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 1-64 of 64. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Basil Valentine His Triumphant Chariot of Antimony, with Annotations of Theodore Kirkingius M.D. with The True Book of the Learned Synesius... concerning the Philosopher's Stone Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBasilius ValentinusHeadline1st English edition of important alchemy workPublisherDorman NewmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold 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 #9 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #12 Istorii͡a Sibiri [History of Siberia] AuthorAndrijevič, Vladimir Kallistratovič (Владимир Константинович Андриевич)HeadlineSiberian History in Russian by V.K. Andrievich, 1889ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherV.V. KomarovaDate Published1889 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #13 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1775-1779 Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineAnnual Registers for 1775-1779PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1777-1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 #36 History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France during that Period AuthorBaines, EdwardHeadlineBaines, Wars of the French RevolutionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and James HarperDate Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #38 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunDate Published1912-1914 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #41 A History of Russia AuthorBell, RobertHeadlineBell's History of Russia in 3 volumes, 1836ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #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 #91 Q. Curtii Rufi Rerum Alexandri Magni Libri VIII supersistes. Accedunt Titi Pompae et Ian Loccenii Notae AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineRoman History, Elzevir printing 1625PublisherEx Officina ElsevirianaDate Published1625 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #96 Great Domesday Book: 900th Anniversary Library Edition Heading(Domesday Book)HeadlineMassive 6 volume set of the Domesday BookPublisherAlecto Historical EditionsDate Published1989 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #100 The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 AuthorEngels, FrederickHeadlineEngels Classic of Communist TheoryPublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #101 Dell'Istoria di Mantova Libri cinque. Nella quale cominciandosi dall'edificazione di essa Citta, brevemente si raccontano tutte le cose piu notabili succedute di tempo in tempo cosi in pace, come in guerra AuthorEquicola, MarioHeadlineEarly 17th century history of Mantova, ItalyPublisherFrancesco OsannaDate Published1607 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 Four nicely bound volumes of European history Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #106 The Novelties of a Year and a Day, in a Series of Picturesque Letters on the Characters, Manners, and Customs of the Spanish, French, and English Nations... AuthorFigaroHeadlineLetters on Spain, France, and EnglandPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published[1785] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 #113 Multum in Parvo [with] The Ceremonies of Opening and Closing Initiation, Passing and Raising Installation, &c. Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineTwo vols of Freemason rituals w/ vellum membership certPublisherG. BradshawDate Publishedc.1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #122 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1813 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #124 The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers Author[Goldsmith, Oliver]HeadlineBio of celebrated 18th-century fashion iconProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. NewberyDate Published[1762] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #141 Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Improved in a Third Edition. In Two Volumes AuthorHome, Henry, Lord KamesHeadlineHome on the History of Man 1779PublisherPrinted by James WilliamsDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #151 The Laws and Appeals of Murder, Containing I. The Nature of Appeals in General; how commenced, and by whom prosecuted in all Cases. II. Of Appeals and Murder, Manslaughter, &c. wherein are explained in numerous Instances... AuthorJacob, GilesHeadlineGiles Jacob on appeals and murder, 1719PublisherPrinted by Eliz. Nutt, and R. GoslingDate Published1719 View details Estimate$300 - $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 #174 Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and Its English Admirers... AuthorMackintosh, JamesHeadlineJames Mackintosh Vindiciae Gallicae 1791PublisherPrinted for G.G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #177 De Successu Evangelii apud Indos Occidentales in Nova-Anglia; Epistola AuthorMathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]HeadlineIncrease Mather on converting Native AmericansProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Wilhelmum BroedelethDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #199 The Life of David Marks, to the the 26th year of his age. Including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labors in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years Heading(Mormon)AuthorMarks, DavidHeadlineEarly anti-Mormon accountPublisherPrinted at the Office of the Morning StarDate Published1831 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #207 The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning AuthorNostradamus, Michel deHeadlineFirst English edition of Nostradamus, 1672PublisherPrinted by Thomas Ratliffe & Nathaniel Thompson, and are to be sold by John Martin, [et al.]Date Published1672 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #208 Everybodys' Dream Book, and Fortune Teller Heading(Occult)Headline19th century Dreams & Fortune TellingPublisherPrinted for the BooksellersDate Published[1800s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #219 C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri X AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlineLetters of Pliny the Younger, finely boundPublisherSumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. SammellsDate Published1790 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #221 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612/1610 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 #234 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #235 An Historical Description of Ancient and Modern Rome; Also of the Works of Art, Particularly in Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting... AuthorSalmon, J.HeadlineJ. Salmon the history and art of Rome 1800PublisherPrinted for the Author by S. GosnellDate Published1800 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #241 A Generall Historie of France, written by John de Serres unto the yeare 1598. Contynued by Peter Mathew to the death of King Henry the fourth, in the yeare 1610. And again continued unto the Peace concluded before Montpellier in the yeare 1622. By Edward Grimston, Sargant at Armes AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #243 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #245 Document recording the manumission of a slave paid for by her son Heading(Slavery)HeadlineSon frees his mother in Matanzas, Cuba, 1874Date Published1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #246 Four documents detailing the escape of over a dozen slaves in mid-19th century Spanish West Indies Heading(Slavery)HeadlineStory of many slaves escaping, 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #247 List of fugitive slaves and orders for their capture and return in mid-19th century Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlineOrders to capture fugitive slaves in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #248 Manumission document for a female slave in Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlineManumission of 20 y/o woman, Cuba, 1872Date Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #249 Passport for four slaves from Guanajay, Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlinePassport for four slaves, likely mother & childrenDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #253 The Recent Origin of Man, as Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science of Pre-Historic Archaeology AuthorSouthall, James C.HeadlineClassic archaeological work 1875PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #262 The Examiners for the Year 1711 [with] The Second Volume of the Examiners Heading(Swift, Jonathan)Headline1711 paper edited by Jonathan SwiftPublisherJohn Morphew and A. DoddDate Published1712; 1714 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #266 Ritratto di Roma Antica, nel quale sono figurati... AuthorTotti, PompilioHeadlinePompilio Totti on Ancient Rome, 1645PublisherFranceso MonetaDate Published[1645] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #272 Histoire d'un Dessinateur: Comment on Apprend a Dessiner. Texte et Dessins par Viollet-le-Duc AuthorViollet-le-Duc, EugèneHeadlineFrench guide on drawing 1879PublisherJ. Hetzel & CieDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next