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<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Ernest Hemingway. The Spanish Earth. First Edition. Cleveland, 1938. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Toni Morrison. The Bluest Eye. First Edition. New York, 1970. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Charles Etienne Briseux. L’Art de Batir des Maisons de Campagn. Paris, 1743. $6,000 to $8,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Sadajiro Yamanaka. To-so Seikwa: Select Relics of the T’ang and the Sung Dynasties from the Collections in Europe and America. Osaka, 1928. $1,000 to $1,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Charles Dickens. Bleak House. First Edition. 20 parts bound in 19 issues. London, 1852-3. $1,000 to $2,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Frederic Thrasher. Chicago’s Gangland Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26. Chicago, 1926. $1,000 to $2,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Father Abraham’s Almanack, For the Year of Our Lord 1776; Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees.... Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John Dunlap, [1775]. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Francesco Lana Terzi. Magisterium naturae, et artis. Opus physico-mathematicum. Brescia, 1684/1692. $4,000 to $6,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Eglomise Silhouette Profile Portrait of George Washington on Glass. American, ca. 1790s/1800s. 15" x 13" $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: William James. The Principles of Psychology. New York, 1890. Two volumes, First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Roland Clark (1874–1957). Roland Clark’s Etchings. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. $3,500 to $4,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Mexican-American War Recruiting Broadside. Akron, Ohio: ca. 1846/48. $1,000 to $2,000.
<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London John Murray, 1859. FIRST EDITION. THE VERY FINE MELLON-GARDEN COPY. $120,000 to $180,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: ECKERT, J. P, H. H. GOLDSTINE, and J. G. BRAINERD. Description of the ENIAC and comments on electronic digital computing machines. N.p., 1945. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY GOLDSTINE. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: EUCLID. Elementa geometriae. Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 25 May 1482. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000

<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON and John JAY]. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays… New York: John and Andrew M'Lean, 1788. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: GALILEI, Galileo. Dialogo...Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. Florence, 1632. FIRST EDITION. $30,000 to $40,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY JOYCE. $120,000 to $180,000

<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936. FIRST EDITION. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: NEWTON, Isaac, Sir. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London: Joseph Streater for the Royal Society, 1687. FIRST EDITION. $150,000 to $250,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ROWLING. $80,000 to $120,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION. $70,000 to $90,000

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Prints, Graphics and Posters
Auction Date: 09/23/2008 - 09/23/2008
Sale Number: #365
Total Lots: 171
Sold Lots: 168
Lots Sold: 98.25%
Unsold Lots: 3

Total Sales (USD): 68,161.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 48,675.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 73,275.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 50,475.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 76,025.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 89.66%

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Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, first edition, first issue, London, 1704. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Johannes Jacobus Canis, De modo studendi in utroque iure, first edition, Padua, 1476. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Pope Clemens V, Constitutiones, Nuremberg, 1482. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Nicolaus Panormitanus de Tudeschis, Lectura super V libris Decretalium, Basel, 1480-81. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity, complete set, first editions, London, 1832-56. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: William Gilbert, Tractatus sive physiologia nova de magnete, Sedini, 1628. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: John Bulwer, Philocophus, first edition of the first book in English on the deaf, London, 1648. $1,000 to $2,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: James Cook, complete set, 9 volumes, London, 1773-84. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Nicolaus Bertrand, Opus de Tholosano[rum] Gestis ab Urbe Condita, with the earliest known view of the city of Toulouse, 1515. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center> Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana November 6, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: RATZER, Bernard. Plan of the City of New York in North America, surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767. London: Jefferys and Faden, “Jan.y” 12, 1776. $80,000 to $120,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. COCKERELL, Sydney C. Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century. Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897 [issued 1898]. $20,000 to $30,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. KEATS, John. Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of Saint Agnes and Other Poems. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. $6,000 to $8,000

<center> Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana November 6, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [GRANT, Ulysses S.— GRANT, Julia, First Lady]. Carved Applewood and 18-karat Gold Jewelry Suite, Browne & Spaulding, Jewelers, New York City, 1865. $20,000 to $30,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. GARDNER, Alexander. Incidents of the War |Sic Semper Sicariis [caption title]. Washington, D. C.: Philip & Solomons, 1865. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: A COMPLETE COLLECTION of 115 titles published in R. R. Donnelley's Lakeside Classics series. Chicago, 1903-2017. COMPLETE RUN OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING CONTINUOUS SERIES OF BOOKS IN THE WORLD. $5,000 to $7,000

<center> Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana November 6, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: GLEIZES, Albert. METZINGER, Jean. Du Cubisme. Paris, 1947. LIMITED EDITION, number 19 of 20 copies on papier d'Auvergne. $3,000 to $4,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [THE LITTLE REVIEW]. ANDERSON, Margaret, ed. POUND, Ezra, ed. HEAP, Jane, ed. The Little Review. Vol. I, No. 1 through Vol. XII, No. 2. 1914-1929. $3,000 to $4,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [MOUNTENEY, Leonard, binder]. LOUŸS, Pierre. Songs of Bilitis. Chicago: Argus Books, 1931. $2,000 to $3,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6: [HANCOCK, John]. Partly-printed U.S. Loan-Office Transfer Certificate issued on behalf of Hancock. Sgn’d on recto by William Imlay, as Commissioner of Loans of Connecticut. 28 February 1793. $2,000 to $3,000
Bonhams, Oct. 23: SMITH, CHRISTOPHER WEBB. 1793-1871. Indian Ornithology. [Patna, India]: 1828. $50,000 to $80,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DUPRÉ, LOUIS. 1789-1837. Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, vues et costumes grecs et ottomans. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed ("J Adams"), [to Dr. Perkins?] while recovering from his small pox inoculation, [late-April, 1764]. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUSTEN, JANE. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, 4 pp, "Thursday – after dinner," [September 16, 1813,] Henrietta St. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York & Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon & J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DODWELL, EDWARD. 1767-1832. Views in Greece. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: JAMES, JESSE. Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James"), to Mr. Flood demanding Flood retract spurious accusations, 3 pp, June 5, 1875. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DE CORDOBA, JACOB. Map of the State of Texas. New York, 1866. $15,000 to $20,000

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Autograph bookseller's receipt for Dr. John Dickinson, Signed ("B. Arnold"), February 1767. $3,000 to $5,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 4 Typed Letters Signed ("A Einstein") to Cleveland E. Dodge offering early reports on the meetings of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed Letter Signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower") to General Henri Giraud written from a secret bunker in Gibraltar on the eve of Operation Torch, November 4 [but 6], 1942. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: Early Broadside Printing of the GADSDEN PURCHASE, Puebla, August 16, 1854. $2,000 to $3,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ALLEN, ETHAN. Autograph Letter Signed to Crevecouer during the Constitutional Debates in Congress, 2 pp, August 29, 1787. $30,000 to $50,000.

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