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
101		Irish Names of Places Joyce, P.W.	Dublin		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
102		A Census of Ireland circa 1659 with supplementary material from the Poll Money Ordinances edited by Seamus Pender		1939	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
103		Irish Names Of Places by P W Joyce			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
104		Irish Furniture by The Knight of Glin and James Peill		2007	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 550.00
105		Fortunes of Col. Turlough O'Brien' 1847		1847	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
106		The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston St John Joyce, 1912...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 31.25
107		The Treble Almanac 1825' containing the Army List, Listing of all Dublin Merchants, etc.			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 37.50
108		Irish Interest: Dublin Made Me by C S Andrews, 1979...			EUR 40.00 - 81.00	EUR 81.25
109		Colgan and Scully, Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, 2nd, 1898		1898	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
110		Confiscation in Irish History by Butler...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
111		A Patriot's Mistake. Being Personal Recollections of the Parnell Family		1905	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
112		Piety and Power in Ireland 1760-1960...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
113		[Absenteeism]. Ireland's Grievances, Political and Statistical...			EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 75.00
114		Secret Societies in Ireland...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
115	Baddeley, Mountford John Byrde	Ireland (Thorough Guide Series)	London	1887	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
116	Hogg,	The Millers and Mills of Ireland...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 87.50
117		The Irish Constabularies 1822-1922 by Donal O'Sullivan and the Garda Siochana by Gregory Allen			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
118		Coffee Table Books: Treasures of the Boyne Valley by Peter Harbison		2003	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
119		Irish Railways: A collection of booklets/pamphlels such as The Dublin and Lucan Tramway...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 31.25
120		Irish Interest: The Life and Times of James Connolly by C Desmond Greaves...		1961	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
121		Irish Interest: The Great Hunger Ireland 1845-9 by Cecil Woodham-Smith...		1962	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
122		Irish Interest: Frank O'Connor A Life by Jim McKeon...		1998	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
123		The Last Invasion of Ireland: When Connacht rose, Hayes, Richard Francis Published by M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd, 1937		1937	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
124	Joe Duffy	Children of the Troubles SIGNED		2019	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
125	Charles Philips	Curran and his Contemporaries	Edinburgh & London	1857	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00

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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