Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of the Library of the Late Bruce Arnold (1936-2024). Part Two of the Bruce Arnold Library includes a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare, Signed & First Editions, 42325, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 23, 2025 - April 23, 2025

Page Size: 666 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
241		Hand coloured print circa 1800, titled "Evening Prayer" image size measuring			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
242		B. Jennings. O.F.M. The "Acta Sanctorum of John Colgan		1948	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 137.50
243		Music Interest: R Caldecott's Second Collection of Picctures & Songs...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
244		The Illustrated London News		1870	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
245		Irish melodies, with symphonies and accompaniments...			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
246		Sacred Songs and Solos: with standard rhymes combined SANKEY...	London	1900	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 56.25
247		The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore including his Melodies, Ballads, etc.	Paris	1829	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
248		A Book of Old Ballads NICHOLS, Beverley BROCK, H.M.		1934	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
249		A selection of Irish melodies...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
250	WILLIAM TEMPLE	THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE, Bart	London	1731	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 162.50
251		A Dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from the originals		1755	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 250.00
252		The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Joseph Addison	London	1721	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
253		The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (in slipcase with reading glass)		1971	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 37.50
254		Howth Castle album		1780s to 1850	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 250.00
255		Stamps Collection: A collection of Stamp album such as Queen Elizabeth Coronation 1953 plus 5 others			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
256		Avengers #58. Origin of Vision, Vision joins the Avengers			EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 106.25
257		The Incredible Hulk #105. First Appearance of the Missing Link & Reed Richards cameo			EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
258		Avengers #57. First Appearance of the Silver age vision			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
259		Correspondence to a Mr. Dean, from Henry Vincent Marshall the sixth Bishop of Salford, a Roman Catholic diocese in the north-west of England		1884	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 31.25
260	Brian Friel	Dancing at Lugnasa		1990	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
261		Arthur Guinness, St James Gate Musical Society from the 1950s		1950s	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
262		St James Gate Ephemera 12-page booklet presented to one of the employees on the occasion of her marriage in October 1958		1958	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
263		17th century County Clare manuscript		1698	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 275.00
264		A Wexford Carol Dolmen Press Ballad Sheet, New series No.1		1957	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 56.25
265	McBey, James.	Modern Masters of Etching with Introduction By Malcolm Salaman Number Two			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR