Purcell Auctioneers: c.640 Lots to include Signed, First & Rare Editions including WB Yeats, Antiquarian Books, Maps, Broadsides, Literature & Poetry, GAA & Sport, Local Histories, Irish Language, Postcards & Ephemera., 22124, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 21, 2024 - February 21, 2024
Page Size: 643 items in 26 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
600

World Interest: Going For Broke-Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank by Judith Rawnsley; Who was Hurricane Higgins by Tony Francis; ...

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
601 Walter Scott

Waverley Novels Centenary Edition

London 1871 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
602

Irish/World Interest: Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath SIGNED, HB DJ; The Battle by Paul O' Connell SIGNED;...

EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
603

The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke Vol 1-12,

Rivington 1801-1813 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
604

World Interst: Collection of World Travel and Country Information books . Including Brown's Maderia Canary Isalnds and Azores with Folding maps. c 35

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
605 William Shakspeare:

The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare by Edmond Malone 1-16 (missing No 8),

1794 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
606 Frederick Moir Bussy,

Irish Conspiracies -recollections of John Mallon The Great Irish Detective)

1910 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
607

Box of antiquarian books; early edition of Buffon's natural history, Uncle Tom's Cabin dated 1852 ...

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
608 Tom Quinn,

Farming Life: Life on the Old Farm-from Edwardian Times to the coming of mechanization

2011 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
609

Hunting/Shooting/Fishing: Fly Fisher's Logbook-record your catches/analyze your tactics; The Irish Setter by Janice Roberts plus c 22 others

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
610

Horse Interest: Summerhays Encyclopaedia for Horsemen,

1975 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
611

Miller Antiques Price Guide for the years

1991/98/2001/04/2012-2013/2014-2015/2018-2019 (7) plus 6 Philips of London Auction Catalogue EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
612

Fine Bindings: Consisting of Romance of the English Stage Vol 1-2; Continental Annual 1832; South Wales Illustrated plus 8 others (12)

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
613

Irish Interest; Collection of Irish Titles, The Whoseday Book-a unique diary for the millennium; Modern Ireland 1600-1972 by R F Foster plus c 25 others

EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
614 Charles Lever

A collection of the Novels of Charles Lever

19th Century EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
615

Collection of World interest books such as The Londonderrys-a family portrait by H Montgomery Hyde; Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography,

1910 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
616

Irish/World Interest Books: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle; Melting Snow by Conor O' Cleary; Irish Independent Travel Guides 1-20 plus 10 others (32)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
617 . Garnett, Richard

The International Library of Famous Literature: Complete Set in 20 Volumes with Nearly 500 Full Page Illustrations

London EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
618

John F Kennedy related Books (All Hardback).

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
619 JFK:

Profiles In Courage- Memorial Edition with a special foreword by Robert F Kennedy,

1964 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
620

The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels Vol 1-25

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
621

Collection of World Interest Books such as Bradshaws Continental Railway Guide with Maps,

1913 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
622

Irish Interest: Collection of Irish interest titles such as Rachel's Favourite Food for Friends by Rachel Allen SIGNED; The Owner by Peter Curling SIGNED plus c 50 others

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
623

Collection of Irish/World Interest: Economic Activities in the Republic of Ireland by Desmond A Gillmor; Clergy of Derry and Raphoe; Visitation of England and Wales Vol 1-10 , 45/500. Privately Printed plus c 14 others

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
624

2 boxes of Irish interest books. Bank of Ireland 1783-1983 including box of interesting modern Irish poetry. etc. etc. circa 52 books.

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
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    Auction May 27th
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    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
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    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
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    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
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    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
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    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
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    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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