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

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 [THOMPSON, John]

Pair of Hemisphere Maps from Thompson's New General Atlas.

Edinburgh ca.1817 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
277

Trio of Early Printed Woodcut Maps Taken from Books.

V.p. ca.1600s-1700s USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
278 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject]

"G. Washington."

N.p. ca. 1830s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
279 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] [CURRIER, Nathaniel (1813-1888), lithographer]

"Death of Washington, Dec. 14. A.D. 1799."

New York ca.1838-1848 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
280 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] [GREVEDON, Pierre-Louis (1776-1860), illustrator]

"Washington."

Paris: 1826 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
281 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject]

Three prints "The Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, On June 28 1778"....

New York 185818611889 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
282 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] [HICKS, Thomas (1823-1890), after].

Pair of Large Hand-Colored Prints, Depicting General Washington at Mount Vernon.

N.p. ca. 1850s-1860s USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
283 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] [SCHUESSELE, Christian (1824-1879), after].

"G. Washington" (A. K. A. "Washington at Valley Forge.")

Philadelphia 1853 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
284 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject] [SCHUESSELE, Christian (1824-1879), after].

"G. Washington" (A. K. A. "Washington at Valley Forge.")

Philadelphia 1853 though somewhat later USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
285 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), and WASHINGTON (CUSTIS), Martha (1731-1802), subjects] [MCRAE, John C. (1816-1892), engraver].

"The Courtship of Washington."

New York 1860 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
286 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), and WASHINGTON (CUSTIS), Martha (1731-1802), subjects] [EHNINGER, J. W. (1827-1889), artist].

"Washington's First Interview with Mrs. Custis (Afterwards His Wife.)"

N.p. ca. 1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
287 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), and WASHINGTON (CUSTIS), Martha (1731-1802), subjects] [EHNINGER, J. W. (1827-1889), artist].

"Washington's First Interview with His Wife. From the Original Picture Painted Expressly for this Engraving. Published by Pike's New York Opera House Association..."

New York ca.1863 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
288 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) and WASHINGTON, Martha (1731-1802), subjects] [HENNING, A., after].

Mount Vernon in the Olden Time. Washington at 30 Years of Age.

New York 1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
289 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) and WASHINGTON, Martha (1731-1802), subjects] [HUNTINGTON, Daniel (1816-1906), after].

"Lady Washington's Reception."

New York ca.1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
290 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) and WASHINGTON, Martha (1731-1802), subjects].

Engraved Portraits of George and Martha Washington.

N.p. ca.19th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
291 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) and WASHINGTON, Martha (1731-1802), et al., subjects] [CURRIER & IVES, Lithographers]

"Washington at Home."

New York 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
292 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), subject]. Trio of Nineteenth-Century Prints, One Hand-Colored. [V.p., ca. 19th century]

Two prints are portraits of Washington in military costume, the hand-colored print depicts Washington and his family

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
293 MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.

One Hundred Years of Solitude.

New York and Evanston 1970 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 510.00
294 MATTHEWS, Jason.

The "Red Sparrow" Trilogy.

New York 2013-2018 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
295 MATTHIESSEN, Peter.

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.

New York 1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
296 MCCARTHY, Cormac (1933-2023).

Child of God.

New York 1973 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 570.00
297 MCCARTHY, Cormac (1933-2023).

The Orchard Keeper.

New York 1993 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
298 MCCARTHY, Cormac (1933-2023).

Suttree.

New York 1992 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
299 [MCMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy] MCCARTHY, Cormac (1933-2023).

All the Pretty Horses.

New York 1992 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 540.00
300 MCMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021).

Group of 9 First Trade Editions.

V.p. ca.1970s-2010s USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.