Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature, 1210, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 24, 2025 - July 24, 2025
Page Size: 614 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 FRAENKEL, Michael (1896-1957)

[MILLER, Henry (1891-1980), contributor]. Bastard Death. The Autobiography of an Idea

Paris and New York [1936] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
352 [MONTESQUIEU, Baron Charles-Louis de Secondat (1689-1755)]

Considerations sur les Causes de la Grandeur des Romains, et de leur Decadence...

Paris 1755 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
353 [BOWEN, Ruth (1924 -- 2009)

[MUSIC]. Small group of ephemera

Ruth Bowen, at the New York Hilton 1973-03-14 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
354 MOOREHEAD, Warren K. (1866-1939)

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. The American Indian in the United States Period 1850-1914

USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
355 [FRANKLIN, Ben (1706-1790), printer]

[NEWSPAPERS]. Pair of Newspapers...

Philadelphia USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
356

[NEWSPAPERS]. "Dewey Defeats Truman" 20 Copies of This Infamous Newspaper

Chicago 1948-11-03 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
357 [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]

[NEWSPAPERS]. 4 Contemporary Newspaper Appearances, Including Assassination Stories

[V.p.] [ca. 1860-65] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
358 NIXON, Richard M. (1913-1994)

Pair of Inscribed First Trade Editions in Dust Jackets, including: The Real War

[New York] [1980] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
359 LAING, Samuel (1780-1868)

[NORWAY]. The Heimskringla; or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

London 1844 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
360

[ODDITIES]. Group of 4 First Editions of Books About Oddities or Cheats

[V.p.] [ca. 1843-2001] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
361 O'FLAHERTY, Liam (1896-1984)

The Assassin

London [1928] USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
362 PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809)

The Political Writings of Thomas Paine... To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life...

New York 1830 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
363 PROTEAUX, A.

[PAPERMAKING]. Practical Guide for the Manufacture of Paper and Boards...

Philadelphia 1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
364 [CAPONE, Al (1899-1947), subject]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of a Man Presumed to Be Al Capone Hunting Outdoors

[Ca. 1920s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
365

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. 19th Century Photo Album

Philadelphia [1861] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
366 CHAPPELL, Walter (1925-2000)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photographs of Sharon Tate...

Los Angeles 2001 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
367 CLARK, Larry (b. 1943)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. The Perfect Childhood

[London] [1993] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
368 [KAUFMANN, Charles and FABRY, Herman, photographers]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR]. A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago 1933--1934

[Chicago] [ca. 1934] USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
369

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 7 Photo-Illustrated First Edition Books

[V.p.] [19th - 21st centuries] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
370 MADONNA (b. 1958)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Madonna Sex

[New York] [1992] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
371

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [MEXICO]. Archive of Over 100 Black and White Photos of Mexican Village Scenes

[Ca. 1930s] USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
372 [RINEHART, F. A. (1861-1928), photographer]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photogravures of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exhibition Held at Omaha, Nebraska June 1st to November 1st, 1898

[N.p.] [ca. 1898] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
373 SNOWDON, Lord (ARMSTRONG-JONES, Anthony Charles Robert. 1930-2017)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 7 First or First American Editions of Photography Books, All Signed by Him

[V.p.] [ca. 1972-99] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
374 WEBER, Bruce (b. 1946)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. O Rio de Janeiro

New York 1986 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
375 WEBER, Bruce (b. 1946)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Pair of First Trade Editions, including: Bear Pond

[Boston] [1990] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
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