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 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth, Volumes XIII and XIV: Jack Sheppard AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineSigned by two Alexander CaldersProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGibbings & Company/J.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 The Art-Journal 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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold 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 #56 A selection of correspondence between Ray Bradbury and Sid Stebel Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineCollection of correspondence between Rray Bradbury and Sid StebelDate Published1950s-2000s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Seven Ray Bradbury Christmas Greetings and additional ephemera Heading(Bradbury, Ray)Headline7 Ray Bradbury inscribed X-mas GreetingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #58 A draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineA draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury - 1 inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #59 Five manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline5 manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury w/signed notesDate Published1980s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold 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 #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 #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 #111 Parchment manuscript document produced during the reign of Louis XVI Heading(France)Headline46-page French manuscript from 1788Date Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 The American Glossary of Architectural Terms, Being a Concise and Comprehensive Compilation of All the Terms Used in the Practice of Architecture and the Building Arts AuthorGarnsey, George O.HeadlineGeorge Garnsey's Glossary of Architectural TermsPublisher[The National Builder Publishing Co.]Date Published[1887] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe [with] typed letter signed by J. Paul Getty Heading(Getty, J. Paul)AuthorLe Vane, Ethel and J. Paul GettyHeadlineCollectors Choice by J. Paul Getty w/ TLSPublisherW.H. AllenDate Published1956 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #123 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribué chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #137 Dance Hall of the Dead AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineTony Hillerman's 2nd novel signed & inscribedPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published1973 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #138 The Art of the Chinese Potter AuthorHobson, R.L. & A.L. HetheringtonHeadlineHobson on Chinese Pottery, 1923PublisherAlfred KnopfDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Planographic With a Set of Actual Prints Illustrative of the Text AuthorHolman, Louis A.HeadlineLouis Holman Graphic ProcessesPublisherCharles GoodspeedDate Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #140 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFirst Edition with signed note by the authorPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #148 Abhráin Diaḋa Cúige Connaċt. Or, The Religious Songs of Connacht: A Collection of Poems, Stories, Prayers, Satires, Ranns, Charms, etc. Heading(Ireland)AuthorHyde, Douglas (An Craoibhín Aoibhinn), editorHeadlinePoetry inscribed by first President of IrelandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherM.H. Gill & SonDate PublishedNo date [c.1906] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #154 The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions AuthorJones, QuincyHeadlineSigned by Quincy Jones & Taj MahalPublisherInsight EditionsDate Published2008 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #157 This is My Own [with] Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineTwo signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collectionPublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon HouseDate Published[1940]; c. 1941 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #179 Autograph letter from Charlotte of Belgium, consort of Maximilian 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #180 Document signed by Maximilian as emperor of Mexico AuthorMaximilian, Emperor of MexicoHeadlineDocument signed by Maximilian as Mexican EmperorDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #183 Songs of Italy [with] autograph letter signed from Miller to Henry Meade Bland AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst Edition with ALS to Henry Meade BlandPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #201 Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineJapanese Homes inscribed by Edward MorseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #222 Das Moderne Plakat Heading(Posters)AuthorSponsel, Jean LouisHeadlineSponsel's The Modern Poster, 1897PublisherVerlag von Gerhard KüthmannDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #227 Ex-Libris, 1903 AuthorRiquer, Alexandre deHeadlineRare volume on bookplates of A. de RiquerPublisher[Williams and Norgate]Date Published1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #228 Henri Rivière. Peintre et Imagier Heading(Rivière, Henri)AuthorToudouze, GeorgesHeadlineOn Henri Riviere, artist & designerProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibraire EditeurDate Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #257 Neue Glasmalereien und Kunstverglasungen im modernen Stil. Serie I. 48 Tafeln Originalentwürfen in Faksimile-Aquarellen Heading(Stained Glass)AuthorLehner, Josef & Eduard MaderHeadlineArt Nouveau stained glass designsPublisherFriedr. Wolfrum & Co.Date Published[c.1905-1908] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #259 The Battle of Bull Run AuthorStedman, Edmund ClarenceHeadlineBattle of Bull Run signed by Edmund C. StedmanPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1861 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #260 The Man with the Blue Guitar & other poems [with] typed letter signed by Wallace Stevens AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineBlue Guitar signed inscribed Stevens + TLSProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #265 The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book Volume VI [bound with] The Pressman: Reviewing the Years Progress in Pressroom Equipment & Economics AuthorTobey, Walter L.; W.S. Carroll, editorsHeadlineThe Graphic Arts and Crafts Year, 1913-14PublisherGraphic Arts Press; The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year BookDate Published[1913-14] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 Lot #273 The Black Country AuthorWadsworth, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Country, Edward Wadsworth, signedPublisherThe Ovid PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #274 5 issues of Die Weltbühne Heading(Weltbühne)Headline5 issues of German political magazineProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherVerlag der WeltbühneDate Published1926-1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #300 The House at Pooh Corner [with] Autograph letter signed by A.A. Milne AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineHouse at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #313 Ten Little Rabbits AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned Sendak miniature bookPublisherRosenbach FoundationDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next