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 11-20 of 28. Previous|123|Next Lot #107 Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Heading(Fine Bindings - Bayntun)AuthorBurney, FannyHeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 A Geographical History of Mammals Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLydekker, R.HeadlineLovely prize binding from 1905PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts... Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineAnecdotes of Painting 1828PublisherPrinted at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol, for John MajorDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTupper, Martin FarquharHeadlineFore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, OxfordPublisherT. HatchardDate Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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... 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #148 Abhráin Diaḋa Cúige Connaċt. Or, The Religious Songs of Connacht: A Collection of Poems, Stories, Prayers, Satires, Ranns, Charms, etc. Heading(Ireland)AuthorHyde, Douglas (An Craoibhín Aoibhinn), editorHeadlinePoetry inscribed by first President of IrelandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherM.H. Gill & SonDate PublishedNo date [c.1906] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #183 Songs of Italy [with] autograph letter signed from Miller to Henry Meade Bland AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst Edition with ALS to Henry Meade BlandPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #184 Paradise Lost [with] Paradise Regain'd [with] Sampson Agonistes AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's poems, illustrated 1695-1715PublisherJacob Tonson/John WhitlockDate Published1695-1715 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #198 Catalogue of the Collection of Jewels and Precious Works of Art, the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan Heading(Morgan, J. Pierpont)AuthorWilliamson, George Charles, compilerHeadlineJ.P. Morgan's jewels & art on Japanese vellum 1/40PublisherPrivately Printed at the Chiswick PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #209 Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands AuthorOvidHeadline1st English Ovid illustrated by Bernard PicartPublisherPrinted for the Wetsteins and SmithDate Published1732 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next