<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts October 20, 2022</center>

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: JOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND. $50,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [SHACKLETON, Ernest]. –– BROWNING, Robert. Poetical Works of… London: Smith and Elder, 1906. PRESENTED TO SHACKLETON AND THE OFFICERS OF THE NIMROD BY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. $40,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: AUDUBON, John James. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: George R. Lockwood, [1870]. $30,000 to $40,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts October 20, 2022</center>

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: ARISTOTLE. Opera, in Greek, parts one and two only: Organon and Natural Philosophy I. Edited by Aldus and others. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1 November 1495–February 1498. $20,000 to $30,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: COOK, James, Capt. [Collected Voyages]. First and Second Voyages: London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777; Third Voyage: London: H. Hughes for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. $14,000 to $18,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”). The Writings of… Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1899–1900. $12,000 to $16,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of… Edited by Frederick S. Ellis. Hammersmith: William Morris for the Kelmscott Press, 1893. $12,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LONDON. $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947). The Winged Beetle. London: privately printed, 1910. $10,000 to $15,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: WILDE, Oscar (“C.3.3.”). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, January 1898. $6,000 to $8,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: DRYDEN, John. Fables Ancient and Modern; translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems. London: John Tonson, 1700. $4,000 to $6,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [MAP]. LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van. Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum… London: John Wolfe, 1598. $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Gonnelli Auction House Books, Autographs & Manuscripts 11th-12th of October 2022

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alfieri Vittorio, Vita [...] scritta da esso, 1968. Starting Price: €900,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collection of 25 albumin photographs depicting Italian, French and Swiss places. Late 19th century.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Brandolini D’Adda Brandolino, Duale. Poesia [...] e incisioni di Sandro Martini, 1976.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alighieri Dante, La divina commedia di Dante edizione illustrata da 30 fotografie tolte da disegni di Scaramuzza, 1879. Starting Price: €500,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 12th: Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de), El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Española, 1780. Starting price: €12.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collodi Carlo, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, 1883. Starting price: €6.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Wilde Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Gray [...] with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine, 1968. Starting price: €1.500,00

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: The smallest tarot cards in the world. 21st century.
<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Hottot (Robert). French explorer and collector. An original illustrated manuscript diary by Hottot of his expedition along the Congo River to Lake Chad, 1908-1909, £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Japan. Ino Tadataka (after), Kokugun Zenzu (Complete Atlas of Japan), 2 volumes, circa 1838, £500-800

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Kha?ib al-Tibrizi (Mu?ammad b. ?Abd Allah). Mishcat-ul-masabih or a collection of the most authentic traditions, regarding the actions and sayings of Muhammed; 2 volumes, Calcutta, 1809-1810, £1,500-2,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 1st quarto edition, 6 volumes in 3, London: Day & Son, 1855-56, £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Tocqueville (Alexis de). De la Démocratie en Amérique, volumes 1 & 2 (of 4), 1st edition, Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1835, £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Torquemada (Juan de). Primera[-tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros rituales i monarchia Indiana, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Madrid: Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723, £2,000-3,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Insects, 16 volumes bound in 8, London: F and C Rivington, 1793-1813, £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Fuchs (Leonhart). New Kreüterbuch, 1st edition in German, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1543, £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Spain & Portugal. Ptolemy (Claudius), Secunda Europe Tabula, Rome [1478 - 1509], £1,000-2,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: World. Gill (Macdonald), La Carta del Atlantico, George Philip & Son Ltd in collaboration with the Time and Tide Publishing Company Ltd, circa 1943, £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Vinegar Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Oxford: John Baskett, 1717/1716, £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, £700-1,000

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - August - 2011 Issue

A Whale of a Sale

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Whaling Journal [lower right] sold in 40 seconds

The C. H. Booth Library Fair has done it again. A great spirit, plenty of volunteers, an energetic audience and voila you have a success. The mystery is in the elbow grease and good thinking.

In the run-up to the fair the promotional committee put out the word that a great book would be available for a great price to the first person coming through the door who called out “I’ll take it.” So how long did it take to sell this book? Forty seconds or thereabouts.

The Book? A whaling journal – dating to 1833-1836 kept by Second Mate William E. Percival offered for $3,500.

To be first in you had to be first in line. To be first in line you needed to line up the night before. Congratulations to the buyer and congratulations to the C. H. Booth Library Fair Committee.

The future of books is debated but so long as imagination is employed they who love books will materialize, even at 1:00 am to be first in line to buy books and manuscripts. For millions of people books are magic.

Rare Book Monthly

<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps October 13, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 109. Miguel de Cervantes. The History of Don-Quichote. The first parte. London: William Stansby for Edward Blount, 1620. $60,000 to $90,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 43. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Washington: The White House, Christmastide, 1942. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 113. Charles Darwin. A collection of 26 titles including On the Origin of Species. $10,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 210. Philip Guston. Important correspondence between Philip Guston and Ralph and Martha Hyams. New York, 1967-76. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 26. John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. Signed guest book and original photos from the May 19, 1962 reception. $40,000 to $60,000.

<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps October 13, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 194. J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1954-1955. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 164. Max Beerbohm. Autograph Manuscript for The Happy Hypocrite, circa 1896. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 158. Mark Twain. The Writings. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1899-1907. The Autograph Edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 150. Lady Dilke. French Painters of the XVIIIth Century. London: George Bell, 1899. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 200. Ludwig Bemelmans. Original sketch of Madeline, ink and gouache. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Early Printed Books October 13, 2022

Swann October 13: Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don-Quichote (Quixote), The First & Second Part, London, 1620. $30,000 to $40,000

Swann October 13: Jacques Lagniet, Recueil des Plus Illustres Proverbes, Divisés en Trois Livre, first edition, Paris, 1657-63. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann October 13: William Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, fourth folio, London, 1685. $60,000 to $80,000.

Swann October 13: Ramon Llull, Liber de Ascensu et Decensu Intellectus, first edition, Valencia, 1512. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann October 13: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, London, 1542. $30,000 to $50,000.

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