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
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    (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
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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