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

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  • Author
    Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.
  • Headline
    The Spectator in 8 volumes 1775
  • Publisher
    C. Bathurst, et. al.
  • Date Published
    1775
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
3
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    (Aesop)
  • Author
    L'Estrange, Roger
  • Headline
    First Aesop specifically for children
  • Publisher
    R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et al
  • Date Published
    1692
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
4
  • Heading
    (Aesop)
  • Author
    Ogilby, John, translator
  • Headline
    Ogilby's Aesopicks, 2nd edition
  • Publisher
    Printed by the Author
  • Date Published
    1673
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
5
  • Author
    Ainsworth, William Harrison
  • Headline
    Signed by two Alexander Calders
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Gibbings & Company/J.B. Lippincott Company
  • Date Published
    [1902]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
14
  • Heading
    (Antarctica)
  • Author
    Shirase Nobu
  • Headline
    Shirase, 1st Japanese Antarctic expedition, 1913
  • Publisher
    Hakubunkan
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
34
  • Author
    Ayres, Philip
  • Headline
    With 44 lovely plates of Cupid
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for John Wren
  • Date Published
    [c.1750]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Barbe, Philippe
  • Headline
    From the library of Louis Joseph de Bourbon
  • Provenance
    From the library of Louis Joseph de Bourbon
  • Publisher
    Chez Delalain
  • Date Published
    1771
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
52
  • Author
    Blake, William
  • Headline
    Two Trianon Blake facsimile editions
  • Publisher
    [Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]
  • Date Published
    [1959]; [1973]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
55
  • Heading
    (Book of Hours)
  • Headline
    Book of Hours with Lazarus Goldschmidt bookplate
  • Publisher
    Leullier
  • Date Published
    [c.1900]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
72
  • Heading
    (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
  • Author
    Alken, Henry Thomas
  • Headline
    Etchings by Alken for Don Quixote
  • Publisher
    S.H. Hawkings, printer
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
73
  • Heading
    (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
  • Author
    Fernández de Avellaneda, Alonso
  • Headline
    Don Quixote shot and killed - English ed. 1705
  • Publisher
    Printed for Jeffery Wale and John Senex
  • Date Published
    1705
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
74
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    A lovely illustrated edition of Don Quixote
  • Publisher
    Don Joaquin Ibarra
  • Date Published
    1780
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
75
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Don Quixote, Dublin 1796 ed., illustrated
  • Publisher
    John Chambers
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
76
  • Author
    Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra
  • Headline
    Cervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. Shelton
  • Publisher
    Printed by Robert Urie
  • Date Published
    1750
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
77
  • Author
    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Headline
    Likely Shakespeare's source for Troilus & Cressida
  • Publisher
    John Kingston for John Wight
  • Date Published
    1561
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
85
  • Author
    Comstock, Joseph
  • Headline
    The Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
90
  • Heading
    (Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator)
  • Headline
    Travels and Adventures of Munchausen
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton & Co.
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
95
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens' Bleak House in original parts 1852-53
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1852-1853
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
104
  • Heading
    (Ferat, Serge)
  • Author
    Apollinaire, Guillaume
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN
  • Publisher
    Éditions Sic
  • Date Published
    1918
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
106
  • Author
    Figaro
  • Headline
    Letters on Spain, France, and England
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author
  • Date Published
    [1785]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
107
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings - Bayntun)
  • Author
    Burney, Fanny
  • Headline
    Fanny Burney's Evelina bound by Bayntun
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
116
  • Author
    Gaskin, Arthur J.
  • Headline
    A Book of Pictured Carols 1/100
  • Publisher
    George Allen
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
117
  • Author
    Gay, John
  • Headline
    1st edition of John Gay's Beggar's Opera
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for John Watts
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
122
  • Author
    Gibbon, Edward
  • Headline
    Gibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$500
StatusSold
129
  • Author
    Grimm Brothers
  • Headline
    First Edition in English of Grimm's Fairy Tales Vol. I
  • Publisher
    C. Baldwyn
  • Date Published
    1823
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
140
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell
  • Headline
    First Edition with signed note by the author
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
142
  • Author
    Howard, Ebenezer
  • Headline
    Garden Cities of To-Morrow 1902
  • Publisher
    Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
143
  • Heading
    (Humor Magazines - Belle Époque)
  • Headline
    L'Album French humor magazine, issues 1-19
  • Publisher
    Montgrédin et Cie
  • Date Published
    c.1900
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
157
  • Author
    Kent, Rockwell
  • Headline
    Two signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collection
  • Publisher
    Duell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon House
  • Date Published
    [1940]; c. 1941
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
158
  • Author
    [Kimber, Edward]
  • Headline
    Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson 1783
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for Harrison and Co.
