Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce a 498-lot Books and Manuscripts sale to be held on Thursday, May 14, starting at 11 a.m. EDT. This auction will be held live at Potter & Potters gallery, located at 5001 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago, Ill. It will also be livestreamed on the companys website, which can be found at www.potterauctions.com. The expected top lot is #1, Ernest Hemingways (1899-1961) In Our Time, which is estimated at $12,000 to $20,000. This first edition, first printing of Hemingways first book published in the U.S. includes its scarce and original unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket. This example was published in New York by Boni & Liveright in 1925. Only 1,335 copies of this edition were printed. This sale also features several important Hemingway publications and letters such as a collection of materials related to Hemingways Tanganyika Letters estimated at $8,500 to $16,000. This archive includes a letter from Hemingway to Esquire Magazine editor Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976); an original mailing envelope in Hemingways hand; issues of Esquire from April, June and July of 1934; four black and white original photos, each with Hemingways manuscript captions; a telegram from Hemingway to Gingrich, and other ephemera, all relating to the series of articles in Esquire about Hemingways safari. These would become an early peek at his yet-to-be-published nonfiction title, Green Hills of Africa from 1935. Among the earliest known items by Hemingway, an autographed postcard signed to his father as an 8-year-old child, is estimated at $5,000 to $10,000. This note from Windemere in Walloon Lake, Mich., is from around 1907 and is written in pencil in Hemingways childish manuscript. It is addressed Dear papa and signed on verso Ernest Heming/way. It reads, Dear papa. I saw a mother duck with seven little babies. how big is my corn? / Ursula saw them first we went strawberry picking and got enough to make three short-cakes. Ernest Heming/way. This is the first listed item in Spanier & Trogdons 2011 Letters of Ernest Hemingway. Harper Lees (1926-2016) To Kill a Mockingbird is estimated at $8,500 to $12,000. This first edition in its all original unclipped first issue dust jacket was published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1960. It is one of 5,000 copies produced. Cormac McCarthys (1933-2023) Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West is estimated at $5,000 to $7,000. This first edition of McCarthys important fifth novel was published in New York by Random House in 1985. This fine copy retains its original publishers unclipped ($17.95) dust jacket. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) La Galerie du Palais du Luxembourg Peinte par Rubens... is estimated at $4,000 to $8,000. This first edition features a collection ofengraved plates of the magnificent paintings at the Galerie du Luxembourg, as commissioned by Marie De Medici, widow of the French King Henry IV. It was published in 1710 in Paris by Chez le Sr. Duchange Graveur du Roy and includes 21 full-page engravings and three double-page engravings. Our spring sale was carefully curated to have some of the finest books, photographs, important newspapers, and autographs available. Of particular interest are our Hemingway offerings, most of which are unique and will, no doubt, grab the interest of dedicated collectors of American literature. These offerings feature artifacts from Hemingways entire life, from his early childhood to just before his death. Were excited and honored to offer this material as well as the other lots, mentioned Chad Reingold, director of rare books. To learn more, call 773-472-1442.