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
402 ORWELL, George (pseudonym of BLAIR, Eric Arthur, 1903-1950)

The Road to Wigan Pier.

London 1937 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 510.00
403 ORWELL, George (pseudonym of BLAIR, Eric Arthur, 1903-1950)

Animal Farm.

New York 1946 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
404 OSAMU DAZAI (pseudonym of Shuji Tsushima, 1909-1948)

Pair of First American Editions of His Major Works.

New York 1956-58. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 570.00
405 PAIN, William (ca. 1730-1790)

The Practical House Carpenter; or, Youth's Instructor. With Additions.

Philadelphia: 1797 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
406 [PATON, J. Noel (1821-1901), illustrator]. COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

London 1863 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
407 [ADAMS, Ansel (1902--1984), photographer].

Yosemite and the Range of Light.

Boston 1979 (though actually 1981 as per Time/Life signed bookplate)<br>Oblong folio. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
408 [BRINKLEY, Captain Francis (1841-1912), editor].

Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars.

Boston 1897-98. USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 720.00
409 [ALBERT, Joseph (1825-1886), photographer) JACKSON, John P.

Album of the Passion-Play at Ober-Ammergau. Being Sixty Albumen Prints of the Scenes and Tableaux of the Passion-Play, Taken by Command of His Majesty King Ludwig II of Bavaria, by the Court-Photographer Albert, of Munich; A Series of Etchings, in Helioty

Munich and London 1874 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 540.00
410

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Pair of American Photo Albums of Albumen and Tintype Portraits.

V.p. ca.1880s-1900s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
411 [SCHENK, Charles (1845-1915), photographer].

Draperies in Action.

New York 1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 210.00
412

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of Chattanooga Tennessee.

Chicago 1917 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 330.00
413

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of Allegany County.

Chicago 1897 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
414

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of Knox County, Maine.

Chicago 1895 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
415

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of New Haven Connecticut.

Chicago 1896 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
416

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of Seneca County New York.

Chicago 1896 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
417

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of Valley of the Mississippi from La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Keokuk, Iowa.

Oshkosh, WI 1899 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
418

[PHOTOGRAVURES]. Art Work of St. Croix and Mississippi Valley from Stillwater, Minn., to La Crosse, Wis.

Oshkosh, WI 1899 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
419 [JONES, Chas. Edgeworth].

Art Work. of Augusta.

Chicago 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
420 [MARTIN, Deborah Beaumont].

Art Work of The Fox River Valley.

Oshkosh, WI 1902 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
421 [PRATT, Louis W.]

Art Work of Tacoma and Vicinity Washington.

Racine, WI 1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
422 [RAYMOND, M. D.]

Art Work of Westchester County, N. Y.

Chicago 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
423 CALHOUN, Rev. Newell M.

Picturesque Litchfield County (Art Work of Litchfield County)

Chicago 1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
424 STOKER, Bram (1847-1912)

Dracula. With Illustrations from the Universal Picture Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.

New York 1897, though actually 1931. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
425 LEROUX, Gaston (1868-1927)

The Phantom of the Opera. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne and with Scenes from the Universal Production Starring Lon Chaney.

New York ca.1925. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 960.00
426 LOVELACE, Delos W. (1894-1967)

King Kong. Conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. Illustrated with Scenes from the Radio Picture.

New York 1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
  • High Bids Win
    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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    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
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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