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
202

[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Memoirs, Two of Which Are Signed...

USD 450.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
203 VAN HORNE, Thomas B.

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the Army of the Cumberland

Cincinnati, OH 1875 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 562.50
204 WATKINS, Sam R. (1839-1901)

[CIVIL WAR]. "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show

Nashville, TN 1882 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
205 WATKINS, Sam R. (1839-1901)

[CIVIL WAR]. "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show

Chattanooga, TN 1900 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,000.00
206 WELCH, Spencer Glasgow (1834-1915)

[CIVIL WAR]. A Confederate Surgeon's Letters to His Wife

New York and Washington 1911 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
207 WEYGANT, Charles H. (1839-1909)

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Regiment, N. Y. S. V.

Newburgh, NY 1875-1877 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
208 WILLIAMSON, James J.

[CIVIL WAR]. Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from Its Organization to the Surrender...

New York 1896 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
209 WINKLER, Mrs. A. V.

[CIVIL WAR]. The Confederate Capital and Hood's Texas Brigade

Austin, TX 1894 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
210 YEARY, Mamie (1876-1922)

[CIVIL WAR]. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865

Dallas, TX [1912] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
211 YOUNG, J. P.

[CIVIL WAR]. The Seventh Tennessee Cavalry

Nashville, TN 1890 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 593.75
212 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Original Material for an Interview of Sir Arthur C. Clarke for the January 2001 Issue of Amazing Stories

[New York] [2001] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,500.00
213 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

2001 A Space Odyssey

[New York] [1968] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,375.00
214 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

2010: Odyssey Two; Group of 4 Proof Copies, Two of Which Are Signed

[New York and London] [1982] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
215 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

2010: Odyssey Two

Huntington Woods, MI 1982 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,750.00
216 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

2061: Odyssey Three

New York 1988 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,000.00
217 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Childhood's End

New York [1953] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,750.00
218 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

The Deep Range

New York [1957] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
219 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Islands in the Sky

Philadelphia, PA [1952] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
220 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

The Other Side of the Sky

New York [1958] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
221 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

The Other Side of the Sky

New York [1958] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
222 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Pair of Signed First Editions, including: Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography

London 1989 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
223 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Pair of First Editions, including: Against the Fall of Night

[New York] [1953] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
224 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Pair of First Editions, including: Sands of Mars

New York [1952] USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 437.50
225 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Prelude to Space

[New York] [1954] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
226 CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008)

Reach for Tomorrow

London 1962 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
  • 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.
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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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    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.