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
125 Ultan Macken,

GAA: Eddie Keher's Hurling Life

1978 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
126

Irish Rugby: Collection of Books and Programmes: Rucks, Mauls and Gaelic Fooball by Moss Keane SIGNED; My Autobiography by Ronan O'Gara; ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
127

GAA: A Collection of GAA Magazines/Programmes.

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
128

Poems: National and International: Selected from the Writings of G. F. Savage-Armstrong [Hardcover] Rt Hon Sir James H. Campbell [Foreword] & S. Shannon Millin [Intro] Savage-Armstrong, G. F.

1917 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
129

The Kiltartan Poetry book by Lady Gregory,1st edition

London 1919 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
130 Lady Gregory,

GODS AND FIGHTING MEN

New York 1904, this is the 1st American edition with a preface by W B Yeats EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
131 Lady Gregory with a prefaceW B Yeats,

Cuchulain of Muirthemne

1902.First edition (scarce) with Original clean cover with no stamps or writing EUR 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
132 Lady Augusta Gregory (signed A Gregory),

MY FIRST PLAY

1930, A numbered and Signed edition of 530 copies, this is no 286. A clean copy with original boards.- EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
133

Kilkenny/Laois Interest -- Carrigan's History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory

1905 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
134 Eavan Boland and alsothe editor Paula Meehan.

Eavan Boland; A Poet's Dublin, First edition, first print, signed

2014 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
135 Eavan Boland;

In her own Image

1980 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
136 Eavan Boland;

The War Horse

1980 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
137 Eavan Boland;

The Journey

1987 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
138 John Montague;Frank Kersnowski

John Montague by Frank Kersnowski, a literary criticism of the poet's work.

1975 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
139

John Montague; Poisoned Lands,

1961 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
140 John Montague;

Hill Field, Poems and Memoirs for John Montague on his sixtieth birthday

1989 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
141 Michael Hartnett;

Gipsy Ballads, First edition, first print.

1973 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
142 Michael Hartnett.

The Killing of Dreams.

1992 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
143 Paul Durcan & Brian Lynch;

Endsville

1967.Very scarce first publication of Durcan's work. EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
144 Ciaran Carson;

Breaking News

2003 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
145 Anthony Cronin;

Collected Poems

2004 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
146 Carleton, William.

Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry With an Introduction, Explanatory Notes, and Numerous Illustrations

1862 Vol 1-2. Quarter Leather ,Marble Boards (2) EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
147

New Numbers Complete Set (1-4) Abercrombie, Lascelles; Brooke, Rupert; Drinkwater, John; Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

1914. . EUR 200.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
148

New Numbers Complete Set (1-4) Abercrombie, Lascelles; Brooke, Rupert; Drinkwater, John; Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

1914 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
149 Chares Nelson.

An Irish Florilegium. Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland

1983 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
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    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
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    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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