Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of a 615-lot book and manuscript sale held on July 24. Prices noted include the auction houses buyers premium. A number of top lots were first edition mystery and detective books. The top lot was Thomas L. McKenney (1785-1859) and James Halls (1793-1868) History of the Indian Tribes of North America. It was estimated at $5,000 to $7,000 and delivered $10,000. This first edition, three-volume, large folio publication featured 108 (of 120) hand-colored lithographed plates, a map sheet, and a 17-page lithographed subscribers list at the end of the third volume. It was printed in Philadelphia by Biddle, Greenough, and Rice and Clark in 1836, 1838, and 1844. This publication was considered the grandest color plate book issued in the United States up to the time of its publication. A set of 20 copies of the Chicago Daily Tribunes Nov. 3, 1948, Dewey Defeats Truman headline newspaper was estimated at $1,000 to $2,000 and sold for $4,000. This early edition newspaper falsely proclaimed Governor Thomas Dewey as the president-elect in 1948. The Tribune had leaned Republican for some time and had showed disdain for Truman and the Democrats for years. Two days after this issue was published, Truman got an issue of this paper while on a whistle-stop tour of St. Louis on his train, and held this newspaper aloft, being photographed doing so. This photograph became one of the most famous American political photographs of the 20th century. Agatha Christies (1890-1976) The Seven Dials Mystery, estimated at $600 to $800, realized $3,120. This fine condition first American edition was published in New York by Dodd, Mead & Company in 1929. Its tale was adapted for television in 1981 and starred Sir John Gielgud. Sir Arthur Conan Doyles (1859-1930) The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes was estimated at $800 to $1,200 and realized $2,640. This near fine first edition was printed in London by George Newnes in 1902. It featured a frontispiece and 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget. The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem, published 1893, which Doyle described as the inevitable relapse after repentance. Our July sale just reinforced that the buying public has a voracious appetite for fine books and manuscripts; one that we will continue to feed, especially with our upcoming Select Rarities sale in September, remarked Chad Reingold, director of rare books department. For further information, visit www.potterauctions.com.