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
51 BEAUMONT, Francis (1584-1616) and FLETCHER, John (1579-1625)

The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher. With Notes and a Biographical Memoir by The Rev. Alexander Dyce.

 London 1843-46. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
52 BELBENOIT, Rene (1899-1959)

Dry Guillotine. Fifteen Years among the Living Dead. Illustrations by a Fellow Prisoner.

 New York: [1940] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
53 [BENTON Thomas Hart, (1889-1975), illustrator]. PARKMAN, Francis (1823-1893)

The Oregon Trail.

 New York 1945 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
54 BERNHARDT, Sarah (1844-1923)

Memories of My Life.

 New York 1907 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
55

[BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. Group of 25 References, Catalogs, and Bibliographies.

 V.p. ca.19th--20th century. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
56

[BINDINGS -- BRITISH LITERATURE]. Group of 3 titles in 4 volumes. Including: GOSSE, Edmund (ed.) The Works of Thomas Gray.

 London 1884 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
57 BLACKMORE, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books.

 London 1695 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
58

[BLAKE, William (1757-1827), subject]. Hangwa Geijutsu: No. 70 [William Blake Exhibition Catalogue].

Tokyo 1990 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
59 JUNOT, Laure (1784-1838)

Memoirs of Madame Junot (Duchesse d'Abrantes)

 London ca.1900. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
60

[BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821), subject]. The Atrocities of the Corsican Daemon; or a Glance at Buonaparte.

 London 1803 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
61

[BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821), subject]. Broadside: "A Description of a Medal, in Honor of Neopolone [sic] Bonaparte, Installed December the 25th 1799, The First Consul of the French Republic.

 Nottingham ca.1800. USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
62

[BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821), subject]. [CHAMPAGNE, Jules, illustrator]. GOODRICH, Frank B. (1826-1894)
The Court of Napoleon or Society Under the First Empire.

 New York 1857 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
63 BONIFACIO DA LURI (Antonio Giuseppe Bernardi)

Storia Filosofica del Pregiudizio (Philosophical History of Prejudice)

Florence 1784. 12mo. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
64

[BOTANICAL LEAVES]. Group of 12 Hand-Colored German Botanical Leaves Plus 2 Uncolored Botanical Leaves.

 Germany ca.1600s-1700s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
65 [CURTIS, William (1746-1799)].

[Flora Londinensis]; [Two Plate Volumes Only].

 London 1777-1798. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
66 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Dark Carnival.

 Sauk City, WI 1947 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,880.00
67 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Dark Carnival.

 Sauk City, WI 1947 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,200.00
68 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Dark Carnival.

 London 1948 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
69 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Fahrenheit 451. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini.

 New York 1953 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 540.00
70 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

The Martian Chronicles.

 Garden City 1950 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,840.00
71 BRAUTIGAN, Richard (1935-1984)

Pair of First Editions, First Printings from the "Writing" Series by the Four Seasons Foundation, including: Trout Fishing in America. (Writing 14)

 San Francisco 1967 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 660.00
72

[BREWERIANA]. Pair of Manuscript Ledgers or Notebooks for Brewers including: "Ad Majorem Dei-mariague Gloriam handboed van uilgeleverde [?] Bieren aene de berbelgiers begonnen met 1er January 1827".

 N.p. 1827-1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
73

[BREWERIANA]. Group of 26 Books or Pamphlets on Brewing and Related Topics.

 V.p., ca. late 19th century - mid-20th century. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
74 [KEMBLE, John M. (1807-1857), editor].

Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonicin.

 London 1839-48. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
75 WITHER, George (1588-1667)

Fides-Anglicana. Or, a Plea for the Publick-Faithe of these Nations. Lately pawned, forfeited and violated by some of their former Trustees, to the rendering it as infamous, as Fides-Punica was heretofore.

 London 1660 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
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    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.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Shakespeare.<br><i>The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare,</i> 1960. 7,210 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens.<br><i>A Christmas Carol,</i> First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Golding.<br><i>Lord of the Flies,</i> First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll.<br><i>Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,</i> Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien.<br><i>The Hobbit,</i> First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Milton.<br><i>Paradise Lost,</i> 1759. 5,400 USD
    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