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
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
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