Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

[ANTI-MORMONS]. Pair of Titles Critical of the Mormon Church...

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
2

[ARKHAM HOUSE]. Trio of First Editions...

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
3 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

3 by Asimov. Three Science Fiction Tales

 New York 1981 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
4 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Martian Way and Other Stories

 Garden City, NY 1955 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,750.00
5 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Caves of Steel

 Garden City, NY 1954 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,000.00
6 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Currents of Space

 Garden City 1952 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
7 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The End of Eternity

 Garden City 1955 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
8 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Naked Sun

 Garden City, NY 1957 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 6,875.00
9 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

I, Robot

 New York [1950] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,250.00
10 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Gods Themselves

 Garden City, NY 1972 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
11 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited First Editions, including: Foundation's Edge

 Binghamton, NY 1982 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
12 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited Editions, including: Nightfall [with Robert Silverberg]

 Garden City, NY [1990] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
13 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited First Editions from the Foundation Series

 Garden City 1986, 1988 USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 750.00
14 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Early First Editions

 Garden City 1951, 1957 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
15 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of First Editions, One Signed

 Garden City 1982-1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
16 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Trio of Signed, Limited First Editions

 [V.p.] [1986-1989] USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
17 BARTH, John (1930-2024)

The Sot-Weed Factor

 London 1961 USD 350.00 - 550.00 USD 406.25
18 BENCHLEY, Peter (1940-2006)

Jaws

 Garden City 1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
19 BESTER, Alfred (1913-1987)

The Demolished Man

 Chicago [1953] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,062.50
20 BESTER, Alfred (1913-1987)

Tiger! Tiger!

 London [n.d., 1956] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,500.00
22 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Pair of Signed First Editions, including: It Came from Outer Space

 Colorado Springs 2004 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
23 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Pair of Signed Later Editions of Fahrenheit 451

 New York 1993, 2003 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
24 BUGLIOSI, Vincent (1934-2015) and GENTRY, Curt (1913-2014)

Helter Skelter. The True Story of the Manson Murders

 New York [1974] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
25 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

At the Earth's Core

 Chicago 1922 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,250.00
26 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Back to the Stone Age

 Tarzana [1937] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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