Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 1193, Chicago

Auction Details

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
502 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007)

God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian.

New York 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
503 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007)

Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade.

New York 1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 720.00
504 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007)

Trio of Uncommon Fine Press Ephemera by Ragged Edge Press, including: "Your Planet's Immune System Is Trying to Get Rid of You".

New York ca.1999-2000. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
505

[WALT DISNEY STUDIOS]. Walt Disney's Sketch Book of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

London and Glasgow 1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 600.00
506 WATERMAN, A.N.

Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography.

Chicago 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
507 WEBSTER, Noah (1758-18943)

An American Dictionary of the English Language. To Which Are Prefixed, and Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe.

New York 1828 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,400.00
508 [WELLESLEY, Arthur, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), association]. MORELLIUS, Andreas.

Specimen Universae Rei Nummariae Antiquae. [Bound with]: Ezechielis Spanhemii ad Eximium Virum.

Leipzig 1695 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
509 KRAKEL, Dean.

The Saga of Tom Horn The Story of a Cattleman's War with Personal Narratives, Newspaper Accounts and Official Documents and Testimonies Illustrated with the Pageant of Personalities.

Laramie, Wyoming 1954 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,080.00
510 WHARTON, Edith (1862-1937)

The House of Mirth. With Illustrations by A. B. Wenzell.

New York 1905 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
511 WHITE, E. B. (1899-1985)

The Lady Is Cold, Poems by E. B. W.

New York 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 840.00
512 WIESEL, Elie (1928 -- 2016)

Four signed volumes from the Bibliophile Library. 1985-7. Four volumes, including: Night; The Jews of Silence; Legends of Our Time; and Zalman or The Madness of God. 8vo. All in publisher's leather, a.e.g, all SIGNED by Wiesel on half-title pages. Night i

1985-7 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
513 WILDER, Thornton (1897-1975)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

New York 1927 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
514 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983)

The Kingdom of the Earth with Hard Candy.

New York 1954 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 420.00
515 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983)

Memoirs.

Garden City 1975 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
516 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983)

One Arm and Other Stories.

New York 1948 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
517 WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960)

Native Son.

New York 1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
518 YAMAMOTO, Yohji; Kiyosazu Washida; Carla Sozzano; and Elizabeth Paille.

Talking to Myself.

Milan and Tokyo 2002 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 240.00
519 YATES, Richard (1926-1992)

Revolutionary Road. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book.

Boston 1961 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
520 HALSTED, William (1794-1878)

Autograph Manuscript Signed Concerning the Great Panic of 1837.

Trenton New Jersey, 1837 USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
521 TODD, Doris Dower.

Letterbook of an English Governess at Pau - the Center of Aviation, 1911-12.

Pau 1911-1912. USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
522 BANGS, John Kendrick (1862-1922), OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips (1866-1946), WILDER, Thornton (1897-1975), MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965)

Group of 4 Notes Signed.

V.p. ca.1900s-50s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 108.00
523 ROBINSON, Vice Admiral Charles Gepp (1805-1875)

Group of 8 Original Signed Admiralty Commission Documents.

England 1830-49. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
524

[BRITISH ROYALTY AND CELEBRITIES]. Visitors Book for Guests of the Hythe Golf Club (Founded in 1894, with 78 Manuscript Signatures on 10 leaves)

Hythe, Kent 1922 - 1924. USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
525 BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994)

"The Prize" [Original Typescript Poem].

Los Angeles 27, Calif ca.1958-1963. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 900.00
526 BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994)

"The Lost Generation" [Poem Printed on Bukowski's Computer], Inscribed by Bukowski.

San Pedro, Calif., 5/14/84. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
  • 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