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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 477 | [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] | Washington's Political Legacies |
Boston | 1800 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 478 | WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966) | Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress |
Boston | [1963] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 479 | MORELLIUS, Andreas | [WELLESLEY, Arthur, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), association]. Specimen Universae Rei Nummariae Antiquae |
Leipzig | 1695 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 480 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The First Men in the Moon |
London | 1901 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 481 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance |
London | 1897 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 482 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The Island of Doctor Moreau |
New York | 1896 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 483 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The Wonderful Visit |
London | 1895 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 484 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The War of the Worlds |
London | 1898 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 485 | WEST, Nathanael (1903-1940) | 2 First Editions of A Cool Million |
New York | [1934] | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 486 | HORN, Tom (1860-1903) | [WESTERN AMERICANA]. Life of Tom Horn Government Scout and Interpreter Written by Himself |
Denver | [1904] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 487 | [WESTERN AMERICANA]. Pair of Uncommon Nonfiction Books... |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |||
| 488 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Canterville Ghost |
Boston and London | 1906 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 489 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | De Profundis |
London | [1905] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 490 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People... |
London | 1899 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 491 | WILLIAMSON, Jack (1908-2006) | Group of 5 Science Fiction First Trade Editions in Dust Jackets |
Reading [and] New York | 1949-55 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 492 | WINGATE, George W. (1840-1928) | Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback |
New York | 1886 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 493 | HOOKE, Nathaniel (1687-1763) | [WORLD HISTORY]. The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth |
London | 1766-71 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 494 | GILBERT, G[ustave] M[ark] (1911-1977) | [WORLD WAR II]. Nuremberg Diary |
London | [1948] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 495 | LEWIS, Wyndham (1882-1957) | [WORLD WAR II]. Hitler und Sein Werk ("Hitler and His Work") |
Berlin | 1932 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 496 | [WORLD WAR II]. Group of 6 German-Language Books About the Nazis, Plus a Later Title in English |
[Germany and New York] | [ca. 1930s-70s] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 497 | HITLER, Adolf (1889-1945) | [WORLD WAR II]. Mein Kampf |
Munich | 1941 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 498 | STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894) | [WYETH, N. C. (1882-1945), illustrator]. Treasure Island |
New York | 1925 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 499 | YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939) | The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Yeats |
New York | 1957 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 500 | CUSHING, Caleb (1800-1879) | [ANTEBELLUM AMERICAN POLITICS]. Manuscript for Closing Speech for the 1860 Democratic National Convention at Charleston, Calling for the Preservation of the Union |
[Ca. May 3, 1860] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 501 | [BROOKLYN BRIDGE]. "Bird's-Eye View of the Great Suspension Bridge" Large Chromolithograph Print for "The United States Mutual Accident Association" |
1883 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
