Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
252 DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written by Himself...

Hartford, CT 1882 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 406.25
253 [EARP, Wyatt (1848-1929), subject]

Wyatt Earp's Personal Diagrams of Prominent Historical Events...

[McLean, VA] [1989] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 187.50
254 EVANS, E. Everett (1893-1958)

Pair of Signed Limited Firsts

Reading, PA 1953-1955 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
255

[FANTASY PRESS]. Trio of Signed, Limited Editions

Reading, PA 1951-1954 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
256 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

Collected Stories of William Faulkner

New York [1950] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
257 William C. Faulkner FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

Intruder in the Dust

New York [1948] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
258 William C. Faulkner FAULKNER, William (1897-1962)

The Snopes Trilogy (The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion)

New York 1940-[1959] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,062.50
259 PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703)

[FINE BINDINGS]. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M. A. F. R. S...

London 1899-1900 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
260 FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964)

Casino Royale

New York 1954 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,500.00
261 FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964)

Pair of First American Editions of James Bond Novels, including: Live and Let Die

New York 1955 USD 350.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
262

[FLORIDA]. BOARD OF STATE INSTITUTIONS...

[Live Oak, FL] 1903 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 218.75
263

[FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS]. [CALIFORNIANA]. Illustrated Fraternal Directory Including Educational Institutions of the Pacific Coast...

San Francisco 1889 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
264 [GREENBERG, Martin (1941-2011), editor]

Travelers of Space (Adventures in Science Fiction Series)

New York [1951] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
265 GREY, Zane (1872-1939)

To the Last Man

New York [1922] USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 156.25
266 HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988)

Sixth Column

New York [1949] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
267 HELLER, Joseph

Catch-22

London [1962] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 250.00
268 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

A Moveable Feast

New York [1964] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
269 HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986)

Dune

Philadelphia [1965] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
270 HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986)

God Emperor of Dune

New York [1981] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
271 HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986)

Heretics of Dune

London 1984 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
272 HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986)

Chapter House Dune

London 1985 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 593.75
273 HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986)

Pair of Signed First Editions, including: The Santaroga Barrier

London [1970] USD 350.00 - 550.00 USD 218.75
274 HODGSON, William Hope (1877-1918)

The House on the Borderland And Other Novels

Sauk City, WI 1946 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
275 HOWARD, Robert E. (1906-1936)

The Complete Set of Grant's Deluxe Editions of Howard's Works

West Kingston, RI [1974-1989] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
276 HOWARD, Robert E. (1906-1936)

The Dark Man and Others

Sauk City, WI 1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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