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
151		Clause by Clause a Comparison between The 'Treaty' and Document No. 2. Wood Printing Works		1922	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
152	John Rutty	A History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers in Ireland. from the year 1653 to 1700	Dublin	1751	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
153		The Aslib Directory -- G.F.Barwick, published 1928 Oxford University press			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
154		Charles O'Malley The Irish Dragoon edited by Harry Lorrequer			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 56.25
155		Irish Interest: That neutral Island by Clair Wills, 2007...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
156	The Rev Arthur O'Leary.	The Rev Arthur O'Leary. Miscellaneous Tracts.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
157		Rare Birr (Parsonstown) binder	Loudon		EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 125.00
158		Irish Interest: The Sash My Father Wore-An Autobiography by Robert Greacen, 1997...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00
159		The Spectator [Joseph Addison]...	London	1749	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
160	Thomas Moore	The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore...			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
161	Plutarch	Plutarch's Lives. Complete six volume set	Edinburgh	1757	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
162		The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785-1786	Dublin	1787	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
163		Irish Interest: Ireland- Your Only Place by Jan Morris and Paul Wakefield, 1998...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
164		Irish Interest: Land Without Stars by Benedict Kiely, 1946...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
165		Songs, poems, & verses...			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
166		Dept. of Agriculture: Leaflets Numbers 1 to 111 Inclusive...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
167	Richard Jefferies	The Gamekeeper at Home, Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life	London	1896	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 31.25
168	Milton, John (1608-1674).	Paradise Regain'd. A Poem	London	1743	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
169	De Brun, Padraig	Miserere Georges Rouault...	Dublin	1971	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
170		Garech de Brun (1939-2018): Ceremony at Lough Tay, Luggala, County Wicklow		2018	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 250.00
171		Somerville & Ross - Notions in Garrison	London:	1941	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
172		Somerville & Ross: Happy Days-Essays of Sorts, 1946		1946	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
173		Somerville & Ross: The Big House of Inver, 1925		1925	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 237.50
174		Somerville & Ross: Some experiences of an Irish R.M., 1910		1910	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 350.00
175		A Bibliography of E Somerville & Martin Ross compiled by Elizabeth Ross, 1942		1942	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	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