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
327 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

The Yearling

New York 1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
328 RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953)

The Yearling

New York 1938 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
329 CABELL, James Branch (1879-1958)

[RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953), her copies]. There Were Two Pirates (2 copies)

New York 1946 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
330 RUSSELL, Eric Frank (1905-1978)

Group of 3 First Editions, Two of Which Are Signed

[V.p.] [1948-1961] USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 250.00
331 RUSSELL, Eric Frank (1905-1978)

Group of 3 First Editions

[V.p.] [1956-1958] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
332 SEXTON, Anne (1928-1974)

To Bedlam and Part Way Back

Boston 1960 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
333

[SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY]. Trio of First Editions, including: Men Against the Stars

New York [1950] USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 218.75
334

[SHASTA PUBLISHERS]. Pair of First Edition Science Fiction Titles

Chicago 1948, 1950 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 250.00
335 SMITH, Clark Ashton (1893-1961)

Out Of Space And Time

[Sauk City, WI] 1942 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,500.00
336 SMITH, Clark Ashton (1893-1961)

Pair of Arkham House First Editions, including: Genius Loci and Other Tales

Sauk City, WI 1948 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 2,125.00
337 SMITH, Edward E.

Two Copies of The Vortex Blaster

Hicksville, NY [1960] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
338 BROWN, John Henry (1820-1895)

[TEXANA]. History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892

St. Louis, MO [1892] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
339

[TEXANA]. [EL PASO / SAN ELIZARIO SALT WAR]. El Paso Troubles in Texas

[Washington, D. C.] [ca. 1878] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
340 FROST, H. Gordon and JENKINS, John H.

[TEXANA]. "I'm Frank Hamer" The Life of a Texas Peace Officer

Austin and New York 1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
341 GILLETT, James B. (1856-1937)

[TEXANA]. Six Years with the Texas Rangers 1875-1881

Austin, TX [1921] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 531.25
342 HALEY, J. Evetts (1901-1995)

[TEXANA]. Charles Goodnight. Cowman & Plainsman

Boston 1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
343 MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds (1861-1938)

[TEXANA]. [HERTZOG, Carl (1902-1984), printer]. Interwoven. A Pioneer Chronicle

El Paso, TX 1958 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
344 JENNINGS, N. A. (1856-1919)

[TEXANA]. A Texas Ranger

New York 1899 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
345 [JENSEN, Ann, editor]

[TEXANA]. Texas Ranger's Diary & Scrapbook

Dallas, TX [1936] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
346 BLANTON, Thomas Lindsay (1872-1957)

[TEXANA]. [MATTHEWS, Judge John Alexander (1853-1941), subject]. Pictorial Supplement to Interwoven

Albany, TX [1953] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 562.50
347 MCCONNELL, H. H.

[TEXANA]. Five Years a Cavalryman; or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier, Twenty Odd Years Ago

Jacksboro, TX 1889 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 312.50
348 MCCONNELL, Joseph Carroll (1892-1988)

[TEXANA]. The West Texas Frontier or a Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas...

[Jacksboro, TX] [1933] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
349 MCCONNELL, Joseph Carroll (1892-1988)

[TEXANA]. The West Texas Frontier or a Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas...

[Palo Pinto, TX] [1939] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
350 PAINE, Albert Bigelow (1861-1937)

[TEXANA]. [MCDONALD, Captain Bill (1852-1918), subject]. Captain Bill McDonald Texas Ranger

New York 1909 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
351 [NUNN, Dr. W. C., editor]

[TEXANA]. Ten Texans in Gray

[Hillsboro, TX] [1968] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
  • 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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    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.