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
324		Collection of Flyers from the early 1900,s regarding labour and Trade issues of the time (24)		early 1900,s	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 25.00
325		Stage design at the Abbey Theatre: An exhibition of Drawings and Models - Liam Miller & Michael Scott, Peacock Theatre,		1967	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
326	John O'Keeffe,	Patrick in Prussia or Love in a Camp,	Dublin	1786	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
327		An historical sketch of the Poor Clares in Ireland: and the establishment of the general Female orphanage, Harolds Cross.,	Dublin	n.d	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 31.25
328	Edward MacLysaght -	Short study of a transplanted family in the seventeenth century, 79p.	Dublin	1935	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
329		Sporting Interest: Galwey -The Autobiography SIGNED		2002	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
330		Badminton Union of Ireland: International Exhibition Souvenir Programme Malayan and Irish Players October		1952	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
331		RASSELAS SAMUEL JOHNSON, ENGRAVINGS BY A. RAIMBACH FROM PICTURES BY R. SMIRKE	LONDON	1819	EUR 50.00 - 75.00	EUR 25.00
332		XXV Sermons Preached at Golden-Grove: Being for the Winter half year by Jeremy Taylor-Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles 1,		1673	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
333	Joseph Addison	The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison	London	1721	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
334		Collection of Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley, Half Calf (10) Collection of Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley, Half Calf (11)			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
335	William Shakespeare	The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, in Sixteen Volumes. [Complete 16 Volume Set]	Dublin.		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 37.50
336		History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815 : containing minute details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo by William Siborne.	London	1844	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 325.00
337	Wright, Thomas	The HISTORY Of FRANCE: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
338	Mitford, William	The History of Greece (Four Volumes)	in the Strand	1808	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
339		The Historical Register containing an Impartial Relation of all Transactions Foreign and Domestic with a Chronological Diary of All for the year	London & Dublin	c1808	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
340	Thomas Moore & Sir John Stevenson	A Selection Of Irish Melodies.			EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 62.50
341		An extensive collection of correspondence relating to civil service contracts dating from the 1920's, 1940's,1950s and 1960s.			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
342		Quarto printed sheet. "His Majesties Message to the House of Commons" February 7th, 1641.		1641	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
343		A rare original advertising "flyer" plugging The Irish State Lottery to begin drawings on the 17th September 1813.		1813	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
344		[ French Travel Souvenirs] Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel [Souvenir of the Eiffel Tower]		circa 1890	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
345		Christies Catalogue of contents of Strafford House, Co. Kildare 28th Feb. 1990.		1990	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
346		H.OK. auction catalogue of the contents of Mount Falcon, Ballina 26th June, 2000.		2000	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	EUR 75.00
347		Guinness Promotional Booklets: Alice Where Art Thou,		1952	EUR 75.00 - 150.00	EUR 225.00
348		WWI: Needle Point Mat,with the detail		1916	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold

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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
Finarte
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.

Finarte
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.