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

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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
302 HEBARD, Grace Raymond (1861-1936)

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Washakie. An account of Indian resistance of the Covered Wagon and Union Pacific Railroad Invasions of their territory

Cleveland, OH 1930 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
303

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Pair of Modern Signed Non-Fiction Titles...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
304 ROSEN, Rev. Peter (1850-1906)

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Pa-Ha-Sa-Pah, or the Black Hills of South Dakota. A Complete History...

St. Louis, MO 1895 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
305 SANDOZ, Mari (1896-1966)

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Crazy Horse. The Strange Man of the Oglalas

New York 1942 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
306

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Pair of Titles Related to Native Americans...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
307 NORTON, Andre (1917-2005)

The Time Traders

Cleveland and New York [1958] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
308 O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964)

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

New York [1955] USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
309 O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964)

The Complete Stories

New York [1971] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
310 O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964)

Pair of First Editions, including: The Violent Bear It Away

London [1960] USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 312.50
311

[OUTLAWS]. Pair of First Editions...

[Dallas, TX] [1934] USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 406.25
312

[OUTLAWS]. Pair of Inscribed First Editions...

New York 1936 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
313 CUNNINGHAM, Eugene (1896-1957)

[OUTLAWS]. Triggernometry. A Gallery of Gunfighters...

New York 1934 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
314 HARDIN, John Wesley (1853-1895)

[OUTLAWS]. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, from the Original Manuscript, as Written by Himself

Seguin, TX 1896 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
315 MAROHN, Richard C. (1934-1995)

[OUTLAWS]. [HARDIN, John Wesley (1853-1895), subject]. The Last Gunfighter John Wesley Hardin

College Station, TX [1997] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
316 HARKEY, Dee (pseudonym of HARKEY, Daniel Riley, 1866-1958)

[OUTLAWS]. Mean as Hell

Albuquerque, NM 1948 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
317 HUNTER, J. Marvin (1880-1957) and ROSE, Noah H.

[OUTLAWS]. The Album of Gun-Fighters

[Bandera, TX 1951] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
318 KELLY, Charles (1889-1971)

[OUTLAWS]. Outlaw Trail. A History of Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch, Hole-in-the-Wall, Brown's Hole, Robber's Roost

Salt Lake City 1938 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
319

Pair of Signed, Limited Modern Firsts...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
320

Pair of Limited Edition Modern Science Fiction or Horror Titles...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
321 ADAMS, Ansel (1902-1984)

Ansel Adams [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Ansel Adams Image 1923-1974

Boston, MA 1975 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 112.50
322 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

South Moon Under

New York 1933 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
323 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

South Moon Under

New York 1933 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
324 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

Golden Apples

1935 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
325 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

Pair of Signed or Inscribed First Editions, including: Cross Creek Cookery

New York 1942 USD 450.00 - 650.00 USD 281.25
326 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

Trio of First Trade Editions

[V.p.] [1940-1955] USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 281.25
  • 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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