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
427 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales of Mystery.

New York ca.1932. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,440.00
428 SHELLEY, Mary W. (1797-1851)

Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. Illustrated with Scenes from the Universal Photoplay.

New York ca.1931. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,160.00
429

[PHOTOPLAYS]. Group of 4 Photoplays, including: EGREMONT, Michael. The Bride of Frankenstein (Sequel to Frankenstein)
London: Queensway Press, [ca. 1935]. 8vo. 252 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, spine stamped in green (some light wear, edge of textb

New York 1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,020.00
430

[PHOTOPLAYS]. Pair of Photoplays for Two Different Versions of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

New York ca.1920 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
431 SPURZHEIM, J. G. (1776-1832)

The Physiognomical System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; Founded on an Anatomical and Physiological Examination of the Nervous System in General, and of the Brain in Particular.

London 1815 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
432 STEVENS, James Wilson.

An Historical and Geographical Account of Algiers; Comprehending a Novel and Interesting Detail of Events Relative to The American Captives.

Philadelphia 1797 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
433

[POETRY]. Group of Ten Poetic Works.

V.p. ca.19th--20th century. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
434 POHL, Frederik (1919-2013) and KORNBLUTH, C. M. (1923-1958)

The Space Merchants.

New York 1953 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
435

[POLITICS]. Group of 4 Signed First Edition Books, including: BUSH, George W. and BUSH, George Herbert Walker. 41 a Portrait of My Father.

New York 2014 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
436 [REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004), BUSH, George H. W. (1924-2018), et al., association]

Group of 4 Books by the White House Historical Association, All Signed by Presidents or First Ladies.

Washington, D. C. 1982-99. USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
437

[POLITICS]. Pair of Signed, Limited First Editions by American Presidents, including: NIXON, Richard (1913-1994)
1999 Victory Without War.

New York 1988 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
438 [POPE, Alexander (1688-1744), translator]. HOMER (b. 8th century B.C.)

The Odyssey of Homer [and] The Iliad of Homer. A New Edition.

London 1805-06. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 960.00
439 PORTIS, Charles (1933-2020)

True Grit.

New York 1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
440 PRIMROSE, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)

A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion. With a Preface by the Earl of Rosebery.

Edinburgh 1890 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
441 PULLMAN, Philip (b. 1946)

His Dark Materials Trilogy, including: Northern Lights.

London 1995 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
442 PUZO, Mario (1920-1999)

The Godfather.

New York 1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,880.00
443 PYNCHON, Thomas (b. 1937)

The Crying of Lot 49.

Philadelphia 1966 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
444

[QUAKERS]. Group of Seven Quaker Journals and Books About the Society of Friends.

V.p. ca.17th--19th century. USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
445

[QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901), subject]. Group of 12 Die-Cut Chromolithograph Images of Queen Victoria's Reign.

England, A. H. Payne ca.1885. USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
446

[QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901), subject]. Souvenir of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee Procession June 22nd 1897.

Bristol 1897 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
447 REAGAN, Nancy (1921-2016)

My Turn.

New York 1989 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
448 [CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881), contributor]. CARLYLE, Jane Welsh (1801-1866)

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle.

London 1883 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
449

[RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY]. Group of Nearly 33 Religious and Philosophical Texts.

V.p. ca.17th--20th century. USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 180.00
450 [REMINGTON, Frederic (1861-1909), illustrator]. PARKMAN, Francis (1823-1893)

The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.

Boston 1892 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 450.00
451 RICE, Anne (1941-2021)

The First Three Volumes and the Eleventh Volume of "The Vampire Chronicles," All Signed by Rice.

New York 1976-2014. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
  • 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