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
529 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Trio of Original Telegrams from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher of Esquire Magazine, Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976).

Key West FL via Chicago IL 1934 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 480.00
530 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Trio of Original Telegrams from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher of Esquire Magazine, Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL via Chicago, IL

Key West FL via Chicago IL 1935; 1935 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 390.00
531 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Group of 4 Original Telegrams from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher of Esquire Magazine, Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL via Chicago, IL

Key West FL via Chicago IL 1938 USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
532 [HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), and DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970), association]

Pair of Original Telegrams from Hemingway and Dos Passos to Esquire Editor / Publisher of Esquire Magazine, Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL via Chicago, IL

Key West FL via Chicago IL 1933; 1934. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 270.00
533 [HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), association] HEMINGWAY (nee WELSH), Mary (1908-1986).

Typed Fair Copy of a Personal Poem, Signed by Her with a Drawing of a Cat.

Finca Vicia San Francisco de Paula Cuba 1957 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
534

Group of Two Autograph Items, plus a Text Leaf from Piranesi, including: LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas (1769-1830). Autograph Note Signed with Envelope.

ca. early 19th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
535 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

Signed Christmas Card.

N.p. n.d USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
536

Group of Nearly 15 Americana Titles.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
537

Large Group of Nearly 80 Volumes of Fiction.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
538

Group of 7 Assorted Modern Fiction Books.

V.p. ca. 20th -- 21st centuries USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
539

Group of Nearly 25 Volumes of 19th and Early 20th Century Literature or Non-Fiction.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 20th centuries USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
540

Group of Nearly 35 Volumes of 19th and Early 20th Century Literature or Non-Fiction.

V.p. ca. 18th -- 19th centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
541

Group of Nearly 25 Non-Fiction Volumes About Historical Figures.

V.p. ca. 20th -- 21st centuries USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
542

Group of Nearly 30 Modern Non-Fiction Volumes About Historical Figures.

V.p. ca. 20th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
543

Group of Nearly 25 Dealer's Catalogues or Bibliographical Scholarship

V.p. ca. 20th -- 21st centuries USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
544

Group of Nearly 60 Bibliographies or Reference Books.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 20th centuries USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
545

Group of Nearly 30 Bibliographies or Reference Books.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
546

Group of Nearly 35 Bibliographies or Reference Books

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
547 [BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice]

Group of 21 Reprints, Plus Two Souvenir Knives.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
548 [BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice]

Group of Nearly 20 Reprints.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
549 [BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice]

Group of 18 Early Reprints in Dust Jackets.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 210.00
550

Group of Nearly 100 Children's Books.

V.p. ca. 18th -- 20th centuries USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
551

Group of Nearly 30 Children's and Illustrated Books.

V.p. ca. 19th USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
552

Group of Nearly 40 Children's and Illustrated Books.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
553

Group of Nearly 40 Children's Books.

V.p. ca. 19th -- 21st centuries USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000