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 #13 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1775-1779 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineAnnual Registers for 1775-1779PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1777-1781 Lot #16 Map of America View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's large map of America 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherA. ArrowsmithDate Published1804 Lot #20 Bachman's Swamp-Warbler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineBachman's Swamp-Warbler, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #21 Buff-breasted Mergenter-Goosander View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineBuff-breasted Mergenter-Goosander, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #22 Cerulean Wood-Warbler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCerulean Wood-Warbler, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #23 Columbia Magpie or Jay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineColumbia Magpie or Jay, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #24 Common American Partridge View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCommon American Partridge, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #25 Common Cardinal Grosbeak View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCommon Cardinal Grosbeak, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #26 Crested Purple Finch View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCrested Purple Finch, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #27 Eider Duck View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineEider Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #28 Golden Eye Duck View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGolden Eye Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #29 Great White Heron View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGreat White Heron Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #30 Red-breasted Merganser View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineRed-breasted Merganser, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #31 Reddish Egret View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineReddish Egret, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #32 Sandwich Tern View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineSandwich Tern, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 Lot #33 Shoveller Duck View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineShoveller Duck, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 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 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 Lot #63 The Retir'd Gardener. In Six Parts. The Two First Being Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gardener... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorCarpenter, JosephHeadlineRetir'd Gardener, owned by Florence YochProvenanceFlorence Yoch, Landscape ArchitectPublisherPrinted for J. ThonsonDate Published1717 Lot #64 The Ledger Carrier's Annual Greeting. To Their Subscribers, New Year, 1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Carrier's Address)HeadlineCarrier's Address celebrating the CapitolPublisher[Public Ledger]Date Published[1857] Lot #65 Silent Spring View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCarson, RachelHeadlineRachel Carson Silent Spring First EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1962 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" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 Lot #88 D'agricoltura. Dove si contiene il modo di coltivare la terra, seminare, & inserir gli arbori: con la proprietà delle herbe, & di tutti i frutti, et la natura di tutti gli animali... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCrescenzi, Pietro deHeadline16th century agricultural treatise, P. CrescenziPublisherBindoni BernardinoDate Published1542 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEdmundson, WilliamHeadlineOn the founder of Quakers in Ireland, 1715ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by Samuel FairbrotherDate Published1715 Lot #108 A Geographical History of Mammals View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLydekker, R.HeadlineLovely prize binding from 1905PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1896 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineComplete Works of Benjamin Franklin 1806PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson...and Longman, Hurst, Rees and RomeDate Published1806 Lot #114 Adam resolved to share the fate of Eve View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFuseli, HenryHeadlineHaughton engraving after Fuseli, Adam and EvePublisherHenry Fuseli and Moses Haughton the YoungerDate Publishedc.1806 Lot #127 The Tree-Lifter; or, a New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorGreenwood, Colonel GeorgeHeadlineThe Tree-Lifter, owned by Florence YochProvenanceFlorence Yoch, Landscape ArchitectPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1853 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHarris, A.C.HeadlineAlaska and the Klondike Gold Fields w/2 mapsPublisher[J.R. Jones]Date Published[1897] Lot #136 The Amateur's Rose Book, Comprising the Cultivation of the Rose... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHibberd, ShirleyHeadlineHibberd, The Amateur's Rose Book 1874PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1874 Lot #144 A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals [with] Darwiniana View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHuxley, Thomas H.HeadlineTwo by Darwin apologist Thomas H. HuxleyPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1872; 1898 Lot #150 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Astoria with mapPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 Lot #160 An Oration Delivered at Newburyport on the Fourth Day of July 1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKnapp, Samuel L.HeadlineSamuel Lorenzo Knapp on the 4th of JulyPublisherFrom the Press of Ephraim W. AllenDate Published1810 Lot #167 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorLesson, René PrimevèreHeadlineWith 86 hand-colored plates of hummingbirdsPublisherArthus BertrandDate Published[1829-30] Lot #168 Les Trochilidées ou Les Colibris et Les Oiseaux-Mouches... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLesson, René PrimevèreHeadlineWith 66 hand-colored plates of hummingbirdsPublisherArthus BertrandDate Published[1829-30] Lot #171 Flora Suecica: Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Sueciae Crescentes, Systematice View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLinné, Carl von [Carolus Linnaeus]HeadlineLinnaeus on Taxonomy of Swedish flora 1745PublisherSumtu & literis Laurentii SalviiDate Published1745 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 #177 De Successu Evangelii apud Indos Occidentales in Nova-Anglia; Epistola View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorMathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]HeadlineIncrease Mather on converting Native AmericansProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Wilhelmum BroedelethDate Published1699 Lot #178 WITHDRAWN: The Linnaean System of Conchology, Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells, Arranged into Divisions and Families View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMawe, JohnHeadlineWITHDRAWNPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 Lot #203 Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorMott, Abigail, compilerHeadlineMott's Quaker celebration of lives of Persons of ColourPublisherW. Alexander & SonDate Published1826 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 #225 The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, after Guido Reni's painting in S. Gregorio Magno al Celio View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorReni, GuidoHeadlineSt. Andrew's martyrdom, Cesio after ReniPublisherArnold Van WesterhoutDate Published17th century Lot #239 The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorSeebohm, HenryHeadlineWith 21 handcolored plates after KeulemansPublisherHenry Sotheran & Co.Date Published[1887] Lot #242 Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorSerres, Oliver deHeadline1st French major treatise on agronomy, later ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherImprimé pour Samuel ChouëtDate Published1651 Lot #253 The Recent Origin of Man, as Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science of Pre-Historic Archaeology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSouthall, James C.HeadlineClassic archaeological work 1875PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1875 Lot #254 Army & Navy A.B.C. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Spanish-American War)HeadlineWilliam McKinley-era expansionist propagandaPublisherGeorge M. Hill CompanyDate Published[c. 1899-1901] Lot #256 An Introduction to the Study of Cryptogamous Plants. In Letters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSprengel, Kurt Polycarp JoachimHeadlineKurt Sprengel on Cryptogamous Plants, 1807PublisherPrinted for J. WhiteDate Published1807 Lot #263 Monographies de Mammalogie, ou Description de Quelques genres de Mammifères...Tome Premier View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTemminck, C.J.HeadlineTemminck on mammalsPublisherChez G. Dufour et Ed. D'OcagneDate Published1827 Lot #264 Avis aux Cultivateurs, sur la Culture du Tabac en France View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Tessier, Alexandre-Henri]HeadlineGrowing of Tobacco in France, 1791PublisherDe l'Imprimerie de la Feuille du Cultivateur/Publié par la Société Royale d'AgricultureDate Published1794 Lot #277 Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából: tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült köés egynehány fametszettel View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorXántus, JánosHeadlineHungarian travels with plate of Los Angeles 1858ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLauffer és StolpDate Published1858 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next