Fine Books and Manuscripts Auction

Fine Books and Manuscripts auction at Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. October 18, 2019 at 10 AM.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Spanish Earth. Cleveland: J.B. Savage Co., 1938. First edition, limited copy numbered 101 out of 1000, first issue with the F.A.I. bannered endpapers. Original pictorial tan cloth lettered in black and decorated in orange. Illustrated. Slim 8vo. Fine. This is the rare first issue with the decorative F.A.I. bannered endpapers that was published by a Cleveland high school student named Jasper Wood, who was so moved on seeing the film that he convinced Hemingway to allow publication of the text. Approximately 50 to 100 copies of this first issue were ever produced; the second issue had dropped the decorative endpapers and replaced it with plain tan endpapers with a statement printed on the rear pastedown. Hanneman A15.A.

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking-Press, 1939. First edition, first printing. Original pictorial oatmeal cloth, later unclipped dust jacket with $2.75 price. All points for first state present (first published in April 1939 on copyright page with no mention of later printings). 8vo. Few small tears to spinal panel, some rubbing and chipping to extremities, spotting to pastedowns, else a very attractive copy. Goldstone-Payne A12.a.

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965. First edition, first printing. Maroon cloth with gilt titles, unclipped dust-jacket. Signed on the half-title. 8vo. Small tears at edges of jacket, otherwise fine.

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889. New edition. Original decorative red cloth in gilt and ruled in blind twice, spine titled in gilt. Frontispiece. Ninety-two illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo. Boards gently darkened at edges, spine faded and slightly frayed at ends, white spotting on rear board, contemporary gift inscription on front flyleaf; contents clean.

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1876. First American edition, second printing, issue B. Original blue cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt. Frontispiece on verso of half title, printed on wove paper. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. [i]-xvi, [17]-275, 4 pp. ads. Light rubbing to corners and edges with slight frayed spine ends, spotting to boards, minor soiling at margins, contemporary owner’s inscription to ffep. BAL 3369, Johnson pp. 27-30.

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. New York: Henry Holt, 1890. Two volumes, first edition, first state, 3pp ALS from James to previous owner tipped-in to vol. I and dated Dec. 16, 1890. Original dark olive cloth ruled in blind, spine titled in gold, brown endpapers. Numerous tables and diagrams in both volumes. All points for first state present (hyphenated “Psychology” on page opposite title of each volume and the inclusion of misprints on p. 10, vol. I and p. 101 vol. II according to the Harvard definitive edition of 1981). 8vo. xxi, [1]-689; vi, [1]-704, 8 pp. ads. Hinges cracked with mild rubbing to extremities, light penciling throughout, bookplates of James G. Croswell; the owner the ALS is addressed to. In it, James responds to Crosswell’s favorable review of this work. William James is considered the founder of modern American psychology because of his monumental work ‘The Principles of Psychology’ that influenced experimental psychology and introduced the term and c

Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885. Two volume set, original pictorial green cloth titled and decorated in gilt, spine titled and decorated in gilt with 4-star shoulder strap. Portrait frontispieces. Illustrated with plates, foldout battle maps, and facsimile letters. 8vo. Contemporary gift inscription to front flyleaf, margins lightly age toned.

The Book of Common Prayer, Finely Bound. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, n.d., ca. 1920s. Finely bound in full emerald morocco levant, intricately tooled with crucifixes on both covers and the text of responsorial Psalms, floral and other scrollwork tooling, backstrip with five raised bands, each compartment with gilt floral and dotted tooling, title in gilt. A.e.g. Tooled turn-ins, signed by the binder on rear inside “1925/MB.” 8vo. 420pp. A little rubbing at ends and extremities, but fine overall.

[Royal Binding] Pingré, Alexandre Guy. Etat du Ciel, Pour L’An de Grace.Bissextile. Calculé sur les principes de M. Newton, rapporté à l’usage de la Marine. Paris: Durand et Pissot, 1756. Volume three of a nautical almanac titled Etat de Ciel, first edition, contemporary full grain maroon morocco, ruled thrice in gilt with the royal arms of Louis Philippe I Duke of Orleans and First Prince of the Blood (1725-1785) centered on both boards in gilt, decoratively tooled spine in gilt with floral shapes in 6 compartments and raised bands, titled in blind, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. 8vo. Completely illustrated with Moon tables based on the work of le Monnier and a woodblock vignette of Saturn. Folding map in rear of the Hyades star cluster from the observations made by M. de Seligny, an officer and astronomer in the East India Company; titled Carte des Hyades Etoiles dela Constellation du Taureau. Corners and joints rubbed, closed tear to top margins affecting p. 1-46, light soiling to title

