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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Demby William (1922-2013) | The Catacombs |
New York | [1965] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 52 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? |
New York | [1983] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 53 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas |
New York | [1976] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 54 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | The Heart of a Woman |
New York | [1981] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 55 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | The Heart of a Woman |
New York | [1981] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 56 | Little Arthur W. (1873-1943) | From Harlem to the Rhine. The Story of New York's Colored Volunteers |
New York | [1936] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 57 | Day Helen Caldwell (1926-2013) | Color, Ebony |
New York | 1952 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 58 | Hughes Langston (1901-1967) | The Ways of White Folks |
New York | 1934 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 59 | Smith William Gardner (1927-1974) | Anger at Innocence |
New York | [1950] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 60 | Fisher Rudolph (1897-1934) | The Walls of Jericho |
New York | 1928 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 61 | Morand Paul (1888-1976) | Black Magic |
New York | 1929 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 62 | Hughes Langston (1901-1967) | Shakespeare in Harlem |
New York | 1942 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 63 | Brooks Gwendolyn (1917-2000) | Aloneness |
Detroit, MI | [1983] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 64 | 4 Books, including: Negro Women in the Judiciary |
Chicago, IL | 1968-1971 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 65 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
New York | [1980] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 66 | Reid Ira DeAugustine (1901-1968) | In a Minor Key. Negro Youth in Story and Fact |
Washington, D. C. | 1940 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 67 | Biggers John T. (1924-2001) | Ananse. The Web of Life in Africa |
Austin | [1979] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 68 | Lawrence Jacob (1917-2000) | The Migration Series |
Washington, D. C. | 1993 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 69 | Crite Allan Rohan (1910-2007) | Three Spirituals From Earth to Heaven |
Cambridge, MA | 1948 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 70 | Hughes Langston (1901-1967) | The First Book of Rhythms |
New York | [1954] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 71 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | Life Doesn't Frighten Me |
New York | [1993] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 72 | Angelou Maya (1928-2014) | Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie |
New York | [1971] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 73 | Weaver Robert C. (1907-1997) | Negro Labor. A National Problem |
New York | [1946] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 74 | Du Bois W. E. B. (1868-1963) | Darkwater. Voices from Within the Veil |
New York | [1920] | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 75 | Bennett Lerone (1928-2018) | The Challenge of Blackness |
Chicago | 1972 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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