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
151 HUGHES, Thomas.

A Boy's Experience in the Civil War 1860-1865.

Privately Printed 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
152 JORDAN, William C.

Some Events and Incidents During the Civil War by Wm. C. Jordan Co. B., 15th Ala. Regiment, C. S. A.

Montgomery, AL 1909 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
153 MALONE, Thomas H. (1834-1906)

Memoir of Thomas H. Malone. An autobiography written for his children. Introduction by J. M. Dickinson.

Nashville 1928 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
154 MOSGROVE, George D. (1847-1907)

Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie or The Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman.

Louisville, KY 1895 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
155 [NAPIER, Bartlett (1836-1877)].

A Soldier's Story of the War; Including the Marches and Battles of the Washington Artillery, and of Other Louisiana Troops.

New Orleans: 1874 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
156

[CIVIL WAR]. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.

Washington 1880-1901. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,320.00
157 [TEXANA].

Chapters from the Unwritten History of the War Between the States; Or, The Incidents in the Life of a Confederate Soldier in Camp, on the March, in the Great Battles, and in Prison.

St. Louis 1893 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
158 HUNTON, Eppa (1822-1908)

Autobiography of Eppa Hunton.

Richmond, VA 1933 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,560.00
159 "Personne," Army Correspondent, &c. [pseudonym of DE FONTAINE, Felix G. (1832-1896)].

Marginalia; or, Gleanings from an Army Note-Book.

Columbia, SC 1864 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
160 [TOWNSEND, John, 1827-1916].

The South Alone, Should Govern the South. And African Slavery Should be Controlled by Those Only, Who are Friendly to It. (Tract, No. 1)

Charleston, S.C. 1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
161 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Earthlight.

New York 1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
162 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Group of 3 First or Early Editions in Dust Jacket.

New York and Philadelphia 1952-56. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
163 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Reach for Tomorrow.

New York 1956 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
164

[COLD WAR]. "Is This Tomorrow / America Under Communism!"

St. Paul 1947 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
165 FIELD, George (1777-1854)

Chromatography: or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of Their Powers in Painting, &c.

London 1835 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
166 [ARCHITECTURE].

Rural Architecture; or Designs from The Simple Cottage, to the Decorated Villa. Etch'd and Shaded in Aqua-tinta, on Sixty-One Copper-Plates.

London 1790 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
167 [CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878), illustrator].

Points of Humour; . [and:] Points of Humour; .... Part II.

London 1823-24. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 510.00
168 [CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878), illustrator].

Punch and Judy.

London 1828 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
169 HOWITT, [Samuel, 1756?-1822].

British Sports.

London 1809 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
170 [LEECH, John (1816-1874), illustrator].

"Ask Mamma;" or, The Richest Commoner in England.

London 1858 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
171 [NATURAL HISTORY].

Conchylia Insularum Britannicarum. The Shells of The British Islands Systematically arranged.

London 1822 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
172 COMBE, William.

The Tour of Doctor Syntax.

London 1855 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
173

[COLOR-PLATES]. Group of Eight Illustrated Books.

V.p. ca.19th--20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
174

[COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA]. Anti-American Educational Sheets for the Vietnam War.

China, ca. May 1965 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
175 [COVARRUBIAS, (Miguel, 1904-1957), illustrator]. HUSTON, John (1906-1987)

Frankie and Johnny.

New York 1930 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
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    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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