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
126 BURROUGHS, William S. (1917-1997)

Doctor Benway. A [Variant] Passage from The Naked Lunch. With a New Introduction by the Author.

Santa Barbara: 1979 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
127 BUSH, George W. (b. 1946)

Portraits of Courage. A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors.

New York 2017 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
128 BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824)

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. A New Edition.

London 1856 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
129 BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824)

Werner, a Tragedy.

London 1838 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
130 HUMBOLDT, Al[exander] de (1769-1859)

Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne.

Paris 1811 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 660.00
131 ABERT, James W. (1820-1897)

Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, of his Examination of New Mexico in the Years 1846-'47 [And] COOKE, Philip St. George (1809-1895)
Report of Col. P. St. George Cooke of His March from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, Upper California [And] JOHNSTON, Ab

Washington, D. C. 1848 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 510.00
132

[CAPITAL PUNISHMENT]. Prayers for Prisoners Under the Sentence of Death.

London 1712 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
133 CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924)

State of the Union Address and State of the Union Message.

Washington, D. C. 1980 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
134 [CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924), association].

1977 Inaugural Parade Script Book.

Washington, D. C. 1977 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
135 CASH, Johnny (1932-2003) and CARR, Patrick.

Cash. The Autobiography.

San Francisco 1997 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
136 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947)

Death Comes for the Archbishop. With drawings and designs by Harold Von Schmidt.

New York 1929 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
137 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947)

The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather.

Boston 1937-41. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,280.00
138 CHAMBERS, Robert W. (1865-1933)

The King in Yellow.

Chicago 1895 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,880.00
139 ROBERTSON, [William, 1721-1793].

L'Histoire du Regne de L'Empereur Charles-Quint. Ouvrage Traduit d l'Anglois.

Amsterdam 1771 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
140 CHAUCER, Geoffrey (??-1400)

The Canterbury Tales. The New Ellesmere Chaucer Facsimile (of Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9)

Tokyo 1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,320.00
141 GILBERT, Paul and BRYSON, Charles Lee.

Chicago and Its Makers. A Narrative of Events from the Day of the First White Man to the Inception of the Second World's Fair.

Chicago 1929 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
142 BANCROFT, Hubert Howe (1832-1918)

The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

Chicago and San Francisco 1895 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
143

[CHICAGO CRIME]. Juice Racketeers Report on Criminal Usury in the Chicago Area.

Chicago 1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
144

[CHILDREN'S -- MATHEMATICS]. Marmaduke Multiply.

Boston 1841 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
145 LEWIS, John.

The History of the Life and Sufferings of the Reverend and Learned John Wicliffe, D. D. Warden of Canterbury Hall, and Publick Professor of Divinity in Oxford.

London 1720 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
146 CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. (1874-1965)

Churchill Geschichte. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples], Band I [-IV.]

Bern 1956-57. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
147 BROWN, J. Willard.

The Signal Corps, U. S. A. in the War of the Rebellion.

Boston 1896 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
148 CLARK, George.

A Glance Backward Or Some Events in the Past History of My Life.

Houston ca.1914. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,140.00
149 COKER, James Lide (1837-1918)

History of Company G Ninth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army and of Company E, Sixth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army. Prepared and Published by Request of the Survivors of These Companies.

Charleston, SC 1899 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
150 COXE, Elizabeth Allen (Daughter of Charles Sinkler of Belvidere, 1843-1919)

Memories of a South Carolina Plantation During the War.

N.p. 1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,080.00
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    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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    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