Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Manuscripts, 1213, Chicago

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Auction Date
September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025
Page Size: 116 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 TOOLE, John. Kennedy (1937-1969).

A Confederacy of Dunces. Foreword by Walker Percy.

Baton Rouge and London 1980 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
102 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901).

Au Cirque. Vingt-Deux Dessins aux Crayons de Couleur.

Paris 1905 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,080.00
103 BOWDICH, T[homas] E[dward] (1791-1824).

An Account of the Discoveries of the Portuguese in the Interior of Angola and Mozambique... To Which Is Added, a Not by the Author, on a Geographical Error of Mungo Park, in His Last Journal into the Interior of Africa.

London 1824 USD 4,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,280.00
104 [COOK, Captain James (1728-1779) and CLERKE, Captain Charles (1741-1779), subjects]. ELLIS, W[illiam] (1751-1785).

An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in Search of a North-West Passage Between the Continents of Asia and Americ

 London: 1782 USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,880.00
105 LUMSDEN, H[arry] B[urnett] (1821-1896).

The Mission to Kandahar. With Appendices.

Calcutta 1860 USD 3,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 2,220.00
106 VANCOUVER, Captain George (1757-1798).

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the Coast of North-West America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed...

 London 1801 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,440.00
107 TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)).

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).

New York 1885 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
108 TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)).

Autographed Letter Signed.

Buffalo, Sep. 26 1871. USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,400.00
109 TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)).

Real Photo Postcard Signed.

London ca. 1880s-1890s. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
110 TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)).

Inscribed Postcard Signed.

Stormfield in Redding, CT Xmas Day / 08. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
111 WALFORD, Frank (1882-1969).

Twisted Clay.

New York: 1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,840.00
112 [WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987), association].

Andy Warhol's Interview. The Covers.

Paris 2004 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,080.00
113 WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946).

The Time Machine. An Invention.

London 1895 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,440.00
114 WESTWOOD, Vivienne (1941-2022).

Active Resistance to Propaganda.

London 2008 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 900.00
115 [WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)].

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C. 33

 London 1898 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
116 WINCKLER, Ruby (1886-1974).

Group of 23 Original Pen and Ink Drawings for a Proposed Illustrated Edition of Homer's Odyssey.

Australia 1916-1917. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,200.00
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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    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.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    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.