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
51		History of the G.A.A. 1910-1930 by Phil O'Neill (Sliabh Ruadh)		1931	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
52		Patrick O'Brien. Four titles - The Surgeon's Mate...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
53		J R R Tolkien. Lord of the Rings Trilogy...	London	2002	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 112.50
54		The Folio Treasury Of Shorter Crime Fiction...		2007	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
55		The Trial Of The Templars by Malcolm Barber...		2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
56	James Joyce.	Dubliners	London	2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
57	Mark Twain	Mark Twain - Collected Stories, Folio Society...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
58		Folio Society Titles - The Habsburgs by Andrew Wheatcroft		2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
59		Folio Society Titles - The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas, 2011...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
60		Folio Society Titles - A History of Africa (2 Vol Set) Fage, J. D., with William Tordoff		2008	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
61		Folio Society: Stalingard by Antony Beevor SIGNED		2010	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
62		Irish Trout & Salmon Flies by Malone...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
63		A History of the Fishes of the British Islands...			EUR 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
64	Joseph Tinsley	Beekeeping		1945	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
65	C.H. Butler.	my Little Messenger Birds		1890	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
66	Dixon & Watson.	A Descriptive Manual of British Land & Fresh-Water Shells		1858	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00
67	Mayne Reid	Quadrupeds - What They Are and Where Found		1872	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
68		Lost Ireland A Photographic record at the turn of the century...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
69		Irish Coffee Table Books: Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape editors Kevin Whelan, 2002...		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
70	Andrea Palladio	The First Book of Architecture translated out of Italian		1693	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 875.00
71		Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquities in Ireland 1895		1895	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 31.25
72		Christianus. The Protestant Apology for the Roman Catholic Church with remarks of false representations of several Catholic Tenants, particularly the Supremacy of the See of Rome	Dublin	1809	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
73	Walter Harris	Historical Memories of the Irish Rebellion in the year 1641		1758	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 87.50
74	Sir Richard Colt Hoare.	Journal of a Tour in Ireland A.D. 1806		1807	EUR 150.00 - 175.00	EUR 125.00
75		Ancient Laws of Ireland (An Seanchus Mhor)		1860	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00

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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