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
25	by Gerard J Lyne,	Kerry Interest: The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W S Trench 1849-72			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
26	Richard Hayward -	In the Kingdom of Kerry		1946	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
27	by Barrington; by O'Sullivan and Sheehan.	Discovering Kerry History, Heritage and Topography and The Iveragh Peninsula an Archaeological Survey of South Kerry		1992	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
28	by Jeremiah King.	County Kerry Past and Present. A Handbook to the Local and Family History of the County		1986	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
29	by M. F. Cusack.	A History of the Kingdom of Kerry	Dublin	1995	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
30	by Gerard J Lyne	The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W. S. Trench 1849-72			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
31	by Dorothy Macardle.	Tragedies of Kerry	Dublin.	1937	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
32		Kerry: Bill of Quantity for work to be carried out at Franciscan Church Killarney,		1928	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
33	William Lawrence ,	Dublin.			EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 250.00
34		Kerry Misc: Coolahan, Towards a Memoir,		2017	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 43.75
35		Laois. History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County.	Dublin	1999	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
36		The Civil Survey		1654-1656	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
37		[limited edition by Irish poet] My Limerick Town by Desmond O'Grady.	Limerick	2009	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
38	by Mainchin Seoighe.	Bruree. Bru Ri	Bruree.	1971	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
39		Shannon River: Charts of the River Shannon with Navigational Details, 1955.		1955	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
40		Auction Poster: Suburbs of Limerick, Eden Terrace, North Circular Road. Sale by Auction of Residence January 1939		1939	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
41		Auction Poster: Greencables, Castletroy, Limerick. Sale by Auction of attractive Bungalow residence August, 1959		1959	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
42		Limerick Golf Club: History of Limerick Golf Club, prepared by G H Ryan. Read at Capatains Dinner September 1945.		1945	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
43		Limerick: Submission Report from Limerick University Project Committee to The Commission on Higher Education regarding the establishment of a national University in Limerick,		1961	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
44		Valuation of Lands, 1851 for the Counties of Limerick and Kerry.		1851	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
45		Lands of Skagh and Town of Croom: Estate of the Earl of Dunraven, Public Auction July 1910.		1910	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 250.00
46		Limerick Interest: Limerick City receipts and Billheads c 90		Earliest 1910	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
47		Clare/Limerick Interest: The Rambler from Clare by Sonny Enright; Illustreted Guide to Lough Gur by M J & C O'Kelly,		1997	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
48	Rev. John Gleeson.	History of the Ely 0'Carroll Territory of Ancient Ormond.		1982	EUR 130.00 - 150.00	EUR 187.50
49	by Thomas Lalor Cooke.	The Early History of the Town of Birr or Parsonstown		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50

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.

Finarte
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.

Finarte
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.
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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