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

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Auction Report
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
385

Le Nouveau Robinson, pour servir a l'amusement et a l'instruction des enfants de l'un et de l'autre sexe

London & Versailles & Paris 1785 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
386 John Stuart

A Treatise of Architecture wit remarks and observations by that excellent Master thereof, Sebastian Le Clerc

1724 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 275.00
387 Duhamel Du Monceau (Henri-Louis)

The Elements of Agriculture...

London 1764 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
388

Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirmed by Experiments...

London 1726 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 125.00
389

Passages from the French and Italian Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel 1871 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
390 ROBERTS, Morley

The Western Avernus, or, Toil and Travel in Further North America

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 118.75
391

SIX MONTHS AT THE CAPE; or Letters to Periwinkle from South Africa Ballantyne R.M.

1878 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
392

The Epic of Mount Everest

1926 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
393 JOHNS, Rev. Charles Alexander

The Forest trees of Britain

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
394 Leitch Ritchie

Travel Interest: Ireland Picturesque and Romantic

1838 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
395 Samuel Butler

Hudibras, In Three Parts...

London EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 187.50
396 William Makepeace

The Virginians, A Tale of the Last Century Thackeray

London 1858 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 50.00
397

The Whole Comical Works of Mons...

London 1759 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 81.25
398

Army and Navy Drolleries

[1876] EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
399 Lacroix, Paul

Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages

London 1874 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
400

A. Kretschmer 'Costumes of All Nations'

1882 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
401

An Antiquarian And Picturesque Tour Round The Southern Coast Of England

London 1849 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 237.50
402

Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland: a series of views, from paintings taken expressly for the work...

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
403

Les Travailleurs De La Mer Victor Hugo

1866 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
404

The General View Of The World, Geographical, Historical and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New

Bungay 1807 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
405 David Livingstone

The life and explorations of Dr. Livingstone. The African traveller

London 1875 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
406 Henry M. Stanley

Titles - In Darkest Africa...

London 1890 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
407 Helms, Anthony Zachariah

Travels from Buenos Ayres

London 1807 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
408 Mackay, Charles

The History of the United States of America

London EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
409 Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

1891 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 225.00
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