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 1-49 of 49. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth, Volumes XIII and XIV: Jack Sheppard AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineSigned by two Alexander CaldersProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGibbings & Company/J.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #8 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 The Art-Journal Heading(Art)HeadlineLondon Art Journal, owned by Wells Fargo daughterProvenanceGeorgia Fargo, the daughter of William George Fargo, co-founder of of Well FargoPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1849-1876 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold 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 #56 A selection of correspondence between Ray Bradbury and Sid Stebel Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineCollection of correspondence between Rray Bradbury and Sid StebelDate Published1950s-2000s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Seven Ray Bradbury Christmas Greetings and additional ephemera Heading(Bradbury, Ray)Headline7 Ray Bradbury inscribed X-mas GreetingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #58 A draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineA draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury - 1 inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #59 Five manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline5 manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury w/signed notesDate Published1980s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #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 #99 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #111 Parchment manuscript document produced during the reign of Louis XVI Heading(France)Headline46-page French manuscript from 1788Date Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe [with] typed letter signed by J. Paul Getty Heading(Getty, J. Paul)AuthorLe Vane, Ethel and J. Paul GettyHeadlineCollectors Choice by J. Paul Getty w/ TLSPublisherW.H. AllenDate Published1956 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #123 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribué chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #137 Dance Hall of the Dead AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineTony Hillerman's 2nd novel signed & inscribedPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published1973 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #140 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFirst Edition with signed note by the authorPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #154 The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions AuthorJones, QuincyHeadlineSigned by Quincy Jones & Taj MahalPublisherInsight EditionsDate Published2008 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #157 This is My Own [with] Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineTwo signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collectionPublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon HouseDate Published[1940]; c. 1941 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #179 Autograph letter from Charlotte of Belgium, consort of Maximilian Heading(Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico - Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian)AuthorCarlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico [b. Charlotte of Belgium]HeadlineLetter from Charlotte of Belgium, March 1863Date Published1863 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #180 Document signed by Maximilian as emperor of Mexico AuthorMaximilian, Emperor of MexicoHeadlineDocument signed by Maximilian as Mexican EmperorDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold 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 #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 #201 Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineJapanese Homes inscribed by Edward MorseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #259 The Battle of Bull Run AuthorStedman, Edmund ClarenceHeadlineBattle of Bull Run signed by Edmund C. StedmanPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1861 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #260 The Man with the Blue Guitar & other poems [with] typed letter signed by Wallace Stevens AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineBlue Guitar signed inscribed Stevens + TLSProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #267 Vzduchoplavba (Letadla a balony) AuthorTrůneček, Ing. JosefHeadlineEarly aviation in Czech, Prague 1911ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherF. ŠimáčekDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Lot #271 The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorGrey, CharlesHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #273 The Black Country AuthorWadsworth, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Country, Edward Wadsworth, signedPublisherThe Ovid PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #300 The House at Pooh Corner [with] Autograph letter signed by A.A. Milne AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineHouse at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #313 Ten Little Rabbits AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned Sendak miniature bookPublisherRosenbach FoundationDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next