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
201 DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930)

The Professor Challenger Novels.

Norwalk, CT ca.1990s-2000s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
202 DURANT, Will (1885-1981) and Ariel (1898-1981)

The Story of Civilization.

Norwalk, CT ca.1990s-2000s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 450.00
203 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

The Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway. Collector's Edition.

Norwalk, CT ca.1990s-2000s. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,800.00
204 MACAULAY, Lord Thomas Babington (1800-1859)

History of England. From the Accession of James the Second. Collector's Edition.

Norwalk, CT ca.1990s-2000s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
205 MICHENER, James A. (1907-1997)

Group of 3 Titles in 6 Volumes.

Norwalk, CT ca.1988-89. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
206 SABATINI, Rafael (1875-1950)

Trio of Titles.

Norwalk, CT ca.1990s-2000s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
207

[FRANKLIN LIBRARY]. Group of 25 limited and signed first editions. Twenty-five volumes, four signed, comprising: McCARTHY, Mary. The Group. -- MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. -- CALDWELL, Erskine. God's Little Acre. -- SHAW, Irwin. The Young Lions

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
208

[FRANKLIN LIBRARY]. Group of 55 titles. Including: FAULKNER, William. The Sound and the Fury. 1976. -- CRANE, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. 1979. -- CHEKHOV, Anton. Peasants and Other Stories. 1977. -- LAWRENCE, D.H. Women in Love. 1979. -- TWAIN, Ma

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
209

[FRANKLIN LIBRARY]. Group of 49 titles. Including: FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 1974. -- HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. 1975. KAFKA, Franz. The Trial. 1977. -- WARREN, Robert Penn. All the King's Men. 1976. -- SINCLAIR, Upton. Drag

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
210

[FRANKLIN LIBRARY]. Group of 56 titles. Including: LEVIN, Ira. A Kiss Before Dying. 1989. -- FORRESTER, C.S. Payment Deferred. 1990. -- INNES, Michael. The Man from the Sea. 1988. -- CAIN, James. The Postman Always Rings Twice & Double Indemnity. 1988. --

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
211

[FRANKLIN LIBRARY]. Group of 53 titles. Including: COOPER, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. 1979. -- GLASGOW, Ellen. In This Our Life. 1976. -- STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row. 1977. -- EURIPEDES. Nine Plays. 1976. --

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
212

[EASTON PRESS]. Group of 32 titles. Including: BRUNNER, John. Stand on Zanzibar. 1987. -- BUDRYS, Algis. Rogue Moon. 1988. -- WILLIAMSON, Jack. The Humanoids. 1987. -- ZELAZNY, Roger. This Immortal. 1986. -- TURGENEV, Ivan. Fathers & Sons. 1977. -- MELVIL

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
213

[EASTON PRESS]. Group of 38 titles. Including: MOORE, Ward. Bring the Jubilee. 1987. -- VANCE, Jack. The Dragon Masters. 1988. -- STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Black Arrow. 1991. -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer. 1978. -- STOWE, Harriet Beecher.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
214

[EASTON PRESS]. -- [JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743 -- 1826), subject)]. Group of 2 works in 8 volumes. Including: -- MALONE, Dumas. Jefferson and His Time. 1993. Six volumes. -- JEFFERSON, Thomas. Writings. 1993. Together, 8 volumes, all published by the Easton

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
215

[BINDINGS]. Four signed and limited edition volumes from Easton Press and Premier Press. Including: AMBROSE, Stephen E. 1998. -- DE CAMP, L. Sprague. The Honorable Barbarian. 1989. -- ATTANASIO, A.A. The Last Legends of Earth. 1989. -- CONNETT, Eugene V.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
216 EISENHOWER, Dwight David (1890-1969)

Korstog i Europa [Crusade in Europe].

Copenhagen 1948 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
217 EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)

English Traits.

Boston 1856 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
218 HYDE, Edward, First Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674)

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641.

Oxford 1702-04. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
219

[ETHNOGRAPHY & ANTHROPOLOGY]. Group of Five Books Regarding Ethnographic and Anthropological Studies. Many with illustrations. Includes: POWELL, J.W. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Smithsonian Institution. 1882--83.

Washington 1886 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
220 ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466-1536)

Moriae Encomium [in Greek] sive Stultitiae Laus [In Praise of Folly].

Basil 1780 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
221 MCKENNA, Joe.

Joe's Magazine. First Issue.

New York 1992 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
222 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

A Fable.

New York 1954 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,140.00
223 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

The Unvanquished. Drawings by Edward Shenton.

New York 1938 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,880.00
224 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

Wild Palms.

New York 1939 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
225 AINSWORTH, William Harrison (1805-1882)

Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth.

Philadelphia ca.1900. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
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    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.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    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.
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    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