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
27 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County

Tarzana [1940] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
28 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Chicago 1919 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
29 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Moon Maid

Chicago 1926 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 437.50
30 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Outlaw of Torn

Chicago 1927 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
31 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints

New York [ca. 1920s-30s] USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 156.25
32 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints, Plus a Check Signed

New York [ca. 1940s] USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 281.25
33 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pair of Jacketed Early Reprints

New York [ca. 1930s-1940s] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
34 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Pirates of Venus

Tarzana [1934] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
35 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

The Return of Tarzan

New York [1915, though actually ca. 1935] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
36 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Synthetic Men of Mars

Tarzana [1940] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
37 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Chicago 1923 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 312.50
38 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan and the Lost Empire

New York [1929] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
39 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle

Chicago 1928 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
40 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Tarzan of the Apes

New York [1914, though ca. 1927] USD 350.00 - 750.00 USD 281.25
41 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Trio of Early Tarzan Reprints in Jackets

New York 1917-1924 [though later] USD 450.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
42 BELL, Major Horace (1830-1918)

[CALIFORNIANA]. Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California

Los Angeles 1881 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
43 BOLTON, Herbert Eugene (1870-1953)

[CALIFORNIANA]. Anza's California Expeditions

Berkeley, CA 1930 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
44 SOULE, Frank, GIHON, John H., NISBET, James

[CALIFORNIANA]. [GOLD RUSH]. The Annals of San Francisco; A Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California...

New York 1855 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
45 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

The Incredible Planet

Reading, PA 1949 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
46 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Islands of Space

Reading, PA [1956] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
47 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction

Chicago 1948 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 687.50
48 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Group of 4 First Editions, Including Two Signed, Limited Editions

[V.p.] [1935-1953] USD 450.00 - 850.00 USD 500.00
49 CAMPBELL, John W. (1910-1971)

Invaders from the Infinite

Reading, PA [1961] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
50 EMILIO, Luis F. (1844-1918)

[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 ("A Brave Black Regiment")

Boston 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
51 WILLIAMS. George W. (1849-1891)

[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865

New York 1888 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
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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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    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.