Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 22200, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Anders Zorn | Bosl Anders, Clockmaker at Mora |
Sweden | ca. 1907 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 177 | Louis De Bourrienne | Memoirs of Napoloen Bonaparte… |
London | 1836 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 178 | William Hazlitt; Madame Junot; Louis De Bourrienne | Life of Napoleon |
London | ca. 1900 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 179 | William Finden | Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron |
London | 1833-1834 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 180 | Arthur Mee | The Children's Encyclopedia |
London | ca. 1920s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 181 | Benjamin Franklin | The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself |
Philadelphia | 1874 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 182 | Henry Hallam | View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages |
London | 1856 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 183 | John Heneage Jesse | Memoirs of the Court of England; Memoirs of the Pretenders; Memorials of London |
Boston | 1901 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 184 | Dr. Samuel Johnson | Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets |
London | 1854 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 185 | Benson Lossing | The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution |
New York | 1859 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 186 | Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
London | 1920 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 187 | John Clark Ridpath | Ridpath's History of the World |
New York | 1885 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 188 | Sir Walter Scott | Historical Romances |
Edinburgh | 1822 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 189 | William Makepeace Thackeray | The Works of Thackeray |
London | 1870 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 190 | Horace Walpole | The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford |
London | 1857-1859 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 191 | Allgemeines Gesangbuch |
Altona | 1785 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 192 | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer |
Niles, IL | ca. 2020s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 193 | The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets, Nos. I - VI |
Stratford-Upon-Avon | 1906 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 194 | Major General Claire Lee Chennault | Way of a Fighter |
Tucson, AZ | 1991 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 195 | William Morris | The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace |
London | 2014 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 196 | Henry Phillips | Floral Emblems |
London | 1825 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 197 | Robert Frost | Collected Poems of Robert Frost 1939 |
New York | 1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 198 | Gabriel Garcia-Marquez | Chronicle of a Death Foretold |
New York | 1983 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 199 | Jean-Baptiste De La Quintinie; John Evelyn | The Compleat Gard'ner |
London | 1693 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 200 | Philip Miller | The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary |
London | 1771 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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