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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 453 | Parker Fred R. | Attitudes. Photography in the 1970s |
Santa Barbara | 1979 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 454 | Berenson Bernard | 2 Books, including: The Drawings of the Florentine Painters |
20th century | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 455 | Aldrin Buzz | Magnificent Desolation. The Long Journey Home from the Moon |
New York | 2009 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 456 | Houston Rick; Heflin Milt | Go, Flight! |
Lincoln | 2015 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 457 | Schmitt Harrison H. (b. 1935) | Return to the Moon |
New York | 2006 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 458 | Cary John (1754-1835) | Cary's New and Correct English Atlas |
London | 1793 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 459 | Atwood Margaret | The Testaments |
New York | 2019 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 112.50 |
| 460 | Porter Rufus (1792-1884) | Aerial Navigation |
San Francisco | 1935 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 461 | Barrie J. M. (1860-1937) | The Little White Bird or Adventures in Kensington Gardens; The Little Minister |
New York | 1902; [1898] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 462 | Thompson Ruth Plumly (1891-1976) | Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz |
Chicago | [1939] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 463 | Monetz Madame Lola; Cooley Arnold J. | 4 Books, including: The Book of Health & Beauty, or The Toilette of Rank and Fashion |
London; New York | 1837; 1888; 1779; 1866 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 464 | Bester Alfred (1913-1987) | The Demolished Man |
Chicago | [1953] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 465 | Grinfield Edward William (1785-1864) | Novum Testamentum Graecum |
London | 1843 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 466 | Balguy Charles (1708-1767) | The Decameron, or Ten Days Entertainment of Boccace |
London | 1741 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 467 | Saint-Hilaire Emile-Marco de (1796-1887) | Les Petits Appartemens des Tuileries |
Paris | 1831 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 468 | 10 Books, including: The Red Badge of Courage |
West Virginia | 1961-1973 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 469 | Adler Elmer (1884-1962) | The Colophon; The Colophon New Graphics Series |
New York | 1930-1940 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 470 | Jenkins III John H. | The Immense and Distinguished Half-Title Collection |
New York | 1980 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 471 | 50 Books, including: McAlpin Catalogue |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 | ||
| 472 | 3 Books, including: Catalog of the Yale Collection of Western Americana |
[1961]; 1980; 1959 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 | ||
| 474 | Sitwell Sacheverell; Madol Roger | Album de Redoute |
London | 1954 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 475 | Bryant William Cullen (1794-1878) | Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In |
New York | 1872-74 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 476 | Bukowski Charles (1920-1994) | Bring Me Your Love |
Santa Barbara | 1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 477 | Bukowski Charles (1920-1994) | Factotum |
Los Angeles | ca. 1975 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 478 | Bukowski Charles (1920-1994) | Talking to My Mailbox |
Santa Barbara | 1984 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
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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: 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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