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
151 CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924)

Youth And Two Other Stories

New York 1903 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
152 [COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851)]

The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale...

Philadelphia 1829 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
153 COOVER, Robert

Spanking the Maid

Bloomfield Hills and Columbia 1981 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
154 COWARD, Noel (1899-1973)

Bitter Sweet and Other Plays...

Garden City 1929 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
155 CUSSLER, Clive (1931-2020)

Raise the Titanic!

New York [1976] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
156 CUSTER, General George A. (1839-1876)

My Life on the Plains

New York 1874 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
157 HOWARD, Sarah Elizabeth (1845-1919)

[DARROW, Clarence (1857-1938), his copy]. Pen Pictures of the Plains

Denver 1902 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
158 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection...

London 1890 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
159 DERLETH, August (1909--1971)

Someone in the Dark

Sauk City, WI 1941 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
160 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Bleak House

London 1853 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
161 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Great Expectations (in All The Year Round -- A Weekly Journal)

London 1860-61 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
162 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

London 1839 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
163 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Little Dorrit

London 1857 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
164 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Master Humphrey's Clock

London 1840-41 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
165 [DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), editor]

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
166 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Our Mutual Friend

London 1865 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
167 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Pair of Book Editions of Titles by Charles Dickens, including: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

London 1870 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
168 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

London 1837 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
169 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Trio of First Editions, including: Household Words

London 1859 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
170 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Personal History of David Copperfield

London 1850 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
171 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

A Tale of Two Cities (in All The Year Round -- A Weekly Journal)

London 1859 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
172 DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886)

Poems by Emily Dickinson [First Series]

Boston 1891 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
173 DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and D'ALEMBERT, Jean-Baptiste (1717-1783)

Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers...

[Elmsford, NY] [1969] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
174 DRINKWATER, John (1882-1937)

Bird in Hand. A Play in Three Acts

London 1927 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
175 GODWYN, Thomas (1587-1642)

[DUNNINGER, Joseph (1892-1975), his copy]. Moses and Aaron. Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, Used by the ancient Hebrewes...

London 1641 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
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