Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
227 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Rendezvous with Rama (2 Copies)

London 1973 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,000.00
228 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

The Songs of Distant Earth

New York [1986] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
229 BERKELEY, Anthony (pseudonym of COX, Anthony Berkeley, 1893-1971)

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] The Layton Court Mystery. A Roger Sheringham Case

Garden City, NY 1929 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
230 EBERHART, M[ignon] G. (1899-1996)

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] The Patient in Room 18

Garden City, NY 1929 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,625.00
231

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Group of 4 Crime Club Mysteries, 3 of Which are First Editions

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 450.00 - 850.00 USD 468.75
232

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Group of 5 First Edition Crime Club Mysteries

Garden City, NY 1939-1931 USD 750.00 - 1,250.00 USD 937.50
233

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Pair of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets

Garden City, NY 1930, 1931 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 562.50
234

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Pair of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
235

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Pair of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 406.25
236

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Pair of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets

Garden City, NY 1928-1930 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 593.75
237 MASON, Van Wyck (1901-1978)

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Seeds of Murder

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
238

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Trio of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets and Wrap-Around Bands

Garden City, NY 1930-1931 USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 1,000.00
239

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Trio of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets and Wrap-Around Bands

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 593.75
240

[CRIME CLUB, INC.] Pair of First Edition Mysteries in Dust Jackets and Wrap-Around Bands

Garden City, NY 1930 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
241 CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876)

My Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians

New York 1874 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
242 [CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]

Custer Battle Number, June, 1916 Issue of The Teepee Book

[Sheridan, WY] [1916] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
243 CUSTER, Elizabeth B. (1842-1933)

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas

New York 1887 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
244 LUCE, Edward Smith (1886-1963)

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Keogh, Comanche and Custer

[N.p.] [1939] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
245 ROE, Charles Francis (1848-1922) and MCCLERNAND, Edward J. (1848-1926)

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Custer's Last Battle on the Little Big Horn, Montana Territory, June 25, 1876 / March of the "Montana Column" Down the Yellowstone River and through the Big Horn Region

[New York] [1927] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,125.00
246

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Pair of First Editions on the Battle of Little Big Horn...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
247

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Pair of Rare Titles Related to Custer...

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
248 [GRAHAM, Col. W. A. (1873-1950), contributor]

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. [RENO, Major Marcus (1834-1889), subject]. The Official Record of a Court of Inquiry convened at Chicago, Illinois, January 13, 1879...

Pacific Palisades, CA 1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
249 SPOTTS, David L. and BRININSTOOL, E. A.

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Campaigning With Custer and the Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry on the Washita Campaign, 1868-'69

Los Angeles, CA 1928 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
250 WHITTAKER, Frederick (1838-1889)

[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer...

New York [1876] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
251 DERLETH, August (1909-1971)

Selected Poems

Prairie City, IL 1944 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
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