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 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next 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 #16 Map of America AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's large map of America 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherA. ArrowsmithDate Published1804 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #20 Bachman's Swamp-Warbler AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineBachman's Swamp-Warbler, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #21 Buff-breasted Mergenter-Goosander AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineBuff-breasted Mergenter-Goosander, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #22 Cerulean Wood-Warbler AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCerulean Wood-Warbler, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #23 Columbia Magpie or Jay AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineColumbia Magpie or Jay, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #24 Common American Partridge AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCommon American Partridge, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Common Cardinal Grosbeak AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCommon Cardinal Grosbeak, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #26 Crested Purple Finch AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCrested Purple Finch, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #27 Eider Duck AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineEider Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Golden Eye Duck AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGolden Eye Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #29 Great White Heron AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGreat White Heron Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #30 Red-breasted Merganser AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineRed-breasted Merganser, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #31 Reddish Egret AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineReddish Egret, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #32 Sandwich Tern AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineSandwich Tern, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 Shoveller Duck AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineShoveller Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #46 The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the Original Greek: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBoston New Testament w/ U.S.A. Great Seal, 1794ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBy Alexander Young and Thomas Minns, for B. Larkin, J. White, Thomas and Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, W.P. Blake, and J. WestDate Published1794 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #64 The Ledger Carrier's Annual Greeting. To Their Subscribers, New Year, 1858 Heading(Carrier's Address)HeadlineCarrier's Address celebrating the CapitolPublisher[Public Ledger]Date Published[1857] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Federalist: Containing some Strictures upon a Pamphlet, entitled, "The Pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency, examined, and the Charges against John Adams, Refuted" Heading(Coxe, Tench)AuthorPhocion [pseud. of Tench Coxe]HeadlineFederalist by Phocion/Tench Coxe, pt.1 1796ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherRe-published from the Gazette of the United States, by Mathew CareyDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #112 The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineComplete Works of Benjamin Franklin 1806PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson...and Longman, Hurst, Rees and RomeDate Published1806 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #132 Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. AuthorHarris, A.C.HeadlineAlaska and the Klondike Gold Fields w/2 mapsPublisher[J.R. Jones]Date Published[1897] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #150 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Astoria with mapPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #160 An Oration Delivered at Newburyport on the Fourth Day of July 1810 AuthorKnapp, Samuel L.HeadlineSamuel Lorenzo Knapp on the 4th of JulyPublisherFrom the Press of Ephraim W. AllenDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #203 Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour AuthorMott, Abigail, compilerHeadlineMott's Quaker celebration of lives of Persons of ColourPublisherW. Alexander & SonDate Published1826 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #254 Army & Navy A.B.C. Heading(Spanish-American War)HeadlineWilliam McKinley-era expansionist propagandaPublisherGeorge M. Hill CompanyDate Published[c. 1899-1901] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #277 Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából: tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült köés egynehány fametszettel AuthorXántus, JánosHeadlineHungarian travels with plate of Los Angeles 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLauffer és StolpDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next