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
176 CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900)

The Red Badge of Courage.

New York 1896 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 210.00
177 [CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900), BACHELLER, Irving (1859-1950), et al., contributors].

The Lanthorn Book. Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o' the Lanthorn.

New York 1898 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
178 ALLEN, William (pseudonym of presumed author, TITUS, Colonel Silius (1623-1704))

Killing No Murder, Briefly Discours'd In Three Questions, Fit for Publick View, To Deter and Prevent Tyrants from Usurping Supreme Power.

London 1708 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
179 [CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878), illustrator]. AINSWORTH, William Harrison (1805-1882)

Guy Fawkes. An Historical Romance.

London ca.1840. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
180 TROTTI, Lamar (1900-1952) and LEVIEN, Sonya (1888-1960)

"In Old Chicago"...

Beverly Hills, Calif. 1937 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
181 cummings, e. e. (1894-1962)

EIMI.

New York 1933 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
182 DAHL, Roald (1916-1990)

Kiss Kiss.

London 1960 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
183 HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA (b. 1935) and CUTLER, Howard C. (b. 1953)

The Art of Happiness. A Handbook for Living.

New York 1998 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 840.00
184 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

Pair of Early American Editions, including: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

New York 1875 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
185

[DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889), subject]. "Jeff Davis After the Fall of Fort Sumter 1861/Fort Sumter 1863".

Boston ca.1863. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
186

[DAWES, Edwin, 1925-2023, his copies]. Pair of U. K. Government Offprints, including: The Detection and Identification of War Gases (2nd Edition)
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, [1942]. 8vo. 43 pp. including wrappers. Original wrappers (some m

London 1946 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
187 [DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731)].

The Succession to the Crown of England, Considered.

London 1701 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
188 DEREN, Maya (1917-1961)

An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film.

Yonkers 1946 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
189 GUIFFREY, Georges (1827-1887)

[Unedited Letters of Dianne de Poitiers].

Paris 1866 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
190 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Bleak House.

London 1853 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
191 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Christmas Books, including: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.

London 1843 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,800.00
192 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

First Editions of The Christmas Books in the Original Cloth, including: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.

London 1843 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,000.00
193 [DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), association]. BROWNE, Hablot K. ("Phiz", 1815-1882)

Dombey and Son. The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul. [and:] Dombey and Son. Full-Length Portraits of.... in Eight Plates.... [and:] Four Plates.... to Illustrate the Cheap Edition of "Barnaby Rudge"...

London 1848-49. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
194 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Great Expectations. In Three Volumes. Fifth Edition.

London 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
195 DISRAELI, Benjamin (1804-1881)

The Revolutionary Epick: the Work of Disraeli the Younger.

London 1834 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
196 DISRAELI, Isaac (1766-1848)

The Literary Character; or The History of the Men of Genius. Fourth Edition, Revised.

London 1828 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
197 DUMAS, F[rancois].- G[uillaume]. (ed)

Illustrated Biographies of Modern Artists

Paris 1882 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
198 DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John, 1878-1957)

The Gods of Pegana. With Illustrations in Photogravure by S. H. Sime.

London 1905 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
199 DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John, 1878-1957)

Time & the Gods. With Ten Illustrations in Photogravure by S. H. Sime.

London 1922 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
200 CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924)

[The Works of Jimmy Carter]. Collector's Edition.

Norwalk, CT 1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
  • 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”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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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 .
    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
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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
    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