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 1-36 of 36. 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 #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 #47 Les Actes des Apostres: Traduits en Franc̜ois, avec une Explication Tirée des Saints Peres & des Autheurs Ecclesiastiques Heading(Bible in French)Author[Lemaistre de Sacy, Louis-Isaac]HeadlineDe Sacy's Acts in Jansenist binding, 1700PublisherGuillaume DesprezDate Published1700 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #67 Regole ed Istruzzioni da osservarsi Nell, Accompagnamento del Ssmo. Viatico... Heading(Catholicism - Last Rites)HeadlineRules and Instructions for the ViaticumPublisherNella Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apost.Date Published1758 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #68 Officium in Epiphania Domini, et per totam octavam; juxta Missâle, & Breviárium românum... Heading(Catholicism)Headline18th century liturgical manual, finely boundPublisherJoachim IbarraDate Published1765 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #69 The Orthodox Communicant, By Way of Meditation on the Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion; According to the Liturgy of the Church of England Heading(Cecil & Larkins, Bookbinders)HeadlineThe Orthodox Communicant bound by Cecil & LarkinsPublisherJ. SturtDate Published1721 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #79 Journal of the West China Border Research Society Heading(China)HeadlineFirst English journal pub. in Sichuan, 1922-37PublisherCanadian Methodist Mission PressDate Published1922-1945 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #81 The Travels of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ [bound together with] Free-Grace Heading(Christianity)HeadlineTwo early 18th c. religious worksDate Published1700-1725 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #97 A Journal of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, and Labour of Love in the Work of Ministry, of that Worthy Elder and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, William Edmundson AuthorEdmundson, WilliamHeadlineOn the founder of Quakers in Ireland, 1715ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Samuel FairbrotherDate Published1715 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #103 Bibliotheca Latina Mediae et Infimae Aetatis AuthorFabricius, Johann AlbertHeadlineFabricius, Latin Library, Padua 1754PublisherApud Joannem ManfreDate Published1754 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #145 Original leaf from the Polychronicon Heading(Incunabula)AuthorHigden, RanulfHeadlineIncunable Wynkyn de Worde leaf, 1498PublisherBy me Wynken de WordeDate Published1498 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #200 Nőélet a mormonoknál: több évi személyes tapasztalatok előadása. Irta egy mormon főnöknek Utából közelebb visszatért neje. Angolból forditotta B..... S..... Heading(Mormon)Author[Ward, Maria]HeadlineAnti-Mormon polygamy account in Hungarian, 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGeibel Ármin bizományaDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold 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 #236 Way to the Sabbath of Rest [bound with] Discourse on Mistakes Concerning Religion [bound with] Observations on the Inslaving, Importing, and Purchasing of Negroes Heading(Sammelband)AuthorBromley, Thomas, Thomas Hartley, and Anthony BenezetHeadline3 Germantown imprints, 1759-60ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChristopher SowerDate Published1759-1760 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold 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