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
501 SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)

Edmund Dulac [DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953), illustrator]. Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest

London [1908] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
502

[FANFROLICO PRESS]. Group of 4 Titles Plus One Prospectus

London [ca. 1920s-40s] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
503 EURIPIDES

[FINE PRESS BOOKS]. [GREGYNOG PRESS]. The Plays of Euripides

[England] 1931 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
504 [FLINT, W. Russell (1880-1969), illustrator]

William Russell Flint [RICCARDI PRESS]. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer

London 1913 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
505 ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-1888)

Franco Brunatto [FLINT, W. Russell (1880-1969), illustrator]. [RICCARDI PRESS]. The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis

London 1910 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
506 Sir Thomas Malory, Knt.

William Russell Flint [FLINT, W. Russell (1880-1969), illustrator]. [RICCARDI PRESS]. Le Morte d'Arthur the Book of King Arthur and Hist Noble Knights of the Round Table

London 1910-1911 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
507 [FLINT, W. Russell (1880-1969), illustrator]

William Russell Flint [RICCARDI PRESS]. Trio of Illustrated Books Published by the Riccardi Press

London 1909, 1912 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
508 GARDNER, Keith S. (Master, Fine Art Trade Guild 1993-1995)

William Russell Flint [FLINT, W. Russell (1880-1969), subject]. Sir William Russell Flint RA PPRWS 1880-1969

[Bristol] [1994] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
509 [FRANCO MARIA RICCI, publisher]

Group of 4 Limited Edition Illustrated Art Books

[Milan] [1972-97] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
510 FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924)

[FREIDA, Raphael (1877-1942), illustrator]. Thais

Paris [1924] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
511 ACKERMAN, Gerald M. (1928-2016)

Jean-Leon Gerome [GEROME, Jean Leon (1824-1904), subject]. Jean-Leon Gerome [Les Orientalistes, Volume 4]

[Paris] [2000] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
512 OVID [NASO, Publius Ovidius (b. 43 B.C.)]

[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. [BATEMAN, J. Yunge (1897-1971), illustrator]. The Metamorphoses...

[London] [1958] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
513

Group of 9 Large Format Illustrated Books or Portfolios

[V.p.] [ca. 19th -- 20th centuries] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
514

Group of 4 First or Early Editions of Illustrated Books

[V.p.] [ca. 19th -- 20th centuries] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
515

Group of 15 Color Posters of 20th Century Artwork

[V.p.] [ca. 1970s-90s] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
516

Group of 17 Modern Art Books

[V.p.] [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
517

Group of Nearly 30 Titles of Illustrated Literature

[V.p.] [ca. 20th century] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
518

Group of Nearly 27 Quarto-Sized Illustrated Books or Magazines

[V.p.] [ca. 20th century] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
519

Group of Nearly 30 Art History, Reference, or Biographical Titles

[V.p.] [ca. 20th century] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
520

Group of Nearly 30 Titles of Art Reference and Illustrated Titles

[V.p.] [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
521

Group of Nearly 40 Illustrated Magazines

[V.p.] [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
522

Group of 25 Illustrated Trade Editions

[V.p.] [ca. 20th century] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
523 HALEVY, M. K.

Mythology and the Siege of Troy with Illustrations After Paintings in the Great Galleries in America and Europe

Philadelphia [1892] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
524 [PETRI, Stanislao, editor]

[ITALIAN ART]. Gli Adornatori del Libro in Italia...

Bologna 1924 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
525 JARDINE, Walter (1884-1970)

Walter Jardine The Art of Walter Jardine

[Sydney] [n.d.] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
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