Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction of Irish & World Interest Books Which includes a Collection of Signed John B Keane Titles and Ephemera, Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions etc., 52125, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025

Page Size: 579 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	D.L. Kelleher.	The Glamour of the South.		1929	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
2	Francis Guy	Handbook City of Cork, Blarney, Cork Harbour, Blackwater River,		c1900	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
3	by Pat O'Brien.	The History of Broadford Parish County Clare, The Civil Parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy, 1800-1850			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
4	P. White	Clare Interest: History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of Tipperary, Limerick and Galway, with an Ancient and Modern Map		1893	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 43.75
5		A Report to House of Commons in 1851 on Kilrush and Ennistymon Poor Law Unions.		1851	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 162.50
6	By Tim Robinson.	The Burren interest. The Burren a map of uplands of North-West Clare.		1977	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
7		The Speech of the Right Hon. John , Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.	Dublin.	1800	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
8		Donegal: History & society (Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county)		1995	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
9	by Judith Cuppage.	Archaeological Inventory of South-West Kerry. Baronies of Dunkerron North and South, Glanarought and Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula Archaeological Survey from Mesolithic to 17th Century		1986	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
10	T.K. Abbott.	Catalogue of Fifteenth-Century Books in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Marshes Library, Dublin with a few other collections.	Dublin.	1905	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
11	Rev. William Clare.	Abstract of Irish Wills - A Guide.		1972	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	EUR 25.00
12		The Neighbourhood of Dublin - Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association - St. John Joyce, Weston [ Introduction by P.W. Joyce],		1921	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
13		Proceedings in Connection with the Visit to Dublin of the Marquis of Ripon K G and the Right Hon. John Morley M P		1888	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
14		Dublin City and 8 other counties Receipts and Billheads c 70,		earliest 1929	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
15	J. Warburton, J. Whitelaw and Robert Walsh.	History of the City of Dublin.		1818	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
16		[Rotunda Hospital Interest] THE ROTUNDA TEXT-BOOK Of MIDWIFERY FOR NURSES - O'Donel, Browne (ed),		1952	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
17	J M Synge,	The Aran Islands Part 1 & 2,		1921	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
18	Gerard P. Moran	Galway: History & society (Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county)		1996	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
19		Map of the Phoenix Park, Dublin, issued by the Royal Automobile Club official map for the Irish International Grand Prix Motor Race.		1929	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 200.00
20	J. de L Smyth -	A site for the new university; a plea for the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham,	Dublin	1908	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
21	J. Fahey.	The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.	Dublin.	1883	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
22	Sir William R. Wilde, M.D.,	Lough Corrib, It's Shores and Islands: With notices of Lough Mask. Illustrated with numerous engravings.	Dublin	1867	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 212.50
22A		Galway Interest: James and Mary Ellis-Background.			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 31.25
23		Journal of Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Broken run of 7 volumes		1958/1965	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
24	Rev. P. Birch.	St Kieran's College, Kilkenny.		1951	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25

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Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.

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Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.

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Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.

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Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.

Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
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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