Potter and Potter Auctions: Summer Fine Books & Manuscripts, 22825, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 403 | Forest & Stream; Field; Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Magazine; Spirit of the Times |
late 19th - early 20th centuries | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 937.50 | ||
| 404 | Steinbeck John (1902-1968) | The Winter of Our Discontent |
New York | 1961 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 405 | Livermore Mary A.; Bridgman Laura; Mott Lucretia; Lewis Edmonia; Stone Lucy; Addams Jane; Willard Emma | 8 Assorted Signed Cards or Notes by Prominent Suffragettes or Female Abolitionists |
19th - 20th centuries | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 406 | Orrery John Boyle | Lettres historiques et philologiques du comte d'Orreri, sur la vie et les ouvrages de Swift |
London; Paris | 1753 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 407 | Swift Deane (1707-1783) | An Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift |
London | 1755 | USD 350.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold |
| 408 | Ward Michael E. | The Capitol of Texas. A Legend Is Reborn |
Atlanta | 1995 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 409 | Thackeray William Makepeace (1811-1863) | The Virginians, a Tale of the Last Century |
London | 1857-1859 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 410 | Tyrrell James (1642-1718) | A Brief Disquisition of the Law of Nature |
London | 1692 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 411 | Vance J. D. (b. 1984) | Hillbilly Elegy. A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis |
New York | 2006 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 412 | Sannazaro Jacopo (1458-1530) | Del parto della Vergine |
Venice | 1588 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 413 | Voltaire (1694-1778) | Critical Essays on Dramatic Poetry |
London | 1761 | USD 350.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold |
| 414 | Columbus Christopher (1451-1506) | Nuova Raccolta Colombiana |
Rome | 1992-1997 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 415 | Lear Edward (1812-1888) | Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. |
London | 1851 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 416 | Roberts David (1796-1864) | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia |
London | 1855-1856 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 417 | Walton Isaac | The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson |
London | 1796 | USD 350.00 - 700.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 418 | Watts Isaac (1674-1748) | Logick: Or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth |
London | 1725 | USD 850.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold |
| 419 | Livius Titus | Dat is de Roemsche historie oft Gesten |
Antwerp | 1541 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 420 | Bonner T. D. | Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth |
New York | 1856 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 421 | Locke Alain | The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art |
Washington | 1940 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 422 | Curtius Rufus Quintus | De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Regis Macedonum |
Antwerp | 1579 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 423 | Peterson Larry Len | 2 Books, including: Charles M. Russell Legacy |
Montana; Oklahoma | 1999; 2007 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 424 | Brown Alexander (1843-1906) | The Genesis of the United States |
Boston | 1890 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 425 | Bush George W. (b. 1946) | 3 Books, including: A Charge to Keep |
1999-2017 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 426 | Ford Betty; Roosevelt Eleanor; Johnson Lady Bird; Bush Barbara; Clinton Hillary; Clinton Chelsea; Obama Michelle; McAdoo Eleanor Wilson; Reagan Nancy; Carter Jimmy; Carter Rosalynn | 12 Books, including: Betty A Glad Awakening |
ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 427 | Stewart Rick | Charles M. Russel: Sculptor |
Fort Worth | 1944 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
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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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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000