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 1-61 of 61. 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #273 The Black Country AuthorWadsworth, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Country, Edward Wadsworth, signedPublisherThe Ovid PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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