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
177 SHAW, Horace H. (b. 1842)

[CIVIL WAR]. The First Maine Heavy Artillery 1862-1865...

Portland, ME [1903] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
178 SHELLENBERGER, Captain John K. (1843-1926)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Battle of Franklin... Paper Read Before Minnesota Commandery of the Loyal Ledion U. S. December 9th 1902

[N.p.] [ca. 1902-1903] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
179 [SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) and HOWARD, Oliver O. (1830-1909), contributors]

[CIVIL WAR]. Who Burnt Columbia? Part 1st. Official Depositions of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman,... and Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. A., for the Defence; and Extracts from Some of the Depositions for the Claimants...

Charleston, SC 1873 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
180 SMITH, Mrs. S. E. D.

[CIVIL WAR]. The Soldier's Friend; Being a Thrilling Narrative of Grandma Smith's Four Years' Experience and Observation, as Matron, in the Hospitals of the South, During the Late Disastrous Conflict in America...

Memphis, TN 1867 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
181 STEVENS, Judge John W.

[CIVIL WAR]. Reminiscences of the Civil War. A Soldier in Hood's Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia

Hillsboro, TX 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
182 STONEBRAKER, Joseph R. (1844-1903)

[CIVIL WAR]. A Rebel of '61

New York and Albany 1899 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
183 TANNER, W. R.

[CIVIL WAR]. Reminiscences of the War Between the States

Cowpens, SC 1931 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
184 [BLESSINGTON, Joseph P. (1841-1898)]

[CIVIL WAR]. [TEXANA]. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division

New York 1875 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
185 COLLINS, R. M.

[CIVIL WAR]. [TEXANA]. Chapters from the Unwritten History of the War Between the States...

St. Louis 1893 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 531.25
186 JOHNSON, Sid S.

[CIVIL WAR]. [TEXANA]. Texans Who Wore the Gray

[Tyler, TX] [ca. 1907] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
187 THOMAS, John P. (1833-1912)

[CIVIL WAR]. Historical Sketch of the South Carolina Military Academy

Charleston, SC 1879 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
188

[CIVIL WAR]. Sammelband of 18 Booklets or Pamphlets

[V.p.] [ca. 1866-1892] USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
189 SCHOFIELD, Lieutenant-General John M. (1831-1906)

[CIVIL WAR]. Forty-Six Years in the Army

New York 1897 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
190 SMYTHE, Mrs. A. T., POPPENHEIM, Miss M. B., TAYLOR, Mrs. Thomas, et al.

[CIVIL WAR]. South Carolina Women in the Confederacy

Columbia, SC 1903, 1907 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
191 SPRAGUE, Lt. Col. Homer B. (1829-1918)

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the 13th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, During the Great Rebellion

Hartford, CT 1867 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
192 GORHAM, George C. (1832-1909)

[CIVIL WAR]. [STANTON, Edward M. (1814-1869), subject]. Life and Public Services of Edward M. Stanton

Boston and New York 1899 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
193 THOMPSON, Ed Porter (1834-1903)

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the Orphan Brigade

Louisville, KY 1898 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 343.75
194 THOMPSON, Ed Porter (1834-1903)

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the First Kentucky Brigade

Cincinnati 1868 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
195 TIBBETTS, Elsie Dorothea (1890-1980)

[CIVIL WAR]. From Maine to Gettysburg 1863-1913

Bangor, ME 1913 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
196

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of First Editions...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
197

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Non-Fiction Signed First Editions...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 281.25
198

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Non-Fiction First or Signed Editions...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
199

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Non-Fiction First or Signed Editions...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
200

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Civil War Booklets in Wrappers...

USD 450.00 - 750.00 USD 281.25
201

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Confederate Memoirs...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 281.25
  • 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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  • 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.