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
404 [WEHR, Julian, illustrator and designer]

Group of 15 Movables.

V.p. ca.20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
405 [WRIGHTSON, Bernie, illustrator]

The Art of Wrightson Vol. I a pop-up portfolio [2 copies]

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
406 PORTIS, Charles.

True Grit.

New York 1968 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
407 [PYLE, Howard, illustrator] HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.

The One-Hoss Shay With its Companion Poems.

Boston 1905 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
408 RICE, Anne.

Group of 7 First Editions, 5 of Which are Signed or Inscribed.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
409 RICE, Anne.

Group of 5 First Editions, Plus 2 Later Editions, All of Which are Signed or Inscribed.

V.p. ca.20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
410 BOOTH, Stanley.

The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones.

London 1985 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
411 MITCHELL, Joni.

Morning Glory on the Vine.

New York 2019 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
412 RICHARDS, Keith.

Life. With James Fox.

V.p. 2010 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 540.00
413 WOOD, Ronnie.

Lucky Man.

London 2010 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
414

Group of 4 Modern First Editions Signed by Musicians.

V.p. ca. 20th -- 21st centuries USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
415 ROGERS, Richard and HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar.

South Pacific. A Musical Play.

New York 1949 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
416 [ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano]

Public papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt as Governor of New York (3 volumes) [and] President of the United States (5 volumes).

Albany and New York 1930 and 1938. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
417 SALINGER, J. D.

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction.

Boston 1959 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
418 SANDBURG, Carl.

Trio of Signed Titles.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
419 SANDERS, Daphne (pseudonym of CRAIG, Georgianna Ann Randolph, a. k. a. RICE, Craig).

To Catch a Thief.

New York 1943 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
420 SANDERS, Col. Harlan.

Life As I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good.

Carol Stream IL 1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
421

Group of 6 First or Early Editions in Dust Jackets, Two Are Inscribed.

V.p. ca.1920s-1950s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
422 [GNOME PRESS]

Group of 6 First Editions in Dust Jackets.

New York ca. 1940s-1960s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
423 [FANTASY PRESS]

Group of 4 First Editions in Dust Jackets.

New York 1948-1954 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
424 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

Bartholomew and the Oobleck.

New York 1949 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
425 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

The Butter Battle Book.

New York 1984 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 570.00
426 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

The Cat in the Hat.

New York 1957 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
427 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

New York 1963 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
428 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

Dr. Seuss's A B C.

New York 1963 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
  • 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.