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 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 #8 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century 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 #17 The Art-Journal View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold 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 Lot #19 Three inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about Jupiter by Willem de Sitter View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorSitter, Willem deHeadline3 inscribed offprints by W. de SitterPublisherKoninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van WetenschappenDate Published1906-1908 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 #56 A selection of correspondence between Ray Bradbury and Sid Stebel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineCollection of correspondence between Rray Bradbury and Sid StebelDate Published1950s-2000s Lot #57 Seven Ray Bradbury Christmas Greetings and additional ephemera View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bradbury, Ray)Headline7 Ray Bradbury inscribed X-mas GreetingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #58 A draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineA draft, proof, and proposal by Ray Bradbury - 1 inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #59 Five manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline5 manuscript story drafts by Ray Bradbury w/signed notesDate Published1980s 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 #84 X-Rays and Electrons [with] X-Rays in Theory and Experiment View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 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 #99 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 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 #111 Parchment manuscript document produced during the reign of Louis XVI View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(France)Headline46-page French manuscript from 1788Date Published1788 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 #121 Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe [with] typed letter signed by J. Paul Getty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Getty, J. Paul)AuthorLe Vane, Ethel and J. Paul GettyHeadlineCollectors Choice by J. Paul Getty w/ TLSPublisherW.H. AllenDate Published1956 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 #123 La Banque Rendueu Facile aux Principales Nations de l'Europe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGiraudeau, PierreHeadlineGiraudeau on European banking 1741ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSe distribué chez l'AuteurDate Published1741-1743 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 #137 Dance Hall of the Dead View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineTony Hillerman's 2nd novel signed & inscribedPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published1973 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 #148 Abhráin Diaḋa Cúige Connaċt. Or, The Religious Songs of Connacht: A Collection of Poems, Stories, Prayers, Satires, Ranns, Charms, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Ireland)AuthorHyde, Douglas (An Craoibhín Aoibhinn), editorHeadlinePoetry inscribed by first President of IrelandProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherM.H. Gill & SonDate PublishedNo date [c.1906] 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 #154 The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJones, QuincyHeadlineSigned by Quincy Jones & Taj MahalPublisherInsight EditionsDate Published2008 Lot #157 This is My Own [with] Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineTwo signed Rockwell Kent books from Lewis Merrill's collectionPublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce; Halcyon HouseDate Published[1940]; c. 1941 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 #179 Autograph letter from Charlotte of Belgium, consort of Maximilian View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold 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 Lot #180 Document signed by Maximilian as emperor of Mexico View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMaximilian, Emperor of MexicoHeadlineDocument signed by Maximilian as Mexican EmperorDate Published1865 Lot #183 Songs of Italy [with] autograph letter signed from Miller to Henry Meade Bland View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst Edition with ALS to Henry Meade BlandPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 Lot #201 Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineJapanese Homes inscribed by Edward MorseProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1886 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 #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 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling 1931 offprint signed and inscribedPublisherJournal of the American Chemical SocietyDate Published1931 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 #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 #259 The Battle of Bull Run View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStedman, Edmund ClarenceHeadlineBattle of Bull Run signed by Edmund C. StedmanPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1861 Lot #260 The Man with the Blue Guitar & other poems [with] typed letter signed by Wallace Stevens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineBlue Guitar signed inscribed Stevens + TLSProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1937 Lot #271 The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorGrey, CharlesHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #273 The Black Country View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWadsworth, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Country, Edward Wadsworth, signedPublisherThe Ovid PressDate Published1920 Lot #300 The House at Pooh Corner [with] Autograph letter signed by A.A. Milne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineHouse at Pooh Corner Signed 1/350 w/ Milne ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] Lot #313 Ten Little Rabbits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSigned Sendak miniature bookPublisherRosenbach FoundationDate Published1982 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next