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 21-30 of 51. Previous|123456|Next 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next