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 Report
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
274 by Sean Hewitt,

Irish Interest: All Down Darkness Wide

2022 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
275 Eoin Colfer --

The Artic Incident

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
276 Eoin Colfer --

The Artic Incident

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
277 Eoin Colfer --

The Eternity Code

2004 EUR 40.00 - 50.00 EUR 37.50
278 Richard Dawkins

Climbing Mount Improbable,

1996 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
279 THE VOYAGE, published by. Bell Creations. First Edition, First Printing Signed and Inscribed by Johnny Duhan to the front end page, [ Peter, Love is a book, Johnny Duhan] Sinead O'Connor -

Johnny Duhan -- REMEMBERINGS,

2021 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
280 Oona Frawley;

Flight,

2014 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
281 NI CHUILLEANAIN, Eilean.

Irish Interest: Acts & Monuments.

Dublin 1972 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 25.00
282 Merriman, Brian / Cosslett O Cuino

The Midnight Court

Cork, Ireland 1982 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 93.75
283 Patrick McCabe --

Music on Clinton Street

1986 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
284 Benedict Kiely -

A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly

1973 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
285 John Banville --

The Sea

2005 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
286 John Banville --

Long Lankin. First UK Edition,

1970 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 937.50
287 John Banville --

THE SEA,

2006 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
288 John Banville -

The Revolutions Trilogy: Doctor Copernicus. Kepler and The Newton Letter,

2000 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
289 John McGahern --

Amongst Women

1990 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 162.50
290

Memoir by John McGahern

2005 EUR 100.00 - 125.00 EUR 75.00
291 John Banville,

The Book of Evidence

1989 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
292 Roddy Doyle

The Woman who Walked into Doors; Paula Spencer; Paddy Clarke ha ha ha; Rory & Ita; Oh, Play that thing; A Star called Henry (6)

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
293 James Plunkett --

Strumpet City

1969 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 106.25
294 Sally Rooney -

BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU.

2021 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
295

All My Friends Are Invisible by Jonathan Daly, ; The Killing of Thomas Niedermayer by David Blake Knox,

2019 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
296

House of Names by Colm Toibin; The Furies and The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly; Diving for Pearls by Jamie O'Connell

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
297

Joe Dolan ephemera, Blackpool holidays flyer

1995 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
298 Mary MacAleese,

Here's the Story -A Memoir

2020 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
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