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

Auction Details

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
52	WILSON, Joseph T. (1837-1891)	[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65	Hartford, CT	1888	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 750.00
53	AVIRETT, James B. (1835-1912)	[CIVIL WAR]. The Memoirs of General Turner Ashby and His Compeers	Baltimore	1867	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 531.25
54	BANKS, R. W. (1843-1919)	[CIVIL WAR]. The Battle of Franklin November 30, 1864	New York and Washington	1908	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
55	BARNES, Surgeon -- General Joseph K. (1817-1883)	[CIVIL WAR]. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion	Washington	1870-1888	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
56	BARNHILL, Sr., Floyd R. and COLLIER, Major Calvin L.	[CIVIL WAR]. The Fighting Fifth	Jonesboro, AK	[1990]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
57	BARNARD, Major J. G. (1815-1882)	[CIVIL WAR]. The C. S. A. and the Battle of Bull Run	New York	1862	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
58	BARTLETT, Napier (1836-1877)	[CIVIL WAR]. Military Record of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	1875	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,062.50
59	BARTLETT, Napier (1836-1877)	[CIVIL WAR]. Military Record of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	1875	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 2,375.00
60	ROMAN, Alfred (1824-1892)	[CIVIL WAR]. [BEAUREGARD, General P. G. T. (1818-1893), subject]. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States 1861 to 1865...	New York	[1883]	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 187.50
61	BEERS, Mrs. Fannie A. (1832-1894)	[CIVIL WAR]. BEERS, Mrs. Fannie A. (1832-1894). Memories	Philadelphia, PA	1888	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 312.50
62	BIRD, Hiram Thornton (1846-1926)	[CIVIL WAR]. Memories of the Civil War	[N.p.]	[ca. 1925]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
63	BLACKFORD, Charles M., Jr. (1865-1924)	[CIVIL WAR]. Annals of the Lynchburg Home Guard	Lynchburg, VA	1891	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 250.00
64	[BOOTH, Andrew B., compiler]	[CIVIL WAR]. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands	New Orleans, LA	1920	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
65	LOSSING, Benson J. (1813-1891)	[CIVIL WAR]. [BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer]. A History of the Civil War 1861-65 and the Causes That Led Up to the Great Conflict...	New York	1912	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
66		[CIVIL WAR]. [BRAGG, General Braxton (1817-1876), subject]. Pair of First Editions About Bragg...			USD 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
67	BRITTON, Wiley (1842-1930)	[CIVIL WAR]. The Civil War on the Border. A Narrative of Operations in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory During the Years 1861-62...	New York	1891	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 218.75
68	[SANBORN, F. B. (1831-1917), editor]	[CIVIL WAR]. [BROWN, John (1800-1859), subject]. The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia	Boston	1885	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 218.75
69	BROWN, J. Willard	[CIVIL WAR]. The Signal Corps, U. S. A. in the War of the Rebellion	Boston	1896	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
70	BRYANT, Edwin E. (1835-1903)	[CIVIL WAR]. History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865	Madison, WI	1891	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 156.25
71	CALDWELL, J. F. J. (1837-1925)	[CIVIL WAR]. The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade"	Philadelphia	1866	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,187.50
72	CAMMACK, Private John Henry (1843-1920)	[CIVIL WAR]. Personal Recollections of Private John Henry Cammack	Huntington, WV	[n.d.]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,187.50
73	CAPERS, Rev. Walter B	[CIVIL WAR]. [CAPERS, General (later Bishop) Ellison (1837-1908), subject]. The Soldier-Bishop Ellison Capers (2 Copies)	New York	1912	USD 350.00 - 600.00	USD 437.50
74	CHAMBERLAIN, Brevet Major-General Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)	[CIVL WAR]. The Passing of the Armies. An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps	New York and London	1915	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,250.00
75	[CHILTON, F. B., compiler and publisher]	[CIVIL WAR]. Unveiling and Dedication of Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade on the Capitol Grounds at Austin, Texas...	Houston, TX	1911	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
76	CLARK, Captain Charles T. (1845-1912)	[CIVIL WAR]. Opdycke Tigers 125th O. V. I. A History of the Regiment and of the Campaigns and Battles of the Army of the Cumberland	Columbus, OH	1895	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 218.75

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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.
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: 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.
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.