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
377 CUMMINS, Sarah J. (1828-1919)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [OREGON]. Autobiography and Reminiscences of Sarah J. Cummins Touchet, Wash

La Grande, OR [1914] USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
378

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Pair of Modern Firsts in Dust Jackets...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
379 BARDE, Frederick S. (1869-1916)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [TEXANA]. Life and Adventures of "Billy" Dixon of Adobe Walls, Texas Panhandle

[Guthrie, OK] 1914] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
380 GATTO, Steve (1961-2023)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [EARP, Wyatt (1848-1929), subject]. Wyatt Earp. A Biography of a Western Lawman

Tuscon, AZ [1997] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 218.75
381 DE BARTHE, Joe (d. 1928)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [GROUARD, Frank (1850-1905), subject]. The Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard

St. Joseph, MO [1894] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 218.75
382 KIMBALL, Maria Brace (1852-1933)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A Soldier -- Doctor of Our Army James B. Kimball. Late Colonel and Assistant Surgeon -- General, U. S. Army...

Boston and New York 1917 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
383 KUYKENDALL, Ivan Lee (1910-1961)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Ghost Riders of the Mogollon

San Antonio, TX [1954] USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 625.00
384 STANLEY, F. (pseudonym of CROCCIOLA, Father Stanley (1908-1996)]

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [NEW MEXICO and COLORADO]. The Grant That Maxwell Bought

[Denver, CO] [1952] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
385 STUART, Granville (1834-1918)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [MONTANA]. Forty Years on the Frontier as seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher and Politician

Cleveland, OH 1925 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
386 NOLAN, Frederick (1931-2022)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. The Lincoln County War. A Documentary History

Norman and London [1992] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
387 NOLAN, Frederick (1931-2022)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. The Lincoln County War. A Documentary History

Norman and London [1992] USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 343.75
388

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Pair of Biographies of Famous Cowboys, including: HORN, Tom. Life of Tom Horn Government Scout and Interpreter... A Vindication

Denver [1904] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
389

[WESTERN AMERICANA.] Pair of Limited Edition Titles

[Bandera, TX] [1951] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
390

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Pair of Signed First Edition Biographies of Lawmen or Outlaws...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
391

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Pair of First Editions About Pioneers...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
392 HARMAN, S. W.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [PARKER, Judge Isaac C. (1838-1896), subject]. Hell on the Border...

Fort Smith, AK [1898] USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 937.50
393

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Trio of First Edition Histories...

USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 375.00
394

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Trio of First Edition Histories...

USD 450.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
395

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Trio of Signed Modern Histories...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 281.25
396 WRIGHT, Robert Marr (1840-1915)

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Dodge City. The Cowboy Capital and The Great Southwest in The Days of The Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboy...

[Wichita, KS] [1913] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
397 [WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)]

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C. 3. 3.

New York 1899 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
398 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983)

Pair of First Editions, One Signed by Williams

London [1949] USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 156.25
399 WOLFE, Tom (1930-2018)

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

New York [1968] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
400 [BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012) and JOHNSON, George Clayton (1929-2015), contributors]

Eddy Paape Rogue Magazine. Designed for Men

[Evanston, IL October, 1961 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
401 BRAGG, Braxton (1817-1876)

Autograph Letter Signed

[Washington, D. C.] 30th March 1874 USD 400.00 - 800.00 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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