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
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 [CLINTON ADMINISTRATION]

Group of 4 First Editions Signed by People Associated with Bill Clinton's Administration.

V.p. ca.21st century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
127 [CLINTON ADMINISTRATION]

Pair of Signed First Trade Editions.

V.p. 21st century USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
128 COLLINS, Suzanne (b. 1962).

The Hunger Games Trilogy, including: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay.

New York 2008-2010 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,320.00
129 CONROY, Pat.

Group of 4 First Editions, Two of Which Are Signed.

V.p. ca.20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
130 [COOKERY AND HOME MANAGEMENT]

Group of 3 Titles, Plus a Vintage Manuscript Recipe Book.

V.p. ca 18th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
131 [COOKERY]

Pair of Modern Cookery Titles Signed by Major Cookbook Writers, including: ROMBAUER, Irma S. Streamlined Cooking...

Indianapolis 1939 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
132 [COOPER, James Fenimore]

Homeward Bound, or The Chase... [and] Home as Found.

Philadelphia 1838 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
133 MESSIAEN, Olivier (1908-1992).

Signed Card. 2 Avril 1978.

1978 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
134 RESPIGHI, Ottorino (1879-1936).

Signed Page of an Autograph Book. 1935.

1935 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
135 [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator and author]

A Pop-Gun Fired Off by...

London 1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
136 [CRIME NOVELS]

Pair of Signed Modern First Psychological Crime Novels.

V.p. 2006-2007 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
137 KIRINO, Natsuo.

Two Copies of the First English Language Edition of Out, Both Signed.

Tokyo 2003 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
138 WILLEFORD, Charles.

Sideswipe.

New York 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
139 DAHL, Roald.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman.

New York 1964 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
140 MCCLURE, A. K.

Our Presidents and How We Make Them.

New York 1900 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
141 DERLETH, August.

Someone in the Dark.

Sauk City WI Arkham House USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
142 DICKENS, Charles.

Bleak House.

London 1853 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 720.00
143 [DICKENS, Charles, contributor]

Several Chapters of Martin Chuzzlewit, as Appearing in Brother Jonathan.

New York 1842-1843 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
144 DOYLE, Sir Arthur.

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

London 1902 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,200.00
145 [DWIGGINS, W. A., illustrator] STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

New York 1929 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
146 ALVAREZ, Francisco.

General chronicen, das ist; Warhaffte eigentliche und kurtze beschreibung...

Frankfurt 1576 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
147 [OCAMPO, Florian de, editor]

Los Cinco Libros Primeros Dela Coronica general de Espana, que recopilaua...

Alcala 1578 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
148 [EARLY ENGLISH BOOKS]

Two volumes. Including: STUBBE, Henry. A Further Justification of the Present War against the United Netherlands.

1673 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 570.00
149 ELIOT, T.S.

The Cocktail Party.

New York 1950 USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 84.00
150 [FERRER DE VALDECEBRO, Andres.]

Govierno General, Moral, y Politico. Hallado Las Fieras, y Animales Sylvestres...

Barcelona 1696 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
  • 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.