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 1-30 of 30. Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #10 The Government of the Tongue [bound with] The Art of Contentment [and] The Lively Oracles Author[Allestree, Richard]HeadlineThree from Richard AllestreeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe TheaterDate Published1675-1678 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #19 Three inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about Jupiter by Willem de Sitter Heading(Astronomy)AuthorSitter, Willem deHeadline3 inscribed offprints by W. de SitterPublisherKoninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van WetenschappenDate Published1906-1908 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #35 Three works on mathematics Heading(Babbage, Charles)HeadlinePrize binding for UCL mathematicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #42 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design AuthorBell, Sir CharlesHeadlineSir Charles Bell The Hand 1833PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #54 The Works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher...with Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the Reverend William Law, M.A. Heading(Boehme, Jacob)AuthorBehmen, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Boehme, 1764-1781PublisherM. Richardson; G. RobinsonDate Published1764-1781 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #60 The Theory of the Earth - Books I and II AuthorBurnet, ThomasHeadlineBurnet's Theory of the Earth, 1st ed. in EnglishPublisherPrinted by R. Norton for Walter KettilbyDate Published1684 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #70 Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum Demonstrans AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlinePtolemaic model of lunar motion, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #71 Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlineChart showing Sun's orbit around the Earth, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 X-Rays and Electrons [with] X-Rays in Theory and Experiment AuthorCompton, Arthur Holly and Samuel K. AllisonHeadlineArthur Compton's 1st book owned by David WebsterProvenanceProfessor David L. Webster; Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherD. Van Nostrand CompanyDate Published1926-1935 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #85 The Tongue of Time and Star of the States: A System of Human Nature, with the Phenomena of the Heavens and Earth... AuthorComstock, JosephHeadlineThe Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #89 An Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical AuthorCresy, EdwardHeadlineCresy's manual on civil engineeringPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #92 Mr. De Sargues Universal Way of Dyaling. Or Plain and Easie Directions for Placing the Axeltree, and Marking the Hours in Sun-dyals, after the French, Italian, Babylonian, and Jewish Manner... Heading(Desargues, Gérard)AuthorKing, Daniel, translatorHeadline17th c. work on sundials owned by Florence YochProvenanceFlorence Yoch, Landscape ArchitectPublisherPrinted by Tho. LeachDate Published1659 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #105 Il Comento di Marsilio Ficino Sopra il Convito di Platone. Et esso Convito. Tradotti in Lingua Toscana per Hercole Barbarasa da Terni AuthorFicino, MarsilioHeadlineMarsilio Ficino on Plato's SymposiumProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Giovanni Farri e fratelli]Date Published1544 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #131 The Rights of War and Peace, in three books. Wherein are explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #156 An Introduction to the True Astronomy: or, Astronomical Lectures, Read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford AuthorKeill, JohnHeadlineKeill's Introduction to Astronomy, 1721PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintotDate Published1721 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #164 The System of the World AuthorLaplace, P. S.HeadlineThe System of the World by Laplace 1809ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard PhillipsDate Published1809 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #173 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineGeological Evidences of the Antiquity of ManPublisherGeorge W. ChildsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #175 An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of the Past and Present Effects of Human Happiness AuthorMalthus, T.R.HeadlineRevised classic of global population growthPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1807-1817 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #181 Clinical Illustrations of the More Important Diseases of Bengal Heading(Medicine)AuthorTwining, WilliamHeadlineTwining's Diseases of Bengal, 1832PublisherBaptist Mission PressDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #182 Utilitarianism AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJ.S. Mill Utilitarianism, second editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and GreenDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #212 Organic Remains of a Former World. Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World; Generally Termed Extraneous Fossils AuthorParkinson, JamesHeadlinePaleontology by identifier of Parkinson's diseaseProvenanceCharles Atwood Kofoid (bookplate); Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherC. Whittingham et alDate Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #213 The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Application of Results Obtained from the Quantum Mechanics and from a Theory of Paramagnetic Susceptibility to the Structure of Molecules AuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling 1931 offprint signed and inscribedPublisherJournal of the American Chemical SocietyDate Published1931 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #215 Eight issues of Philosophical Transactions Heading(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)Headline8 issues from 1st year of Philosophical TransactionsDate Published1665-1667 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #216 An Introduction to Electricity. In Six Sections Heading(Physics)AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineJames Ferguson Intro to Electricity 3rdPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1778 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #218 The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato Heading(Plato)AuthorTaylor, Thomas, translatorHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #232 Psychodiagnostik/Psychodiagnostics, Tafeln - Tables [with] The Rorschach Technique AuthorRorschach, Hermann; Klopfer, Bruno and Douglas McGlashen KelleyHeadlineRorschach test inkblot cards, 1921PublisherHans Huber; World Book CompanyDate Published[1921]; 1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #240 L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera omnia, ex ult. I. Lipsii emendatione, et M. Annaei Senecae rhetoris quae exstant, ex And. Schotti recens. AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus and Marcus Annaeus Seneca (The Younger and the Older)Headline12mo Seneca philosophy & Seneca the Elder 1634PublisherApud Guili. I. Blaeuw.Date Published1634 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #269 Amphitheatrum Aeternae Providentiae Divino-Magicum AuthorVanini, Guilio CesareHeadlineLucilio Vanini, Amphitheatrum AeternaeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWidow of Antoine de HarsyDate Published1615 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #270 Original printed leaf from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica, with full-page anatomical woodcut AuthorVesaliusHeadlineVesalius leaf with skeleton & musculaturePublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next