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
225	James Joyce (ed Danis Rose) (Foreword by John Banville)	ULYSSES The Dublin Edition -	THUS	1997	EUR 240.00 - 320.00	EUR 275.00
226		Patrick Kavanagh Country - Peter Kavanagh [Foreword by Patrick Kavanagh],		1978	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 137.50
227	Rudyard Kipling	Puck of Pook's Hill	London	1906	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
228		George Moore Epherma: A collection of George Moore related articles and photograph.		1916 et al	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
229		The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. In Two Volumes.	London	1820	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
230	Moore, George.	The Brook Kerith, A Syrian Story.	London	1929	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
231	LONGLEY, MICHAEL. AND SARAH LONGLEY.	Metamorphoses, 64/100 Limited edition. SIGNED BY BOTH		2022	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
232	Michael Longley --	No Continuing City, Poems		1963	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
233	Paul Muldoon - Quoof,	First Irish Poetry editions all signed by the author.		1983	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
234	Paul Muldoon --	Why Brownlee left.		1980	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
235	Paul Muldoon -	Names and Addresses,	Belfast	1978	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
236	Denis O'Driscoll.	Stepping Stones- Interviews with Seamus Heaney.		2008	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
237	Seamus Heaney.	The Government of the Tongue.		1988	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
238		Ledwidge Treasury, signed Dermot Bolger Editor, introduction by Seamus Heaney			EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 31.25
239	Seamus Heaney:	Place and Displacement - Recent poetry of Northern Ireland	Grasmere.	1984	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
240	Austin Clarke --	The Cattledrive in Connaught,		1925	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
241	Patrick Kavanagh.	(with original poem by Peter Kavanagh). Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.		1972	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 400.00
242		Poetry: 15 titles by various Poets each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
243	Paul Durcan	Paul Durcan: 20 poetry titles from various poets , from the Personal Library of Paul Durcan			EUR 50.00 - 81.00	EUR 50.00
244		15 titles by various Authors each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
245		23 titles by various Authors each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
245A		Paul Morano. New York Translated by Hamish Miles with Illustrations by Joquin Vaquero,		1931	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
246		Poetry: 15 titles by various Poets each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
247		Poetry: 15 titles by various Poets each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
248		18 titles by various Authors each SIGNED with an inscription to Paul Durcan			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50

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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
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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.