• Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    April 16, 2026
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.

Potter and Potter Auctions: Online Only Fine Books Sale, 1228, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 FOOTE, E. B.

Science in Story; Sammy Tubbs, The Boy Doctor and "Sponsie" The Troublesome Monkey.

New York 1874 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
2 ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907).

The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

New York 1897-1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
3 ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981).

Pair of First Editions in Dust Jacket, One Inscribed, including

The Neon Wilderness. Garden City 1947 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
4 HOLGATE, Jerome B.

Atlas of American History on a Novel Plan...

New York 1842 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
5 COLTON, J. H. and JOHNSON, A. J.

Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical...

New York 1862 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
6 BAYARD, Ferdinand M[arie]

Voyage dans l'Interieur des Etats-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallee de Shenandoah, etc., etc...

Paris An V1 1793-1794 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
7 BELKNAP, Jeremy.

American Biography: or An Historical Account of those Persons who have been distinguished in America...

Boston 1794 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
8 BRISTED, John.

The Resources of the United States of America; or a View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, Financial, Political, Literary, Moral and Religious Capacity and Character of the American People...

New York 1818 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
9 [BRYANT, William Cullen (1794-1878), editor].

Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of The Mountains, Rivers...

New York 1872-74 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 450.00
10 [BRYANT, William Cullen (1794-1878), editor].

Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of The Mountains, Rivers...

New York 1872-74 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
11 CHERNOW, Ron.

Trio of Biographies, Two of Which Are Signed by Him.

V.p. 21st century USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
12

Trio of 19th Century First Edition History Books.

V.p. ca.19th century USD 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
13

Trio of First Editions, Signed by Civil War Generals.

V.p. ca.19th -- 20th centuries USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
14 FRANCK, Sebastian (1499-1543).

Weltbuch spiegel und bildtniss des gantzen erdbodens...in vier Bucher, nemlich in Asiam, Aphricam, Europam, und Americam gestelt und abteilt...

Tubingen 1534 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
15 HARMON, Daniel Williams.

A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America...

Andover 1820 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
16 HODGSON, Adam.

Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821, in a Series of Letters:... Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour.

New York 1823 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
17 [JEFFERSON, Thomas, subject]

The New-York Review and Quarterly Church Journal. No. 1. March, 1837 [and] No. 2. October, 1837

New York 1837 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
18 [KEIFER, Major General J. Warren, association] [SMITH, Henry H., compiler]

Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives in which is also included the Constitution of the United States of America...

Washington ca. 1885 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
19 HALL, Frederick.

Letters from the East and from the West.

Washington City 1840 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
20 ATWATER, Caleb.

Description of the Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and Other Western States... as Published in Archaeologia Americana / Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society Volume I.

Worcester MA 1820 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
21 LEWIS, Henry (1819--1904), artist.

Das illustrirte Mississippithal...

Leipzig and Firenze 1923 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
22

Pair of Diverse Americana Titles, including: ROOSEVELT, Theodore and ROOSEVELT, Kermit. East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

New York 1926 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
23 [GOUVEST, Maubert de]

Lettres Iroquoises, ou Correspondence Politique Historique et Critique entre un Iroquois Voyageant en Europe...

London 1783 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
24

Group of 10 Pamphlets and Publications on Various American Subjects.

V.p. ca.19th -- 20th centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
25 JEROME, Chauncey.

History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years... Barnum's Connection with the Yankee Clock Business.

New Haven 1860 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
  • S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
    April 16, 2026
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.