Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts , 1186, Chicago

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Auction Date
July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Page Size: 500 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 LEWIS, Evan

An Address to Christians ...on the Inconsistency of Admitting Slave-Holders to Communion and Church Membership.

Philadelphia 1831 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
2 ADAMS, Ansel

Yosemite and the Range of Light.

Boston 1979 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
3 ADAMS, Douglas

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Plus the Fourth and Fifth Books.

London and Sydney 1979-1995 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
4 AESOP L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger

Fables of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflexions.

London 1692 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
5 MYRDAL, Gunnar

An American Dilemma. The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.

New York 1944 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
6 JOHNSON, Charles S., HURSTON, Zora Neale, HUGHES, Langston, et al., contributors.

Ebony and Topaz. A Collectanea. Edited by Charlds S. Johnson.

New York 1927 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,020.00
7

Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum Omnes Sopho-Spagyricae Artis Discipulos Fidelissime Erudiens.

Frankfurt and Leipzig 1749 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,800.00
8 ALDRIN, Edwin E. Jr., "Buzz"

First on the Moon. A Voyage with Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Boston 1970 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
9 HAUSER, Thomas

Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times.

New York 1991 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
10 BALL, John

Remarks upon the Geology and Physical Features of The Country West of The Rocky Mountains.

New Haven 1835 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
11 CARVER, Jonathan

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766 1767 and 1768.

London 1779 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
12 SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.

Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States...

Albany 1821 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,020.00
13 SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.

Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake the Actual Source of This River.

New York 1834 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,200.00
14 POLLIO, Marcus Vitruvius

Di Architettura. Edited by F. L. Durantino.

Venice 1535 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,680.00
15 J. B. SULLIVAN AND BROTHER. SHELDON, George William

Artistic Houses Being a Series of Interior Views of a number of the Most Beautiful and Celebrated Homes in the United States...

New York 1883-84 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 31,200.00
16 BERNHARD, Thomas

Die Mutze.

Neu-Isenburg 1986 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
17 HENNESSY, John Basil, et al.

Masterpieces of Western and Near Eastern Ceramics.

Tokyo: 1979-1978 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
18

Group of 4 Large Format Illustrated Books.

V.p. ca.late 19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
19

Large Group of Nearly 370 Books Mainly Related to Art or Illustration.

V.p. ca.19th - 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
20 ROPS, Felicien and LICHT, Hans

Pair of Titles in 5 Volumes including: EXSTEENS Maurice. L'Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie de Felicien Rops.

Paris 1928 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
21 STRAHAN, Edward, editor.

The Chefs-d'Oeuvre.

Philadelphia ca.1878 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
22 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, subject.

JULIEN Edouard. Les Affiches de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Monte Carlo 1950 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
23 TUCCI, Giuseppe

Tibetan Painted Scrolls.

Rome 1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,560.00
24 VERVE, editor.

Moods and Movements in Art.

New York 1959 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
25 ZADKIEL, pseudonym of MORRISON, Richard James, editor.

The Horoscope; a Weekly Miscellany of Astrology Containing Complete Answers to Every Objection to the Science.

Liverpool 1834 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
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