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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 477 | James Rennell | A Bengal Atlas |
London | 1781 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 478 | H. H. Risley | The Gazetteer of Sikhim |
Calcutta | 1894 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 479 | Charles A. Sherring | Western Tibet and british Borderland |
London | 1906 | USD 750.00 - 1,250.00 | Unknown |
| 480 | Howard Stansbury | Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah |
Washington | 1853 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 481 | Sir Aurel Stein | Les Documents Chinois Decouverts par Aurel Stein dans les Sables du Turkestan Oriental |
Oxford | 1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 482 | Sir Aurel Stein; Sir George Grierson | Hatim's Tales Kashmiri Stories and Songs |
London | 1923 | USD 750.00 - 1,250.00 | Unknown |
| 483 | Sir Aurel Stein | Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran |
London | 1937 | USD 750.00 - 1,250.00 | Unknown |
| 484 | G. P. Tate | The Kingdom of Afghanistan. A Historical Sketch |
Bombay & Calcutta | 1911 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Unknown |
| 485 | Lt. - Col. Torrens | Travels in Ladak, Tartary, and Kashmir |
London | 1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 486 | Captain J. K. Tuckey | Narrative of an Expedition to Explore The River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 |
London | 1818 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 487 | Vassili Verestchagin | Vassili Verestchagin Painter-Soldier-Traveller. Autobiographical Sketches |
London | 1887 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Unknown |
| 488 | Dr. Moritz Wagner | Travels in Persia, Georgia and Koordistan |
London | 1856 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 489 | Col. Keith Young | Scinde in the Forties |
London | 1912 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Unknown |
| 490 | Captain Henry Yule | A Narrative of the Mission Sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855 |
London | 1858 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown |
| 491 | Col. Henry Yule | The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian |
London | 1875 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 492 | Richard Owen Cambridge | An Account of the War in India |
London | 1762 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 493 | Booker T. Washington | Up From Slavery |
Garden City | 1910 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 494 | H. G. Wells | The War in the Worlds in Cosmopolitan Magazine |
New York | 1896-1897 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 495 | Tom Horn | Life of Tom Horn Government Scout and Interpreter Written by Himself |
Denver | [1904] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 496 | Wyndham Lewis | Hitler und Sein Werk |
Berlin | 1932 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 497 | Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Paris | 1908 [though actually 1910] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 498 | William Butler Yeats | Ideas of Good and Evil; The Hour-Glass Cathleen Ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth: Being Volume Two of Plays for an Irish Theatre |
London | 1903-1904 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
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