Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature, 1210, Chicago

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Auction Date
July 24, 2025 - July 24, 2025
Page Size: 614 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
376 WEBER, Bruce (b. 1946)

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Trio of First Trade Editions, including: Brothers

[Los Angeles] [1983] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
377 [WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900), subject]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Cabinet Card Portrait of Oscar Wilde

New York 1882 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 960.00
378

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [GAY INTEREST]. Trio of Modern Photography Books, including: GORMAN, Greg (b. 1949). As I See It

New York [2000] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
379

[LGBTQ -- PERIODICALS]. Lot of gay and lesbian newspapers

American 1980s-90s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
380 F. LLI. ALINARI

[PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS]. Soc. An. I. D. E. A. Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche...

Florence ca. 1954 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
381 BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794)

[PLAYING CARDS]. Versuch, den Ursprung der Spielkarten. Die Einfuhrung des Leinenpapieres und Der Anfang der Holzschneidekunst in Europa... Erster Theil

Leipzig 1784 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
382 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

New York 1904 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
383 INGLEFIELD, Edward Augustus, Sir (1820--1894)

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin; With a Peep into the Polar Basin

London 1853 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
384 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. "The Northwest Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907...

London 1908 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
385 NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930)

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. Farthest North

New York 1897 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
386 NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930)

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. The First Crossing of Greenland

London 1890 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
387

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. Report of The Cruise of the U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear and the Overland Expedition for the Relief of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898

Washington, D. C. 1899 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
389 SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946)

[POLAR EXPLORATION]. Tanken Monogatari: Nankyoku to Hokkyoku [Exploration to the North Pole and South Pole]

Tokyo 1944-01-15 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
390

[POLITICS]. Group of 8 Books Signed by Modern American Political Figures

[V.p.] [ca. 1980s-2010s] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
391 GISBORNE, Rev. Thomas (1758-1846)

[POLITICAL VIOLENCE]. [PERCIVAL, Spencer (1762-1812), association]. Sermons...

London 1802 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
392 HOMER

[POPE, Alexander (1688-1744), translator]. The Iliad [and:] The Odyssey of Homer

Glasgow 1771-72 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
393 BIDEN, Joe (b. 1942)

[PRESIDENTS]. Promises to Keep. On Life and Politics

New York [2007] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
394 BUSH, George W. (b. 1946)

[PRESIDENTS]. Portraits of Courage

New York [2017] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 108.00
395 EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969)

[PRESIDENTS]. The White House Years / Waging Peace 1956-1961

Garden City 1965 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
396 FORD, Gerald R. (1913-2006)

[PRESIDENTS]. The Thirty-eighth President. Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States

Reno, NV 2001 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
397 NIXON, Richard M. (1913-1994) and FORD, Gerald R. (1913-2006)

[PRESIDENTS]. Pair of Specially Signed Editions Published by Easton Press

Norwalk, CT [1987-2012] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
398

[PRESIDENTS]. [OBAMA, Barack (b. 1961), association]. Replica of the Pen Used by Senator Barack Obama That He Used When Signing His Speech Announcing Senator Joe Biden as His Running Mate

[ca. 2009] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
399

[PRESIDENTS]. Group of 5 Signed Trade Editions Signed by Presidents

[V.p.] [20th -- 21st centuries] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
400

[PRESIDENTS]. Group of 17 Titles from The American Presidents Series, 3 Signed by Presidents, Most Signed by Authors

New York [ca. 2000s] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
401 JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973)

[PRESIDENTS]. The Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969

New York [1971] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
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