Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part IV, 1222, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 426 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
229 GAY, John

Group of 6 editions of "Fables" and "Trivia"

 London 1746, 1747, 1769, 1793, and 1889 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
230 GOLDSTON, Will (1878 -- 1948)

Exclusive Magical Secrets Pair

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
231 GOLDSTON, Will (1878 -- 1948)

Will Goldston's Magical Scraps

 [London] [1916] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,800.00
232 GRESHAM, William Lindsay

Monster Midway

 London 1954 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
233 GRESHAM, William Lindsay

Nightmare Alley

 London and Toronto 1947 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 300.00
234 GREY, Richard

Memoria Technica or A New Method of Artificial Memory

 London 1737 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
235

Group of Eleven Antiquarian and Classic Magic Titles

 V.p. late 19th/20th century USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 570.00
236 HALL, Trevor (1910 -- 91)

The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown

 London 1973 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
237 HALL, Trevor

Thirteen books and an extract

 V.p. 1940s-80s USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 450.00
238 HALLIWELL, J.O.

A Manifest Detection of the Most Vyle and Detestable Use of Dice Play

 London 1850 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,440.00
239 HARDY, Frederic

Ventriloquism Made Easy

 London 1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
240 HARGRAVE, Catherine Perry

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming

 Boston and New York 1930 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
241 HILLIARD, John Northern

Greater Magic

 Minneapolis 1938 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
242 HOFFMANN, Professor

Card Tricks Made Easy

 London (n.d., ca. 1867) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
243 HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 -- 1919)

Conjurer Dick

 London ca. 1888 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
244 HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839--1919)

Drawing Room Amusements, and Evening Party Entertainments

 London ca. 1890s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
245 HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 -- 1919)

Four Volumes on Magic

 (London) -1898 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 510.00
246 HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839--1919)

Ten Magic and Conjuring Books by Professor Hoffmann

 (London) -1883 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
247 HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839--1919)

The Wizard's Pocketbook

 London ca. 1910 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 510.00
248 HONE, William (1780 - 1842)

Ancient Mysteries Described

 London 1823 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
249 HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926)

Houdini Exposes the Boston Medium "Margery"

 New York 1924 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
250 HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weiss, 1874 -- 1936)

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin

 New York 1908 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,360.00
251 ERNST, BERNARD M. L. AND CARRINGTON, HEREWARD

[HOUDINI]. Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship

 London [1933] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 450.00
252

How 'Tis Done; or The Secret Out

 Corfu ca. 1900 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 570.00
253 JAMES, Stewart

Two Titles on Stewart James

 Toronto 1989 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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