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
251 SCOTT, Sir Walter.

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field.

Edinburgh 1808 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 570.00
252 FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970)

Marianne Thornton 1797-1887. A Domestic Biography.

London 1956 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
253

Fortune Magazine, Collection of 65 issues, 1939 -- 45.

New York 1939 -1945 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,020.00
254 FRANK, Anne (1929-1945)

Anne Frank. The Diary of a Young Girl. With an Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Garden City 1952 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
255 FROST, Robert (1874-1963)

Pair of Signed Limited First Editions, including: A Masque of Mercy.

New York 1947 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 420.00
256 SHUBRICK, W. B. and GREEN, Charles.

Robert Frost. A Bibliography.

Amherst 1937 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
257 FURTENBACH, Joseph (1591-1667)

Mannhafter Kunst-Spiegels, oder Continuatio, und Fortsetzung allerhand mathematisch- und mechanisch-hochnutzlich- so wol auch sehr erfrolichen Delectationen.

Augsburg, 1663 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
258 GAY, John (1685-1732)

The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. The Second Edition: To which is Added The Ouverture in Score; and the Musick prefix'd to each Song.

London 1728 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 570.00
259 COX, Samuel S. (1824-1889)

Search for Winter Sunbeams in The Riviera, Corsica, Algiers, and Spain.

London 1869 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
260 GARRETT, Pat F. (1850-1908)

Authentic Life of Billy the Kid.

New York 1927 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
261

[GARRICK, David, 1717-1779, from his estate]. [GARRICK, David, subject]. Pair of Eighteenth-Century Tracts with Garrick's Bookplate and Bookplate of Magic Collector John Henry Grossman, including: Garrick's Jests, or the English Roscius, in High Glee.

London 1783 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,120.00
262 GENET, Jean (1910-1986)

The Balcony. (Le Balcon)
A play in nine scenes.

New York 1958 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 540.00
263 DEMUTH, Patricia Brennan (b. 1948)

What Is the Constitution? Illustrated by Tim Foley.

New York 2018 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
264 GODWIN, William (175-1836)

Lives of Edward and John Philips, Nephews and Pupils of Milton. Including Various Particulars of the Literary and Political History of Their Times.

London 1815 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
265 BALDWIN, Thomas and THOMAS, J.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States; Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy.

Philadelphia 1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
266 GOLDMAN, William (1931-2018)

The Princess Bride. S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure.

New York 1973 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
267 HANSEN, Ron (b. 1947)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

New York 1983 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
268 HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013)

The Haw Lantern.

New York 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
269 HELLER, Joseph (1923-1999)

Catch-22.

New York 1961 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,020.00
270 HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984)

Watch on the Rhine. A Play in Three Acts. With Special Foreword by Dorothy Parker.

New York: 1942 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
271 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

Death in the Afternoon.

New York 1932 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,020.00
272 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

A Farewell to Arms.

New York 1929 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,400.00
273 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

New York 1940 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
274 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York 1952 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,120.00
275 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

The Old Man and the Sea (Advance Long Galley Proofs)

New York 1952 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
  • 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”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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 .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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