Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 22200, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte; Julie Clary Bonaparte | Pair of Autograph Letters Signed, One by Joseph Bonaparte, the Other by His Wife |
Philadelphia; Paris | 1824; 1810 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 27 | Luther Burbank | Clipped Signature in Paradox Walnut Frame |
ND | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 28 | Leaf from a Book of Hours |
France | ca. 16th century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 29 | Modern Bibliographies |
ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 30 | A. N. L. Munby | The Phillips Studies No. I - V |
London; New York | 1951-1960 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 31 | Gabriel Wells | Intimations |
London | 1927 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 32 | Thomas Moore; George Jackman | The Clematis as a Garden Flower; De Simplici Medicina |
London; Zurich | 1872; 1960 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 33 | William Cullen Bryant | Thanatopsis |
ND | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 34 | James Buchanan | Autograph Letter Signed |
Wheatland | 1868 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 35 | Charles Bukowski | Dangling in the Tournefortia |
Santa Barbara, CA | 1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 36 | Charles Willeford | The Hombre from Sonora |
New York | 1971 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Unknown |
| 37 | Elsa Lanchester; Jane Ardmore | Charles Laughton and I; The Self-Enchanted. Mae Murray: Image of an Era |
London; New York | 1938; 1959 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 38 | W. R. Tanner | Reminiscences of the War Between the States |
Cowpens, SC | 1931 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 39 | Raphael Collin | Daphnis and Chloe |
Boston; Paris | ca. 1900 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 40 | Gelasius of Cyzicus; Robert Balfour | Gelasii Cyzienci Commentarius Actorum Nicaeni Concilii |
Lutetiae | 1599 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 41 | Jacques Cousteau | Whales |
New York | 1988 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 42 | George Cruikshank | Punch and Judy, with Illustrations |
London | 1828 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 43 | Samuel Eberly Gross | In The Circuit Court of the United States, Northern District of Illinois… Samuel Eberly Gross Vs. A. M. Palmer, Richard Mansfield and Richard Mansfield Company. Master's Report and Decree. |
Chicago | 1902 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 44 | Charles Darwin | On The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection |
New York | 1860 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 45 | Ernest L'Epine | A Coups de Fusil |
Paris | 1877 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 46 | Alexis de Tocqueville | Democracy in America |
New York | 1839 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 47 | The Anna Dike Scott Collection of Old Lace; Smithsonian Institution - A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes...; William Spratling Taxco Mexico |
V.p. | 1905; 1946; 1987 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 48 | Stanley Charles Nott | A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings |
Palm Beach | 1940 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 49 | All About Elk; Great Whitetails of North America; Hunting Trophy Deer; Trophy Deer of Alberta; Elk Hunting in the Northern Rockies; Utah's Biggest Bucks; Hunt Elk; Hunting the White Tail Deer; Deer Hunting; Taking Big Bucks; Mule Deer; Memoirs of an Idaho |
V.p. | ca. 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 50 | John C. Eckel | The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values |
London | 1913 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
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Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1481 ❧ THE FIRST VIEW OF VENICE. ROLEWINCK, WERNER. 1425-1502. $8,000 - $12,000.Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1496 ❧ GREEK INCUNABLE. MANUTIUS, ALDUS. 1449-1515. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE. FINÉ, ORONCE. 1494-1555. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCIENTIFIC BOOKS OF THE RENAISSANCE. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ RENAISSANCE CYPHERS AND REBUSES. PALATINO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1515-1575. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1588 ❧ "ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANTLY PRODUCED OF ALL TECHNOLOGICAL TREATISES." $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1618 ❧ THREE DUTCH EMBLEM BOOKS BY DANIEL HEINSIUS BOUND IN ONE. $5,000 - $8,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1710 ❧ A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED "PRINT BIBLE". BASNAGE, JAKOB. 1653-1723. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1818 ❧ EARLY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY. BARTH, JOHANN AUGUST. 1765-1818. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1896 ❧ KELMSCOTT CHAUCER: THE FINEST BOOK SINCE THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1903 ❧ DOVES PRESS MAGNUM OPUS: THE DOVES BIBLE. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1680 ❧ FREIBERG FÊTE BOOKS FROM THE GOURARY COLLECTION. $1,000 - $1,500 -
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