Lana Terzi, Francesco. Magisterium naturae, et artis. Opus physico-mathematicum. Brescia: Giovanni Maria Ricciardi, 1684/1692 (volume III: Parma: Ippolito Rosation, 1692). 3 volume set in contemporary full vellum with two darkened vellum spine labels gilt decorated and lettered in compartments, speckled edges. Illustrated with woodcut vignette on title-pages, woodcut initials, head and tail pieces, 61 out-of-text copper engraved and hand drawn plates inserted in rear. [16], 526, 24 plates; [34], 512, [18], + 20 plates; 6 hand drawn in contemporary facsimile; [8], 571, 23, [1], + 13 plates; 2 hand drawn in contemporary facsimile. Folios. Corners gently bumped, general soiling to boards, 18th century bookplates of Thomae Vargas Macciucca, toning to endpapers, light worming to vol. II bastard title, otherwise a clean and tight set. Very scarce. Rarely seen with the third volume, this monumental encyclopedic work of the physical sciences and natural philosophies was written by the founder

Clark, Roland (1874–1957). Roland Clark’s Etchings. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Signed by the author on half-title to E.H. Harriman’s son, Edward Rolland Harriman. No. 29 of 50 De Luxe edition. Includes two original signed etchings “Bluebird Weather” and “The Morning Flight.” A fine binding by Jas. Macdonald of New York bound in three quarter gilt ruled brown morocco over marbled boards, 6 compartments decoratively tooled in gilt with images of geese in flight and titled in gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers. Signed frontispiece. Illustrated with seventy illustrations. Folio. A very handsome copy.

Yamanaka, Sadajiro. To-so Seikwa: Select Relics of the T’ang and the Sung Dynasties from the Collections in Europe and America. Osaka: Sadajiro Yamanaka, [1928]. Complete two volume set, original tan and blue cloth with silk printed label, a.e.g., string bound with original folding chemise and silk printed labels. 119 photographic plates (12 in color). Folio. Concentrated worming to case and boards in the American volume affecting through to the preface; plates fine, staining to case on the European volume, label slightly chipped.

Haven, John. Map of the United States and Mexico, Including Oregon, Texas and the Californias. [New York: Haven & Emerson, 1846]. Hand colored promotional map of North America showing the “Route of Oregon Emigrants” surrounded by an ornamental border including 30 official state seal with two columns of statistical information regarding each state. Outlined in red along the Platte, Snake and Columbia Rivers is the “Route of Oregon Emigrants.” The map also shows a small New Mexico Territory situated between the new state of Texas and the disputed area of New California. 18 ½ x 23 ½”. Folds as issued; small repair to fold line center, light foxing.

Moll, Herman. A New Map of the Whole World with the Tradewinds According to the Latest and Most Exact Observations. London: Printed for Thom. Bowles and John Bowles, ca. 1727. A decorative hand colored double hemisphere map of the world, featuring California as an island. The lower portion of the map is embellished with 12 figures representing the continents and similar allegorical figures, along with indigenous flora and a lion. A key at the top shows the signs of the Zodiac. A long note at the top discusses the tradewinds, which are shown with arrows. Framed, sight 8 ¼ x 10 ½”. Folds as issued, light soiling along plate mark. Very good.

Mitchell, S. Augustus. Mitchell’s New General Atlas. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1870. Publisher’s half calf over pebbled cloth, ruled in gilt and decoratively stamped in blind with gilt titling to front board. Small folio. [4], 95, [1], 25, [6]. Complete with sixty-three quarto hand colored maps forming a series of one hundred maps and plans together with valuable statistical tables; including a world map, time table, and at least thirty-five pertaining to the United States, including several individual states, regions, and city plans. Spine rubbed and chipped, front board slightly loose, few maps foxed; generally at margins. This is Mitchell's first edition to show the Territory of Arizona with the borders known today, but with only four counties plus the nebulous political region of Pahute in the northwest corner; Wyoming is depicted in hand coloring but simply labeled “Mountains”; Modern day Oklahoma is labeled “Indian Territory”; South Dakota is shown as a territory a

Trasher, Frederic M. Chicago’s Gangland Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1926. Offset lithograph thematic map printed in two colors documenting the distribution of gang activity in Chicago. 25 ½ x 17 x ½”. Originally issued to illustrate Thrasher’s seminal 1926 study The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago (The University of Chicago Press, 1927, first edition); which is also included. Map is with original housing envelope that would have been laid-in to the back of the text. Folds as issued with few small tears at fold centers, slightly toned. A rare map that is most often missing from the accompanying book. Trasher applied thematic mapping to depict organized criminal activity to help support his thesis that such activity thrives in urban spaces. His concern was that second-generation immigrant children evolved from “play groups” and into youth gangs. His central conclusion was the identification of a place called “Gangland,” “a g

