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
472		Collection of GB First Day Covers and Various Postage Stamps etc.			EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00
473		Irish Militaria: Smith, The Fighting Irish in the Congo, Lilmac,		1962	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 25.00
474	Charles Babbage.	Table of the Logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108000.	London.	1844	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
475	(Richard Allstree).	The Gentleman's Calling.		1687	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
476	Robert Hamilton.	A Inquiry concerning the rise and progress of the National Debt of Great Britain and Ireland.		1818	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
477		The Trial of George R. Fitzgerald, T. Brecknock and J. Fulton for the murder of Patrick Randall McDonnell and Charles Hi 100/125pson.	Dublin.	1788	EUR 100.00 - 125.00	EUR 106.25
478	S.C. Hall.	The Trial of Sir Jasper.		C.1870	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 175.00
479	CALDECOTT (R. M.)	The Life of Baber, Emperor of Hindostan.		1844	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 68.75
480	Alexander Adam	Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans		1792	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
481	W.F.Trench	Essays -- W.F.Trench, Handmade folder containing 9 essays be Trench,		1918	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
482	Tennyson, Alfred Lord	Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson	London	1899	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
483	Rev William S. Donegan -	Lucania, Topographical & Historical,	Dublin	1902	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
484	T.N. Harvey,	Two Rare Waterford Publications. T.N. Harvey, - POEMS, [undated] Autobiography of T. N. Harvey (Thomas Newenham Harvey).		[undated] 1904	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 225.00
485	Hartnett, Michael (1941-1999).	His own personal copy of the Koran, translated from the Arabic by the Rev. J. M. Rodwell.	London	1909	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
486	Bewick Pauline,	Seven Ages.			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
487	Bewick Pauline,	Seven Ages.			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
488	Livingstone, Marco and David Hockney	David Hockney: My Yorkshire, Conversations with Marco Livingstone	London	2011	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
488A	Tony O'Malley.	[dedication from Tony O'Malley] Tony O'Malley. Monaghan County Museum . June 1991.		1991	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 137.50
489	Tony and Jane O'Malley as well as Jack B Yeats	Irish Art: Tony and Jane O'Malley as well as Jack B Yeats c20 some of which are SIGNED by Paul Durcan			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
490		Six original posters for Thursday night Poetry & Music at Sinnott's South King Street Dublin.		late 60s to early 70s	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
491	Thomas Bodkin.	The Importance of Art to Ireland - A Lecture.	Dublin.	1935	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
492	by Mary Lohan and Colm Toibin,	Irish Art: Collection of HB titles relating to Irish Art such as BallyConnigar		2008	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 43.75
493		Evie Hone 1894-1955. - Exhibition July-September 1958 at The Great Hall, University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 100.00
494	Paul Durcan	Irish Art: Collection of HB titles relating to Irish Art (9) Some of which are SIGNED by Paul Durcan			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
495		The John Hinde Story. Photographed in colour,	Dublin	Circa1966	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00

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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.