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
27 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County

Tarzana [1940] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
28 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Chicago 1919 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
29 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Moon Maid

Chicago 1926 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 437.50
30 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Outlaw of Torn

Chicago 1927 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
31 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints

New York [ca. 1920s-30s] USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 156.25
32 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints, Plus a Check Signed

New York [ca. 1940s] USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 281.25
33 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints

New York [ca. 1930s-1940s] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
34 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pirates of Venus

Tarzana [1934] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
35 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Return of Tarzan

New York [1915, though actually ca. 1935] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
36 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Synthetic Men of Mars

Tarzana [1940] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
37 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Chicago 1923 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 312.50
38 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan and the Lost Empire

New York [1929] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
39 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle

Chicago 1928 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
40 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan of the Apes

New York [1914, though ca. 1927] USD 350.00 - 750.00 USD 281.25
41 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Trio of Early Tarzan Reprints in Jackets

New York 1917-1924 [though later] USD 450.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
42 BELL, Major Horace (1830-1918)

[CALIFORNIANA]. Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California

Los Angeles 1881 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
43 BOLTON, Herbert Eugene (1870-1953)

[CALIFORNIANA]. Anza's California Expeditions

Berkeley, CA 1930 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
44 SOULE, Frank, GIHON, John H., NISBET, James

[CALIFORNIANA]. [GOLD RUSH]. The Annals of San Francisco; A Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California...

New York 1855 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
45 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

The Incredible Planet

Reading, PA 1949 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
46 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Islands of Space

Reading, PA [1956] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
47 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction

Chicago 1948 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 687.50
48 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Group of 4 First Editions, Including Two Signed, Limited Editions

[V.p.] [1935-1953] USD 450.00 - 850.00 USD 500.00
49 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Invaders from the Infinite

Reading, PA [1961] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
50 EMILIO, Luis F. (1844-1918)

[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 ("A Brave Black Regiment")

Boston 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
51 WILLIAMS. George W. (1849-1891)

[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865

New York 1888 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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