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
101	CATHER, Willa (1873-1947)	Pair of First Editions, One Signed	New York	1923, 1929	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
102	CATHER, Willa (1873-1947)	The Troll Garden	New York	1905	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
103	CATHER, Willa (1873-1947)	Youth and the Bright Medusa	New York	1920	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
104	ASHENHURST, John and Ruth L.	[CHICAGO]. All About Chicago	Boston	[1933]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
105		[CHICAGO]. Trio of Chicago City Directories for 1856-57, 1859-60, 1864-65	[Chicago]	[1856-65]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
106		[CHICAGO]. Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their session Commencing December 5, 1836, and ending March 6, 1837 [and]... Commencing July 10 and Ending July 22, 1837...	Vandalia	1837	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
107	PEABODY, Selim and WOOD, Stanley	[CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR]. [JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942), photographer]. Jackson's Famous Pictures of the World's Fair / The White City As it Was	[Chicago]	[1895]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
108	[BARTOLI, Pietro (1635-1700), after]	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. "Libro di Stampe del Virgilio ricaunio da un antichissimo Libretto..."	[Italy]	[1780s]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
109	BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919)	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Complete Set of the "First Editions Library's" Facsimile Set of Baum's Oz Books		[ca. 2010s]	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
110	[BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828), engraver and illustrator]	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts...	Edinburgh	1879	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
111	CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616)	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [FOLKEMA, FOKKE, BRUNET, et al. illustrators]. Les Principales Aventures de l'Admirable Don Quichotte...	The Hague	1774	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
112	CARLE, Eric (1929-2021)	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Friends	[New York]	[2013]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
113	[DOMINIQUE, DE ST. FLOUR, illustrator]	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. MAYS-CARENAGE	Paris	[1921]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
114		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [FABLES]. Das Buch der Weiszhait der Alten Weisen ("The Book of Wisdom of Old Wise Men")	Berlin	[20th century]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
115	[GIBSON, Charles Dana (1867-1944), illustrator]	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Group of 4 Illustrated Books	[V.p.]	[1890s-1900s]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
116		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Group of 4 Illustrated Children's Books	[V.p.]	[19th century]	USD 450.00 - 600.00	Unknown
117		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Group of 7 Illustrated Books	[V.p.]	[20th century]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
118	[GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-2006) and UPDIKE, John (1932-2009), editors]	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [LEVINE, David (1926-2009), illustrator]. Pair of Signed, Limited Editions, Signed by Levine and the Editors	Boston	1969, 1970]	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
119	PENNANT, Thomas (1726-1798)	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [LONDON]. Some Account of London	London	1805	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
120	BUEL, J. W.	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [NATURAL HISTORY]. Sea and Land. An Illustrated History of The Wonderful and Curious Things of Nature Existing before and since the Deluge...	Philadelphia	1889	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
121	GILPIN, William (1724-1804)	[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [NATURAL HISTORY]. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views...	London	1791	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
122		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [NEWSPAPERS]. The Graphic	London	1875-80	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
123		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [STEREOTYPES]. Group of 8 French, Dutch, or German Children's Books Featuring Stereotypical African People	[V.p.]	[20th century]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
124		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Le Bambou. Periodique illustre	Paris	[1893]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
125		[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Pair of Modern First Illustrated Trade Editions	[V.p.]	[1922, 1917]	USD 350.00 - 600.00	Unknown

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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