Woodfall for the Company of StationersDate Published1764 Lot #122 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1813 Lot #124 The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Goldsmith, Oliver]HeadlineBio of celebrated 18th-century fashion iconProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. NewberyDate Published[1762] Lot #141 Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Improved in a Third Edition. In Two Volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHome, Henry, Lord KamesHeadlineHome on the History of Man 1779PublisherPrinted by James WilliamsDate Published1779 Lot #151 The Laws and Appeals of Murder, Containing I. The Nature of Appeals in General; how commenced, and by whom prosecuted in all Cases. II. Of Appeals and Murder, Manslaughter, &c. wherein are explained in numerous Instances... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJacob, GilesHeadlineGiles Jacob on appeals and murder, 1719PublisherPrinted by Eliz. Nutt, and R. GoslingDate Published1719 Lot #174 Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and Its English Admirers... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMackintosh, JamesHeadlineJames Mackintosh Vindiciae Gallicae 1791PublisherPrinted for G.G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 Lot #177 De Successu Evangelii apud Indos Occidentales in Nova-Anglia; Epistola View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorMathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]HeadlineIncrease Mather on converting Native AmericansProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Wilhelmum BroedelethDate Published1699 Lot #198 Catalogue of the Collection of Jewels and Precious Works of Art, the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Morgan, J. Pierpont)AuthorWilliamson, George Charles, compilerHeadlineJ.P. Morgan's jewels & art on Japanese vellum 1/40PublisherPrivately Printed at the Chiswick PressDate Published1910 Lot #199 The Life of David Marks, to the the 26th year of his age. Including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labors in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Mormon)AuthorMarks, DavidHeadlineEarly anti-Mormon accountPublisherPrinted at the Office of the Morning StarDate Published1831 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 #219 C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri X View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlineLetters of Pliny the Younger, finely boundPublisherSumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. SammellsDate Published1790 Lot #221 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612/1610 Lot #229 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's poems finely bound by Riviere and SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1905 Lot #234 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 Lot #235 An Historical Description of Ancient and Modern Rome; Also of the Works of Art, Particularly in Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSalmon, J.HeadlineJ. Salmon the history and art of Rome 1800PublisherPrinted for the Author by S. GosnellDate Published1800 Lot #241 A Generall Historie of France, written by John de Serres unto the yeare 1598. Contynued by Peter Mathew to the death of King Henry the fourth, in the yeare 1610. And again continued unto the Peace concluded before Montpellier in the yeare 1622. By Edward Grimston, Sargant at Armes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 Lot #243 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 Lot #245 Document recording the manumission of a slave paid for by her son View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineSon frees his mother in Matanzas, Cuba, 1874Date Published1874 Lot #246 Four documents detailing the escape of over a dozen slaves in mid-19th century Spanish West Indies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineStory of many slaves escaping, 1852Date Published1852 Lot #247 List of fugitive slaves and orders for their capture and return in mid-19th century Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineOrders to capture fugitive slaves in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 Lot #248 Manumission document for a female slave in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineManumission of 20 y/o woman, Cuba, 1872Date Published1872 Lot #249 Passport for four slaves from Guanajay, Cuba View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlinePassport for four slaves, likely mother & childrenDate Published1867 Lot #253 The Recent Origin of Man, as Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science of Pre-Historic Archaeology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSouthall, James C.HeadlineClassic archaeological work 1875PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1875 Lot #262 The Examiners for the Year 1711 [with] The Second Volume of the Examiners View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Swift, Jonathan)Headline1711 paper edited by Jonathan SwiftPublisherJohn Morphew and A. DoddDate Published1712; 1714 Lot #266 Ritratto di Roma Antica, nel quale sono figurati... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTotti, PompilioHeadlinePompilio Totti on Ancient Rome, 1645PublisherFranceso MonetaDate Published[1645] Lot #271 The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorGrey, CharlesHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #272 Histoire d'un Dessinateur: Comment on Apprend a Dessiner. Texte et Dessins par Viollet-le-Duc View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorViollet-le-Duc, EugèneHeadlineFrench guide on drawing 1879PublisherJ. Hetzel & CieDate Published[1879] Lot #278 La Gondola: A Tre Remi Passatempo Carnivalesco View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorBrusoni, GirolamoHeadlineFinely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherFrancesco StortiDate Published1662 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next