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
377 [MOSER, Barry (b. 1940), illustrator]. WILLARD, Nancy (1936-2017)

Beauty and the Beast.

New York 1992 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
378 [MOSER, Barry (b. 1940), printer]. MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891)

The Maldive Shark.

Easthampton, MA 1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 900.00
379

[MINSTRELSY]. Group of 3 Children's Books with Racial Stereotypes, including: HALBERTSMA, Ida and BACKER, Julie Bas Backer. Van Eeen with Negertje.

[Amsterdam: 1929 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
380 [BAIRD, Robert. (1798-1863)].

View of the Valley of the Mississippi, or the Emigrant's and Traveller's Guide to the West.

Philadelphia 1834 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 210.00
381 RAGNI, Gerome and RADO, James.

Hair. The American Tribal Love Musical.

New York 1965, though ca.1966. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 420.00
382 NABOKOV, Vladimir (V. Nabokov-Sirine)

La Course du Fou [The Defense].

Paris 1934 USD 125.00 - 250.00 USD 84.00
383

[NARCOTICS]. Narcotics Manual Compiled by The Customs Agency Service for the Confidential and Exclusive Use of Treasury Investigative Agencies.

Washington, D. C. 1937 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
384 STEELE, Zadock (1758-1845)

The Indian Captive; or a Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Zadock Steele.

To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Burning of Royalton. Montpelier, VT 1818 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
385 BONNET, Charles (1720-1793)

Oeuvres d'Histoire Naturelle et de Philosophie.

Neuchatel 1779-73. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 360.00
386

[NATURAL HISTORY & SCIENCES]. Group of 12 Works on Natural History, Fauna and Flora, and the Sciences.

V.p. ca.19th--20th century. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
387 OBAMA, Barack (b. 1961)

The Audacity of Hope. Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.

New York 2006 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
388 OBAMA, Barack (b. 1961)

Dreams from My Father.

New York 2004 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
389 OBAMA, Barack (b. 1961)

A Promised Land.

New York 2020 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 450.00
390 OBAMA, Michelle (b. 1964)

Becoming.

New York 2018 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
391 O'BRIEN, Tim (b. 1946)

Group of 9 First Editions, All but One Signed or Inscribed.

V.p. 1973-98. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
392 KENYON, Theda (1894-1997)

Witches Still Live.

New York 1929 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
393 SEPHARIAL (pseudonym of OLD, Walter Gorn, 1864-1929)

Sepharial's Astrology. How to Make and Read Your Own Horoscope.

Philadelphia n.d. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 108.00
394

[OCCULT]. The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of Hindu Astronomy. Bound with: A Complete System of Hindu Astronomy, Being a Translation of the Foregoing Work.

Jaffna 1848 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 540.00
395 MAC GREGOR-MATHERS, S. L. (1854-1918)

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage as Delivered A. D., 1458 by Abraham the Jew Unto His Son Lamech.

Chicago 1932 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
396 [DEE, John (1527-1608), subject].

A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee. and Some Spirits.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 570.00
397

[OCCULT]. Group of Nine Books on Various Occult Topics.

V.p. ca.1890-1970s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
398 JOLLER, Melchior (1818-1865)

Darstellung selbsterlebter mysticher Erscheinungen.

Zurich 1863 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
399 O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964)

Wise Blood.

New York 1952 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,400.00
400 O'HARA, John (1905-1970)

Pal Joey.

New York 1940 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
401 ARTEAGA, Stefano Esteban de (1747-1799)

Le Rivoluzioni del Teatro Musicale Italiano dalla sua Origine Fine al Presente Opera.

Bologna 1783-88. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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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    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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    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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    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
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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