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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineSigned by two Alexander CaldersProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGibbings & Company/J.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1902] 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 #8 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century Lot #17 The Art-Journal View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold 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 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 #56 A selection of correspondence between Ray Bradbury and Sid Stebel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineCollection of correspondence between Rray Bradbury and Sid StebelDate Published1950s-2000s Lot #57 Seven Ray Bradbury Christmas Greetings and additional ephemera View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bradbury, Ray)Headline7 Ray Bradbury inscribed X-mas GreetingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #58 A draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineA draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury - 1 inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #59 Five manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline5 manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury w/signed notesDate Published1980s 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 #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 #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 #111 Parchment manuscript document produced during the reign of Louis XVI View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(France)Headline46-page French manuscript from 1788Date Published1788 Lot #121 Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe [with] typed letter signed by J. Paul Getty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Getty, J. Paul)AuthorLe Vane, Ethel and J. Paul GettyHeadlineCollectors Choice by J. Paul Getty w/ TLSPublisherW.H. AllenDate Published1956 Lot #123 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribué chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 Lot #137 Dance Hall of the Dead View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineTony Hillerman's 2nd novel signed & inscribedPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published1973 Lot #140 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFirst Edition with signed note by the authorPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 Lot #148 Abhráin Diaḋa Cúige Connaċt. Or, The Religious Songs of Connacht: A Collection of Poems, Stories, Prayers, Satires, Ranns, Charms, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Ireland)AuthorHyde, Douglas (An Craoibhín Aoibhinn), editorHeadlinePoetry inscribed by first President of IrelandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherM.H. Gill & SonDate PublishedNo date [c.1906] Lot #154 The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJones, QuincyHeadlineSigned by Quincy Jones & Taj MahalPublisherInsight EditionsDate Published2008 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 #157 This is My Own [with] Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineTwo signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collectionPublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon HouseDate Published[1940]; c. 1941 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 #179 Autograph letter from Charlotte of Belgium, consort of Maximilian View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold 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 Lot #180 Document signed by Maximilian as emperor of Mexico View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMaximilian, Emperor of MexicoHeadlineDocument signed by Maximilian as Mexican EmperorDate Published1865 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 #183 Songs of Italy [with] autograph letter signed from Miller to Henry Meade Bland View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst Edition with ALS to Henry Meade BlandPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 Lot #201 Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineJapanese Homes inscribed by Edward MorseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1886 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 #259 The Battle of Bull Run View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStedman, Edmund ClarenceHeadlineBattle of Bull Run signed by Edmund C. StedmanPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1861 Lot #260 The Man with the Blue Guitar & other poems [with] typed letter signed by Wallace Stevens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineBlue Guitar signed inscribed Stevens + TLSProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1937 Lot #267 Vzduchoplavba (Letadla a balony) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTrůneček, Ing. JosefHeadlineEarly aviation in Czech, Prague 1911ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherF. ŠimáčekDate Published1911 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 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 #273 The Black Country View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWadsworth, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Country, Edward Wadsworth, signedPublisherThe Ovid PressDate Published1920 Lot #300 The House at Pooh Corner [with] Autograph letter signed by A.A. Milne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineHouse at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] Lot #313 Ten Little Rabbits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned Sendak miniature bookPublisherRosenbach FoundationDate Published1982 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next