[Lakeside Press] Thirty-Seven Volumes of the Early Lakeside Series. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1907/1944. First Lakeside Press Editions. Original green and red cloth titled and ruled in gilt, t.e.g. 12mo. Variously illustrated with maps, portraits, and facsimiles. Includes the early set of Memorable American Speeches (1906). Also are included many signed holiday business cards laid-in and signed by the Vice President of the company, Herbert P. Zimmermann. Scattered spotting to boards and spines; contents generally clean. Lakeside Press is exceptionally important in American printing history and was instrumental in the development of inexpensive paperbacks and of high-speed printing.

[Almanac] Father Abraham’s Almanack, For the Year of Our Lord 1776; Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near five Hours West from London. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John Dunlap, [1775]. Printed wraps. Woodcut illustration plus tables of astronomical calculations by David Rittenhouse. 12mo. [32] pp. Includes almanac from 1771 also printed by Dunlap. Soiling and staining throughout, toned at margins, old adhesive along spine, corners rounded and chipped. Rare. A rare pocket almanac that was printed by the printer of the Declaration of Independence, John Dunlap.

[George Washington] Eglomise Silhouette Profile Portrait of George Washington on Glass. American, ca. 1790s/1800s. A reverse painted silhouette of a profile portrait bust of Washington, possibly from life, backed on period paper with a water colored wreath surrounding the portrait and eglomise mat with gold flake detail. In a contemporary frame backed with one solid piece of wood, 15 x 13”. Minor flaking of paint, else a fine example. A rare piece of early Americana. Provenance: Violet Virginia Jirousek (1902-1996).

Garfield, James A. James A. Garfield Autograph Letter, to Wallace J. Ford, Signed “James.” February 22, 1855. Early and rare college-age letter from Garfield, addressed to his close friend in Hiram Portage Co., Ohio, with Garfield’s address at Williams College (No. 12 South College), four pages, on a single folded sheet of stationery. Garfield reports on his recent term in school and requests books from Ford, among other matters. With the original postmarked mailing envelope; another hand adds Garfield’s name and the date of his election to Congress. Short tears along mailing folds, otherwise fine. In part: “Last week I returned from a trip of five weeks in Eastern New York—and found 20 unanswered letters for me, among which was yours of the 6th—and now having a spare moment—I will respond. I have been engaged for about the last two weeks in holding a meeting with our Bro. Myron J. Streator. We had a fine meeting and I think much good was done…This kept me out of college about three we

Liszt, Franz (Hungarian, 1811–1886). Franz Liszt Autograph Letter, Signed F. Liszt.” N.d. (most likely later in his life due to his neater signature). The Austrian-Hungarian composer writes in French to an unidentified correspondent, signed “Franz Liszt.” 3pp on laid paper with the “J Rump” watermark. Fold lines lightly toned, small stain to black page.

Kurtzman, Harvey and Jack Davis. Mad Magazine Issue No. 2 Original Illustration Art. 1952. Original ink over graphite on paper, being the final page of an 8-page story titled Hex written by Kurtzman and drawn by Davis. Bill Gaines copyright stamp on verso. 22 x 15”. Minor smudging to margins and verso; contemporary adhesive marking to upper margin, else very good.

Whipple, Seth Arca (1855—1901). Lumber boat on the Detroit River, 1893. Oil on canvas laid on board. Signed and dated ‘1893’. Sight 13 ¾ x 10 ½”. Frame 17 ½ x 14 ½”. Some surface grime, otherwise very good condition. Seth Arca Whipple, of Detroit, Michigan, was a noted marine painter of Great Lakes sailing ships and steamers in the era of transition from wind to steam power. His paintings have become iconic of that time and place, and as early as the 1880s The Calvert Lithographic Company of Detroit made large size lithographic copies of some of his paintings, many of which adorned steamship waiting rooms and offices. They are collectible in their own right. This original painting shows in remarkable detail a heavily loaded cargo vessel passing through the Detroit river, with Sandwich (now Windsor), Ontario on one side, and the city of Detroit on the other, with a steamer in the distance.

Illuminated Manuscript Leaf. 15th century. A two-page vellum leaf in Latin with two text columns, 49 lines of text each, with blue and red illuminated initials and decorative flourishing’s. Some contemporary marginalia in black. Framed and matted, sight 7 x 5 ½”. Light dust soiling at edges, else fine.