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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Angelou Maya | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
New York | 1969 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 102 | Brewer J Mason | Negrito. Negro Dialect Poems of the Southwest |
San Antonio, TX | 1933 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 103 | Brewer J Mason | Negrito. Negro Dialect Poems of the Southwest |
San Antonio, TX | 1933 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 104 | Johnson James Weldon | God's Trombone. Seven Negro Sermons in Verse |
New York | 1932 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 105 | Angelou Maya | A Celebration of Maya |
2008 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 106 | Nixon Richard; Carter James Earl; Bush George H. W. | Real Peace a Strategy for the West; The Real War; Addresses of James Earl Carter; All the Best, George Bush |
ca. 1970s-1990s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 107 | Biggers John | Ananse. The Web of Life in Africa |
Austin | 1962 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 108 | Ukers William; Kakuzo Okakura; William The Only; Moore Helen Watkeys; Lacour Pierre; Worlidge J; Terrington William; Mew James; Wright Helen | 10 Books, including: The Romance of Tea |
New York; Edinburgh; London; Boston | 1936; 1919; 1896; 1919; 1853; 1691; ca. 1850; 1937; 1892; 1909 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 109 | Hippocrates | Hippocratiscoi de praedicatione lib. II |
ca. 1527 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 110 | Langone John; Side John W | 7 Books, including: Alcoholics Anonymous |
ca. 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 111 | 4 Books, including: The American Museum or Repository |
ca. 1780s-1790s | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,250.00 | ||
| 112 | Lewis Meriwether 1774-1809; Clark William 1770-1838 | The Journals / Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark |
Lincoln | 1983-2004 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 113 | Lee James | Operation Lifeline |
Chicago; New York | [1947] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 114 | Wise John 1652-1725 | A Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches; The Churches Quarrel Espoused; A Platform of Church-Discipline |
Boston | 1772 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 115 | Eisenhower Dwight D 1890-1969 | Mandate for Change; Waging Peace |
Garden City | 1963-1965 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 116 | Joyce John A; Marcy Randolph B; Kemble Frances Ann; Johnson Bradley T; de Peyster Frederic; Jones Charles Henry; Davis William Watts Hart; Everett Edward; Winthrop Robert C; Dawes Henry L | 11 Books, including: Shakspere Personal Recollections |
ca. 19th - 20th centuries | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Quintilianus Marcus Fabius | Oratoriarum Institutionum Libri XII |
Basel | 1543 | USD 450.00 - 750.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 118 | Tibullus | The Works of Tibullus |
London | 1720 | USD 350.00 - 650.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 119 | Aeschines; Demosthenes | Aischimnou Ho peri stephenou logos |
Oxford | 1696 | USD 350.00 - 550.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 120 | Walton Izaak; Cotton Charles | The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation |
London | 1808 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 121 | Hunt Lynn Bogue | American Big Game Fishing |
New York | 1935 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Holzer Jenny | Truisms and Essays |
Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1983 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 123 | Lemieux Annette | Memoirs of a Survivor |
New York | 1989 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | Sherman Cindy; Kruger Barbara; Holzer Jenny | Eau de Cologne |
Koln | 1985 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 125 | Clemente Francesco | The Pondicherry Pastels |
London | 1980 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
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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