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 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 1-10 of 319. Previous|12345678...32|Next Lot #1 The Microcosm of London View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorAckermann, R., publisherHeadlineAckermann's Microcosm of LondonPublisherT. Bensley for R. AckermannDate Published[1808-1810] 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 #6 Basil Valentine His Triumphant Chariot of Antimony, with Annotations of Theodore Kirkingius M.D. with The True Book of the Learned Synesius... concerning the Philosopher's Stone View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBasilius ValentinusHeadline1st English edition of important alchemy workPublisherDorman NewmanDate Published1678 Lot #7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 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 #9 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 Lot #10 The Government of the Tongue [bound with] The Art of Contentment [and] The Lively Oracles View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Allestree, Richard]HeadlineThree from Richard AllestreeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe TheaterDate Published1675-1678 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...32|Next1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Next