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

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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
226 BOSWELL, James (1740-1795)

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. A New Edition.

London 1820 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
227 BROWN, Horatio F. (1854-1926)

John Addington Symonds a Biography Compiled from His Papers and Correspondence.

London 1895 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
228 COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

The Poetical and Dramatic Works of S. T. Coleridge.

London 1847 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
229 CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924)

The Works of Joseph Conrad.

London 1921-27. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,440.00
230 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Writings of Charles Dickens.

Boston 1894 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,880.00
231 HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928)

The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse.

New York 1893-1904. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
232 [CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878) and BUSS, Robert (1804-1875), illustrators].

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. First [Second, Third] Series.

London 1852 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
233 PERCY, Thomas (1560-1605)

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. With Memoir and Critical Dissertation by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

Edinburgh: 1858 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
234 MAXWELL, W. H. (1792-1850)

Life of Field-Marshall His Grace the Duke of Wellington.

London 1845 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
235

[FINE PRESS]. [ASHENDENE PRESS]. The Wisdom of Jesus The Son of Sirach Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus.

Chelsea 1932 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
236 AUCHINCLOSS, Louis (1917-2010)

Civil Wars: Three Tales of Old New York.

New York 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
237 [DURER, Albert (1471-1528), illustrator].

The Revelation of Saint John the Divine from the first printed English translation, MDXXV.

Detroit 1901 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
238 [KUCH, Michael, artist]. HECHT, Anthony (1923-2004)

Seance for a Minyan.

New York 2001 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
239 CABELL, James Branch (1879-1958)

Jurgen. A Comedy of Justice. with Wood Engravings by John Buckland Wright.

London 1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,440.00
240 KOMENSKY, John Amos (1592-1670)

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Translated by Count Lutzow. Illustrations by Dorothea Braby.

London 1950 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 600.00
241 SANDFORD, Christopher (1902-1983)

Cockalorum. A Sequel to Chanticleer and Pertelote Being a Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press June 1943-December 1948.

London ca.1949. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
242 SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)

Miscellaneous Poems by Jonathan Swift.

London 1928 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
243 CAXTON, William, translator.

The History of Reynard the Foxe. Edited by Henry Halliday Sparling.

Hammersmith 1892 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,280.00
244 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940)

Tales of the Jazz Age.

New York 1922 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
245 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940)

Tales of the Jazz Age.

London 1923 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 480.00
246 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940)

The Vegetable or from President to postman.

New York 1923 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 510.00
247 FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964)

Thunderball.

London 1961 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,680.00
248 FORD, Gerald R. (1913-2006) and CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924)

The Thirty-eighth President. Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States.

Reno, NV 2001 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
249

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship.

London 1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
250 POLLOK, Robert (1798-1827)

The Course of Time.

London 1846 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    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
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    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