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 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAddison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.HeadlineThe Spectator in 8 volumes 1775PublisherC. Bathurst, et. al.Date Published1775 Lot #3 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorL'Estrange, RogerHeadlineFirst Aesop specifically for childrenPublisherR. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et alDate Published1692 Lot #4 Aesopicks: or, A Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, John, translatorHeadlineOgilby's Aesopicks, 2nd editionPublisherPrinted by the AuthorDate Published1673 Lot #5 The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth, Volumes XIII and XIV: Jack Sheppard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineSigned by two Alexander CaldersProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGibbings & Company/J.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1902] 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)HeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments 1783PublisherPrinted by W. DarlingDate Published1783 Lot #35 Three works on mathematics View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Babbage, Charles)HeadlinePrize binding for UCL mathematicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1820 Lot #37 Fables et Contes Philosophiques View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBarbe, PhilippeHeadlineFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonProvenanceFrom the library of Louis Joseph de BourbonPublisherChez DelalainDate Published1771 Lot #38 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunDate Published1912-1914 Lot #51 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Songs of Innocence, Trianon facsimilePublisherTrianon PressDate Published1954 Lot #62 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 Lot #68 Officium in Epiphania Domini, et per totam octavam; juxta Missâle, & Breviárium românum... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Catholicism)Headline18th century liturgical manual, finely boundPublisherJoachim IbarraDate Published1765 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cecil & Larkins, Bookbinders)HeadlineThe Orthodox Communicant bound by Cecil & LarkinsPublisherJ. SturtDate Published1721 Lot #72 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 Lot #73 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineDon Quixote shot and killed - English ed. 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 Lot #74 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA lovely illustrated edition of Don QuixotePublisherDon Joaquin IbarraDate Published1780 Lot #75 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, Dublin 1796 ed., illustratedPublisherJohn ChambersDate Published1796 Lot #76 Instructive Novels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineCervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. SheltonPublisherPrinted by Robert UrieDate Published1750 Lot #77 Large section from The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, including Troilus and Creseide View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineLikely Shakespeare's source for Troilus & CressidaPublisherJohn Kingston for John WightDate Published1561 Lot #85 The Tongue of Time and Star of the States: A System of Human Nature, with the Phenomena of the Heavens and Earth... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorComstock, JosephHeadlineThe Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838Date Published1838 Lot #90 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator)HeadlineTravels and Adventures of MunchausenPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1859 Lot #95 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House in original parts 1852-53PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 Lot #102 Four nicely bound volumes of European history View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFigaroHeadlineLetters on Spain, France, and EnglandPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published[1785] Lot #107 Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Bayntun)AuthorBurney, FannyHeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1903 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 #109 Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineAnecdotes of Painting 1828PublisherPrinted at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol, for John MajorDate Published1828 Lot #110 Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTupper, Martin FarquharHeadlineFore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, OxfordPublisherT. HatchardDate Published1851 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGay, JohnHeadline1st edition of John Gay's Beggar's OperaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for John WattsDate Published1728 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... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 Lot #122 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1813 Lot #129 German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, From Oral Tradition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Grimm's Fairy Tales Vol. IPublisherC. BaldwynDate Published1823 Lot #140 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFirst Edition with signed note by the authorPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 Lot #142 Garden Cities of To-Morrow View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHoward, EbenezerHeadlineGarden Cities of To-Morrow 1902PublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co., LtdDate Published1902 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineOctavo edition of Johnson's Dictionary 1792PublisherA. MillarDate Published1792 Lot #158 The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson. A Narrative Founded on Fact View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Kimber, Edward]HeadlineLife and Adventures of Joe Thompson 1783ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Harrison and Co.Date Published1783 Lot #169 Tales of Wonder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLewis, M.G.HeadlineM.G. Lewis Tales of Wonder 1801PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author and Sold By J. BellDate Published1801 Lot #198 Catalogue of the Collection of Jewels and Precious Works of Art, the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Morgan, J. Pierpont)AuthorWilliamson, George Charles, compilerHeadlineJ.P. Morgan's jewels & art on Japanese vellum 1/40PublisherPrivately Printed at the Chiswick PressDate Published1910 Lot #206 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 Lot #209 Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorOvidHeadline1st English Ovid illustrated by Bernard PicartPublisherPrinted for the Wetsteins and SmithDate Published1732 Lot #210 Encyclopedia of Anecdote: Containing Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eccentric Characters of All Nations View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorOxberry, WilliamHeadlineEncyclopedia of Anecdote 1817PublisherTheophilus BarroisDate Published1817 Lot #217 Le Diadème de Flore View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picard, Françoise, bookbinder)AuthorD'Houville, GérardHeadlineHandsome hand-binding by Françoise PicardPublisherSociété d'Édition "Le Livre"Date Published1928 Lot #219 C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri X View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlineLetters of Pliny the Younger, finely boundPublisherSumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. SammellsDate Published1790 Lot #221 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612/1610 Lot #224 La Dernière Avanture D'Un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans; Nouvelle Utile à plus d'un Lecteur View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRéstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas EdmeHeadlineLa Dernière Avanture, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChés RegnaultDate Published1783 Lot #226 The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineSir Charles Grandison 1st EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1754 Lot #229 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's poems finely bound by Riviere and SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1905 Lot #234 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 Lot #252 [Tragedies of Sophocles, with Scholia of Demetrius Triclinius] Σοφοκλεους Τραγωδιαι... Δημητριου του Τρικλινιου περι μετρων οις εχρησατο Σοφοκλης, Περι σχηματον, Σχολια View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorSophoclesHeadlineTurnebe edition of Sophocles in Greek w/ Scholia, 1553PublisherApud Adrianum Turnebum typographum RegiumDate Published1552-1553 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 #255 The Works of Edmund Spenser View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineNice collected set of Spenser's worksPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1805 Lot #278 La Gondola: A Tre Remi Passatempo Carnivalesco View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorBrusoni, GirolamoHeadlineFinely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherFrancesco StortiDate Published1662 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next