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
169
  • Author
    Lewis, M.G.
  • Headline
    M.G. Lewis Tales of Wonder 1801
  • Publisher
    Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author and Sold By J. Bell
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Morse, Edward S.
  • Headline
    Japanese Homes inscribed by Edward Morse
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Company
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
205
  • Heading
    (The New Bon Ton Magazine)
  • Headline
    The New Bon Ton Magazine, 1818-20
  • Publisher
    J. Johnston
  • Date Published
    1818-20
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
206
  • Heading
    (Norse Saga)
  • Author
    Herbert, Willian, translator
  • Headline
    Herbert's translation of Norse saga
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Reynolds... by I. Gold
  • Date Published
    1804-1806
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
209
  • Author
    Ovid
  • Headline
    1st English Ovid illustrated by Bernard Picart
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith
  • Date Published
    1732
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
210
  • Author
    Oxberry, William
  • Headline
    Encyclopedia of Anecdote 1817
  • Publisher
    Theophilus Barrois
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
214
  • Heading
    (The Pearl)
  • Author
    [Lazenby, William, publisher]
  • Headline
    The Pearl, an erotic periodical - Complete
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Society of vice
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
217
  • Heading
    (Picard, Françoise, bookbinder)
  • Author
    D'Houville, Gérard
  • Headline
    Handsome hand-binding by Françoise Picard
  • Publisher
    Société d'Édition "Le Livre"
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
221
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    A lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12
  • Publisher
    Richard Field
  • Date Published
    1612/1610
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
224
  • Author
    Réstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas Edme
  • Headline
    La Dernière Avanture, First Edition
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Chés Regnault
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
226
  • Author
    [Richardson, Samuel]
  • Headline
    Sir Charles Grandison 1st Edition
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for S. Richardson
  • Date Published
    1754
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
254
  • Heading
    (Spanish-American War)
  • Headline
    William McKinley-era expansionist propaganda
  • Publisher
    George M. Hill Company
  • Date Published
    [c. 1899-1901]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
255
  • Author
    Spenser, Edmund
  • Headline
    Nice collected set of Spenser's works
  • Publisher
    F.C. and J. Rivington, et al.
  • Date Published
    1805
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
279
  • Author
    Adams, Frank
  • Headline
    Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go 1913
  • Publisher
    Blackie and Son Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [c.1913]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
280
  • Heading
    (African American, 1925)
  • Author
    Crocker, Florence B.
  • Headline
    Lake Merritt Fairies turn a Black boy white
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Sunset Press
  • Date Published
    [1925]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
281
  • Author
    Anderson, Anne
  • Headline
    Briar Rose Book illustrated by Anne Anderson
  • Publisher
    T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [c.1920]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
282
  • Author
    Byron, May and G.E. Farrow
  • Headline
    Ruff & Reddy illustrated by John Hassall
  • Publisher
    Frederick A. Stokes Co.
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
283
  • Author
    Carroll, Lewis
  • Headline
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hudson illustrations
  • Publisher
    Hodder and Stoughton
  • Date Published
    [n.d. 1922]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
284
  • Author
    Colum, Padraic
  • Headline
    Illustrated in color by Dugald Stewart Walker
  • Publisher
    The P.F. Volland Company
  • Date Published
    [1923]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
285
  • Author
    Cosgrove, Rachel R.
  • Headline
    Hidden Valley of Oz signed 1st
  • Publisher
    The Reilly & Lee Co.
  • Date Published
    [1951]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
286
  • Author
    Cox, Palmer
  • Headline
    The Brownies: Their Book w/jacket
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton-Century Company
  • Date Published
    [1940s]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
287
  • Author
    Crane, Walter
  • Headline
    Four color picture books in one by Walter Crane
  • Publisher
    George Rutledge and Sons
  • Date Published
    [c.1875]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
288
  • Author
    Crane, Walter
  • Headline
    This Little Pig's Picture Book by Walter Crane
  • Publisher
    John Lane; Stone & Kimball
  • Date Published
    [1895]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
289
  • Author
    Denslow, W.W.
  • Headline
    When I Grow Up by W.W. Denslow
  • Publisher
    The Century Co.
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
290
  • Heading
    (Disney, Walt)
  • Author
    Taylor, Deems
  • Headline
    Walt Disney's Fantasia
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
291
  • Author
    Gorey, Edward
  • Headline
    Two 1st editions from Edward Gorey
  • Date Published
    1960-1974
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
292
  • Author
    Gruelle, Johnny
  • Headline
    Illustrated in color by Johnny Gruelle
  • Publisher
    P.F. Volland Company
  • Date Published
    [1919]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
293
  • Author
    Johnson, Crockett
  • Headline
    A Picture for Harold's Room 1st w/jacket
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    [1960]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
294
  • Author
    Keeley, Gertrude
  • Headline
    Alphabet of Birds, illust. by R.J. Campbell, 1901
  • Publisher
    Jamieson-Higgins Co.
