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
26 ANACREON (573-495 B. C.)

Anacreontis Teii Carmina Graece e Recensione Guiliemi Baxteri. Anacreon's Songs of Greece Compiled by William Baxter

Lipsiae Leipzig 1666 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
27 LANMAN, Charles.

Haw-Ho-Noo; or, Records of a Tourist.

Philadelphia 1850 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
28 S. RICHARDS.

Monthly Catalogue of Antiques, Curios, Etc. on Sale by S. Richards, Friar Lane, Nottingham. Ricardo,

Nottingham 1890-1913. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
29

[ARABIC MANUSCRIPT]. ["Jawahir al-ihsan fi tahqiq ma'rifat al-arkan wa'l-iman"].

West Africa, n.d. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
30 MURPHY, Bailey Scott (1876-1914)

English and Scottish Wrought Ironwork: A Series of Examples of English Ironwork of the Best Periods, Together with Most of the Examples Now Existing in Scotland with Descriptive Text.

London 1904 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
31

[ARCHITECTURE]. [A SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS]. The Builder's Magazine: or Monthly Companion for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, &c. Consisting of Designs in Architecture, In Every Style and Taste from the most magnificent and superb Structures,

London 1774 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 600.00
32 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867--1959)

Buildings, Plans, and Designs. With a foreword by architect William Wesley Peters.

New York 1963 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 900.00
33 PERCIER, C. (1764-1838) and FONTAINE, P. F. L. (1762-1853)

Recueil de Decorations Interieures, Comprenant Tout Ce Qui a Rapport a l'Ameublement Comme Vases, Trepieds, Candelabres, Cassolettes, Lustres, Girandoles, Lampes, Chandeliers, Cheminees, Feux, Poeles, Pendules, Tables, Secretaires, Lits, Canapes, Etc.

Paris 1812 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
34 BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889-1975)

An Artist in America. With Sixty-Four Illustrations in Two Colors.

New York 1937 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
35 [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973), MANET, Edouard (1832-1883), DEGAS, Edgar (1834-1917), et al., contributors].

A Portfolio of Twenty-Four Masterpieces of Graphic Art.

New York 1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
36 SCHLOSS, Ezekiel.

Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture From Han Through T'Ang.

Stamford, CT 1977 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
37 ASIMOV, Isaac (d. 1992)

Nine Tomorrows. Tales of the Near Future.

Garden City 1959 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,040.00
38 ASIMOV, Isaac (d. 1992)

The Robots of Dawn.

West Bloomfield, MI 1983 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,320.00
39 ASIMOV, Isaac (d. 1992)

Robots and Empire. Frontispiece by Paul Lehr.

West Bloomfield, MI 1985 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,200.00
40 ASIMOV, Isaac (d. 1992)

Robots and Empire. Frontispiece by Paul Lehr.

West Bloomfield, MI 1985 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
41 ATWOOD, Margaret (b. 1939)

The Handmaid's Tale.

Toronto 1985 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 900.00
42 AUDUBON, John James (1785--1851) and BACHMAN, John (1790--1874)

The Quadrupeds of North America.

New York 1854 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
43 AUDUBON, John James (1785 -- 1851)

Ground Dove. Plate CLXXXII.

London 1833 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 720.00
44 GOULD, John (1804 -- 1881)

Grus Cinera [The Common Crane].

London ca.1862-73 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
45 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse (1812--1862)

Group of 4 Hand-Colored Prints from the Imperial Folio Edition of "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America."

Philadelphia 1844-48. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
46 [AUGUSTINE, Saint].

S. Aurelii Augustini, Hipponensis Epi. Scopi. Civitate Dei. Libri XXII. in duos tomos divisi, ex vetustissimis MSS. exemplaribus emendati, juxta novissimam editionem Coloniensem.

Hamburg, Frankfurt and Hamburg 1661 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 780.00
47

[AVIATION]. Hispano-Suiza Aeronautical Engines Birkigt Patents Instruction Book November, 1918 Series No. 7A.

New Brunswick 1918 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
48 [BARCLAY, John (1582-1621)

Argensis.

Lugd. Bat. (Leiden) 1630 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
49 BARNUM, P. T. (1810-1891)

Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections. Author's Edition.

Buffalo, NY 1873 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 480.00
50 ELLARD, Harry.

Base Ball in Cincinnati. A History.

Cincinnati, OH 1907 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,320.00
  • 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