Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 1193, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959)

Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (The Famous "Wasmuth" Portfolio)

Berlin 1910-1911. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
2 ASIMOV, Isaac (d. 1992)

The Foundation Trilogy, All First Editions in Jackets, All Inscribed by Asimov.

New York 1951-53. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,400.00
3 LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937)

The Outsider and Others. Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei.

Sauk City, Wisconsin 1939 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,000.00
4 SEUSS, Dr. (pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore (1904-1991)

Hand-Painted Cast Resin Sculpture, "Blue-Green Abelard". From Seuss' Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy.

Chicago 1999 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,600.00
5 TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910)

Original Inscribed Photogravure Portrait, Signed as Mark Twain and S. L. Clemens.

London 1900 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,800.00
6 LINCOLN, William S.

Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted With Enoch Long . For the Crime of Riot, Committed on the night of the 7th of November 1837, while engaged in defending a Printing Press, from an attack made on it at that time, by an Armed Mob.

New-York: 1838 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
7 STURGE, Joseph (1793--1859)

A Visit to the United States in 1841. Three Variant Copies. Including one English edition and two American editions detailing the English Quaker's pre-civil war account of anti-slavery activities in the northern United States. [With]

London 1842 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
8 [TURNBO-MALONE, Annie M. (1877-1957)].

"Poro" in Pictures. With a Short History of its Development.

St. Louis, MO 1926 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
9 ADAMS, Richard (1920-2016)

Watership Down.

New York 1972 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
10

[ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS]. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

N.p. 1953 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
11 ALI, Muhammad (1942-2016) and HAUSER, Thomas (b. 1946)

Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times.

New York 1991 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
12 BURKE, Edmund (1729-1797)

Four Early Editions of Speeches on Reconciliation with the American Colonies Bound in One Volume, including: On American Taxation, April 19th,1774 [Third Edition]. [And:] On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22nd, 1775 [Thir

London 1775, 1780, 1781 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
13 COBBETT, William (1763-1835)

Porcupine's Works; Containing Various Writings And Selections Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Governments, Laws, Politics, and Resources; of the Character of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates and

London 1801 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,440.00
14 LE PAGE DU PRATZ, [Antoine-Simon] (1695-1775)

Histoire de la Louisane.

Paris 1758 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
15 CATLIN, George W. (1796-1872)

North American Indians. Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

Edinburgh 1926 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 600.00
16 EALY, Ruth R.

Water in a Thirsty Land.

1955 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
17

[AMERICANA]. Sammelband of Three First Editions in French About America, including: L'ABBE RAYNAL (1713-1796)
Revolution de l'Amerique.

London 1781 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 540.00
18 NORTHROP, Henry Davenport (1836-1909)

Indian Horrors or, Massacres by the Red Man.

Philadelphia ca.1890s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
19 SENN, Edward J.

"Deadwood Dick" and "Calamity Jane" [and] "Wild Bill" Hickok "Prince of Pistoleers".

Deadwood, South Dakota, Edward L. Senn 1939 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
20 SIRINGO, Charles (1855-1928)

A Cowboy Detective. A True Story of Twenty-Two Years with a World-Famous Detective Agency.

New York 1912 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
21

[AMERICANA]. Group of 12 Books Regarding 19th and 20th Century American History, Politics, Literature, and Society.

V.p. 1840s--1920s. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 180.00
22

[AMERICANA]. Group of 15 Works Regarding U.S. Colonial Settlement & Expansion.

V.p. ca.18th--20th century. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
23

[AMERICANA]. [ANTHOLOGY]. Five Volumes of The Popular Magazine, or.

Philadelphia 1847--48. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
24

[AMERICANA]. [PILGRIMS]. Three Books About Pilgrims and Plymouth, Mass.

V.p. 1850s. USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
25

[AMERICANA]. New York. Group of 12 Works Concerning New York City and State.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD