Purcell Auctioneers: c.630+ Lot Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Local Histories, Journals, Maps, Irish Language etc., 21925, Birr

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Auction Date
February 19, 2025 - February 19, 2025
Page Size: 627 items in 26 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
576

Fairy Tales illustrated by Harry Clarke. Colour illustrations; Glass in Architecture & Decoration, 1937 by Raymond McGrath....

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
577 E.M.C. JELLETT, illustrated J.E. Carson,

GLIMPSES of an INDIAN DAWN - a sketch of the work of the Dublin University Mission in Chota Nagpur

Dublin 1912 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
578

A Collection of work from the Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards collection complete with the sale catalogue.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
579

From The Personal Library of PAUL DURCAN: 18 titles SIGNED by Authors,

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 93.75
580

Vintage Irish poetry. Brian O'Higgins -- A Rosary of Song, published 1932. Seumas O'Sullivan -- Mud & Purple, published 1917

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
581

Irish Poetry. Jack Fitzsimons - The Plains of Royal Meath, published 1978. Margaret E. Stringer -- In A Green Land, published 1939.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 112.50
582

Lord Dunsany -- The Sirens Wake, published 1946. Lord Dunsany - The Curse of the wise woman, published 1933.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
583

Vintage Literature, all first editions, first printings. Ernest Hemingway -- Islands in the Stream. Published 1970.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
584

From The Personal Library of PAUL DURCAN: 20 Titles ALL signed by their authors many with beautiful inscriptions to Paul Durcan:

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 187.50
585

From The Personal Library of PAUL DURCAN: 9 hardbacks ALL SIGNED by their Authors with an inscription to Paul Durcan.

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 93.75
586 John Timbs; Alexander Gunn (ed.)

Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales; Their Legendary Lore and Popular History -

London 1872 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
587 Thomas Pennant, Esq.

Tours in Wales -

1883 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
588 Alphonse De Lamartine

History of The Girondists or Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of The French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources. In Three Volumes.

1849/1850. EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
589

Art Interest: Collection of Art related titles c 25

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
590

Collection of World Interest Books c 30

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
591

An Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present: Compiled from Original Authors;

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
592

Irish/World Interest Titles: A Short History of Ireland by J C Beckett, 1952, HB, DJ; James Fintan Lalor-Patriot and Political Essayist by L Fogarty, 1921; ...

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 56.25
593

Books Ireland: An extensive collection of Books Ireland Magazine,

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
594 HONORE DE BALZAC

HONORE DE BALZAC, BOOKS, #19/500, 31 VOLUMES:The Novelist's Library Edition de Luxe

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 200.00
595

Irish Literature: Collection of mainly Irish Authors c 25

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
596

Irish Literature: Collection of mainly Irish Authors c 25

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
597

Irish and World Interest: Collection of Titles such as Paddy Drinks- The World of Modern Irish Whiskey Cocktails; ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
598

Annie M P Smithson - Author, Nurse, Republican, and Trade Unionist.

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 350.00
599 William Saroyan

William Saroyan: An extensive collection of titles by this author.

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 25.00
600

Collection of Irish And World Interest Books such as Moore's Irish Melodies , 1898, ...

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 81.25