Antiquarian - Children's Illustration & Lit

This is the second sale featuring highlights from the extensive collection of the late George Starr, Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, with additions from other collections. Included are books in all fields, including Americana, maps, early printed books, and important books in the history of science. Also features rare children?s books and an original painting by one of the greats of children?s illustration, Jessie Willcox Smith. George Starr was one of the world?s leading scholars and editors of Daniel Defoe, and beyond his academic interest in eighteenth-century British literature had wide-ranging bibliophilic collecting interests over his...