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
295
  • Author
    L'Engle, Madeleine
  • Headline
    L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time 1st ed in dj
  • Publisher
    Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
  • Date Published
    [1962]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
296
  • Author
    Lang, Andrew
  • Headline
    Folio Society Blue Fairy Book, illustrated
  • Publisher
    The Folio Society
  • Date Published
    2003
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
297
  • Author
    Leaf, Munro
  • Headline
    Ferdinand the Bull 1st UK edition in jacket
  • Publisher
    Hamish Hamilton
  • Date Published
    [1937]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
298
  • Author
    McCloskey, Robert
  • Headline
    The 1942 Caldecott Medal winner
  • Publisher
    The Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1941]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
299
  • Author
    Milne, A.A.
  • Headline
    Winnie-the-Pooh 1st American Edition
  • Publisher
    Dutton
  • Date Published
    [1926]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
300
  • Author
    Milne, A.A
  • Headline
    House at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALS
  • Publisher
    Methuen
  • Date Published
    [1928]
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
301
  • Heading
    (Movable Books)
  • Author
    Giraud, S. Louis, ed.
  • Headline
    Daily Express Children's Annual, No. 4 Pop-Ups
  • Publisher
    Lane Publications
  • Date Published
    [c. 1930s]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
302
  • Heading
    (Movable Books)
  • Author
    Lentz, Harold, illustrator
  • Headline
    Pop-Up Jack and the Giant Killer w/jacket
  • Publisher
    Blue Ribbon Books
  • Date Published
    [1932]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
303
  • Heading
    (Movables)
  • Author
    Giraud, S. Louis, editor
  • Headline
    Daily Express Children's Annual w/7 pop-ups 1930
  • Publisher
    Lane Publications
  • Date Published
    [1930]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
304
  • Heading
    (Nézière, Raymond, illustrator)
  • Headline
    Thousand and One Nights, illustrated by Nézière
  • Publisher
    Maisomn Alfred Mame
  • Date Published
    [1933]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
305
  • Author
    Nicholson, William
  • Headline
    With 37 color lithograph plates by Nicholson
  • Publisher
    William Heinemann
  • Date Published
    1898 [i.e.1897]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
306
  • Heading
    (Oz)
  • Author
    Thompson, Ruth Plumly
  • Headline
    Silver Princess of Oz w/jacket
  • Publisher
    The Reilly & Lee Co.
  • Date Published
    1938
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
307
  • Heading
    (Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)
  • Author
    Saunders, Louise
  • Headline
    The Knave of Hearts illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
StatusSold
308
  • Heading
    (Pop-Ups)
  • Author
    Lentz, Harold, illustrator
  • Headline
    "Pop-Up" Pinocchio 1932
  • Publisher
    Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1932]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
309
  • Heading
    (Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)
  • Author
    Evans, C.S.
  • Headline
    Deluxe edition signed by Rackham
  • Publisher
    William Heinemann
  • Date Published
    [1920]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
310
  • Author
    Reinheimer, Sophie
  • Headline
    Flower Fairies, illustrated by Else Vietor-Wenz
  • Publisher
    Gerhard Stalling
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
311
  • Author
    Rentoul Outhwaite, Ida and Annie R. Rentoul
  • Headline
    Little Green Road to Fairyland 1st Aus.
  • Publisher
    Adam and Charles Black
  • Date Published
    [1948]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
312
  • Author
    Sendak, Maurice
  • Headline
    Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen
  • Publisher
    Harper & Row
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
313
  • Author
    Sendak, Maurice
  • Headline
    Signed Sendak miniature book
  • Publisher
    Rosenbach Foundation
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
314
  • Author
    Seuss, Dr.
  • Headline
    Dr. Seuss' second book in jacket, 1st printing
  • Publisher
    Vanguard Press
  • Date Published
    [1938]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
315
  • Author
    Seuss, Dr.
  • Headline
    First Printing of Seuss's Fox in Socks, in dj
  • Publisher
    Beginner Books / Random House
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
316
  • Author
    Smith, Jessie Willcox
  • Headline
    Jessie Willcox Smith Colliers Mag cover painting
  • Date Published
    c.1907-1930s
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
StatusUnsold
317
  • Author
    West, Paul and W. W. Denslow
  • Headline
    W.W. Denslow The Pearl and the Pumpkin
  • Publisher
    G.W. Dillingham Co.
  • Date Published
    [1904]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
318
  • Author
    Wingrave, Marion M
  • Headline
    The Ugly Duckling w/chromolithograph illustrations
  • Publisher
    Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1890]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
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