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

Auction Details

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
51	RITCHIE, James S.	Wisconsin and Its Resources; with Lake Superior, Its Commerce and Navigation...	Philadelphia	1857	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 450.00
52	[ESTIENNE, Henri (1528-1598)]	A World of Wonders: or an Introduction to a Treatise Touching the Conformitie of ancient and modern wonders...	Edenburgh sic	1608	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 600.00
53	ANGELOU, Maya.	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.	Norwalk CT	2015	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 330.00
54	[BROWN, John J.]	The American Angler's Guide; or, Complete Fisher's Manual, for the United States...	New York	1849	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 180.00
55	BENJAMIN, Asher.	The American Builder's Companion; or, a System of Architecture...	Charlestown	1811	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 210.00
56		The Painter's, Gilder's and Varnisher's Manual: Containing Rules and Instructions in Every Thing Relating to the Arts of Painting, Gilding, and Varnishing...	London	n.d., ca. 1830	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 330.00
57		Group of 21 Issues of Illustrated Artist Books Published in German.	Leipzig	ca. late 19th -- early 20th centuries	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
58	FIELDING, T[heodore] H.	On Painting in Oil and Water Colours, for Landscape and Portraits...	London	1839	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 210.00
59	MALCOLM, J. P.	An Historical Sketch on the Art of Caricaturing. With Graphic Illustrations.	London	1813	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
60	SZUKALSKI, Stanlislav.	Sculpture and Architecture. Projects in Design. [Chicago]		, 1929	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,200.00
61	[ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]	Trio of Modern Firsts by Award-Winning Asian-American Authors 2 of Which Are Signed.	V.p.	ca. 1999, 2004	USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
62	ASIMOV, Isaac.	Foundation and Empire.	New York	1952	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
63	ASTOR [IV], John Jacob.	A Journey in Other Worlds. A Romance of the Future.	London	1894	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 2,040.00
64	[ASTRONAUTS]	Group of 5 First or Early Editions of Books Signed by Astronauts. [V.p., ca. 20th -- 21st centuries]			USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 840.00
65	HALL, James Norman and NORDHOFF, Charles Bernard.	The Lafayette Flying Corps.	Boston	1920	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 510.00
66	BACON, Sir Francis.	The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount of St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England.	London	1819	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 570.00
67	BAUM, L. Frank.	Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill.	Chicago	1908	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,020.00
68	BAUM, L. Frank.	The Songs of Father Goose For the Kindergarten, The Nursery And The Home... Pictures by Wm. W. Denslow.	Chicago	1900	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
69	BERGER, Thomas.	Little Big Man.	New York	1964	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 240.00
70	[CARYLL, John]	Naboth's Vinyard: or, the Innocent Traytor: Copied from the Original of Holy Scripture, in Heroick Verse.	London	1679	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 180.00
71	PERKINS, Frederic B.	Scrope; or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford.	Boston	1874	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 210.00
72	BIDEN, Joe.	Promise Me, Dad. A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose.	New York	2017	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
73	BIDEN, Joe.	Promises to Keep. On Life and Politics.	New York	2007	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 300.00
74	DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall.	Typographical Antiquities; or The History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers...	London	1810	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 420.00
75	BRADBURY, Ray.	The October Country. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini.	New York	1955	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,440.00

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
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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.

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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.