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