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 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 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator AuthorAddison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.HeadlineThe Spectator in 8 volumes 1775PublisherC. Bathurst, et. al.Date Published1775 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #3 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists Heading(Aesop)AuthorL'Estrange, RogerHeadlineFirst Aesop specifically for childrenPublisherR. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et alDate Published1692 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #4 Aesopicks: or, A Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, John, translatorHeadlineOgilby's Aesopicks, 2nd editionPublisherPrinted by the AuthorDate Published1673 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #15 Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody Vow he had made, to marry a Lady every Day... Heading(Arabian Nights)HeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments 1783PublisherPrinted by W. DarlingDate Published1783 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #37 Fables et Contes Philosophiques AuthorBarbe, PhilippeHeadlineFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonProvenanceFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonPublisherChez DelalainDate Published1771 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #51 Songs of Innocence AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Songs of Innocence, Trianon facsimilePublisherTrianon PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #62 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #72 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #73 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineDon Quixote shot and killed - English ed. 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA lovely illustrated edition of Don QuixotePublisherDon Joaquin IbarraDate Published1780 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #75 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, Dublin 1796 ed., illustratedPublisherJohn ChambersDate Published1796 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #76 Instructive Novels AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineCervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. SheltonPublisherPrinted by Robert UrieDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #77 Large section from The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, including Troilus and Creseide AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineLikely Shakespeare's source for Troilus & CressidaPublisherJohn Kingston for John WightDate Published1561 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #85 The Tongue of Time and Star of the States: A System of Human Nature, with the Phenomena of the Heavens and Earth... AuthorComstock, JosephHeadlineThe Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Heading(Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator)HeadlineTravels and Adventures of MunchausenPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #95 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House in original parts 1852-53PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #107 Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Heading(Fine Bindings - Bayntun)AuthorBurney, FannyHeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 A Geographical History of Mammals Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLydekker, R.HeadlineLovely prize binding from 1905PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #110 Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTupper, Martin FarquharHeadlineFore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, OxfordPublisherT. HatchardDate Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #117 The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields... To which is Added, The Musick Engrav'd on Copper-Plates AuthorGay, JohnHeadline1st edition of John Gay's Beggar's OperaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for John WattsDate Published1728 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #118 Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of our Lord God 1764. Being the Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorn'd with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy... Heading(George III, King of Great Britain, former owner)HeadlineFine binding from George III's libraryProvenanceFrom the library of King George IIIPublisherH. Woodfall for the Company of StationersDate Published1764 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #129 German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, From Oral Tradition AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Grimm's Fairy Tales Vol. IPublisherC. BaldwynDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold 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 #142 Garden Cities of To-Morrow AuthorHoward, EbenezerHeadlineGarden Cities of To-Morrow 1902PublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co., LtdDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #153 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorised by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works they are Found. Abstracted from the Folio Edition by the Author AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineOctavo edition of Johnson's Dictionary 1792PublisherA. MillarDate Published1792 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #158 The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson. A Narrative Founded on Fact Author[Kimber, Edward]HeadlineLife and Adventures of Joe Thompson 1783ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Harrison and Co.Date Published1783 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #169 Tales of Wonder AuthorLewis, M.G.HeadlineM.G. Lewis Tales of Wonder 1801PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author and Sold By J. BellDate Published1801 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #198 Catalogue of the Collection of Jewels and Precious Works of Art, the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan Heading(Morgan, J. Pierpont)AuthorWilliamson, George Charles, compilerHeadlineJ.P. Morgan's jewels & art on Japanese vellum 1/40PublisherPrivately Printed at the Chiswick PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #206 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #209 Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands AuthorOvidHeadline1st English Ovid illustrated by Bernard PicartPublisherPrinted for the Wetsteins and SmithDate Published1732 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #210 Encyclopedia of Anecdote: Containing Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eccentric Characters of All Nations AuthorOxberry, WilliamHeadlineEncyclopedia of Anecdote 1817PublisherTheophilus BarroisDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 Le Diadème de Flore Heading(Picard, Françoise, bookbinder)AuthorD'Houville, GérardHeadlineHandsome hand-binding by Françoise PicardPublisherSociété d'Édition "Le Livre"Date Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 #224 La Dernière Avanture D'Un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans; Nouvelle Utile à plus d'un Lecteur AuthorRéstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas EdmeHeadlineLa Dernière Avanture, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChés RegnaultDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #226 The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineSir Charles Grandison 1st EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1754 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #229 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's poems finely bound by Riviere and SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #252 [Tragedies of Sophocles, with Scholia of Demetrius Triclinius] Σοφοκλεους Τραγωδιαι... Δημητριου του Τρικλινιου περι μετρων οις εχρησατο Σοφοκλης, Περι σχηματον, Σχολια AuthorSophoclesHeadlineTurnebe edition of Sophocles in Greek w/ Scholia, 1553PublisherApud Adrianum Turnebum typographum RegiumDate Published1552-1553 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 #255 The Works of Edmund Spenser AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineNice collected set of Spenser's worksPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #278 La Gondola: A Tre Remi Passatempo Carnivalesco Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorBrusoni, GirolamoHeadlineFinely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherFrancesco StortiDate Published1662 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next