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Auction Info

Auction Name
Irish & World Interest Books which includes Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories etc.
Auction Date
06/25/2025 - 06/25/2025
Sale Number
#62525
Total Lots
672
Sold Lots
562
Lots Sold
83.63%
Unsold Lots
110
Total Sales (EUR)
64,866.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
41,885.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
70,611.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
53,475.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
87,571.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
74.07%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
354 W.B. Yeats

The Wanderings of Oisin

1889 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
172

The Shouldham Papers

1750s to 1840s EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,812.50
201

At Swim Two Birds Flann O'Brien

1939 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,225.00
464 Thomas Kinsella

The Tain; Translated from the Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge

1969 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,062.50
532

Charles Richard Weld. Vacations in Ireland

1857 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,025.00
549 C S Lewis

Prince Caspian

1951 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 975.00
177

Crusader Castles

1936 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 900.00
519 JACK B. YEATS

LIFE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND

1915 EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 875.00
514 Oscar Wilde

A House of Pomegranates

1891 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 812.50
277

Reports From The Commissioners Respecting The Public Records of Ireland 1810-1815

1810-1815 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 812.50
484 Philip Lynott (Phil Lynott)

PHILIP

1977 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 750.00
131 J. Sterling Coyne & W.H. Bartlett

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland

1835 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 687.50
580

John O'Donovan's "Annals Of The Four Masters", 7 vols with maps, De Burca, Dublin

EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 650.00
336 John Banville

Birchwood

1973 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 600.00
535 Henry Coulter

The West of Ireland : Its Existing Condition and Prospects

1862 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 575.00
209 Joseph John Doke

M. K. Gandhi: An Indian Patriot in South Africa

1909 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 575.00
518 YEATS, Jack B.

The Aran Islands

1907 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 550.00
495 Joyce, James

ULYSSES

1997 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 550.00
202 Flann O Brien

The Third Policeman

1967 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 500.00
313 Lady Gregory

New Comedies

1913 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 475.00

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