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
50	by James Scully,	Offaly Interest: Looking Around, Birr-Banagher (wonderful picture of Gloster House and Gardens)		1985	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
51	James Maher	Chief of the Comeraghs: A John O'Mahoney Anthology Comprising the Comeraghs, Knockmealdowns, Slievenamon, and Galtees in History, Folklore, and Song, -		1957	EUR 200.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
52		Tipperary Interest: Mullinahone Coop-The First One Hundred Years by Denis Foley,		1993	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
53	by Ciaran O Murchadha,	Tipperary/Killaloe Interest: The Diocese of Killaloe-an illustrated history		2008	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
54	by Sean Kierse,	Tipperary Interest: Education in the Parish of Killaloe		1987	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
55		Tipperary Interest: Mount St Joseph Abbey Ros Cre,		1945	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
56		Cashel of the Kings by Dermot Gleeson in dj; Tipperary by O'Corrbui; County Tipperary a Guide and Directory by George Bassett.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 31.25
57	by Paul J. Flynn.	The Book of the Galtees and the Golden Vein. A Border History of Tipperary, Limerick & Cork	Dublin	1928	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
58	edited by William Nolan,	Tipperary Interest: Tipperary History and Society		1985	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
59	by George Cunningham,	Tipperary Interest: The Anglo-Norman Advance into the South- West Midlands of Ireland 1185-1221			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
60	by Patrick C. Power.	History of South Tipperary	Cork.	1989	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
61	by George Cunningham,	Tipperary Interest: The Round Tower at Roscrea and its environs		2014	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
62	by Denis Marnane.	Violence. A History of West Tipperary from 1660		1985	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
63	Nolan, William and Power, Thomas P.	Waterford History & Society: Interdisciplinary essays on the History of an Irish County (The Irish County History & Society Series)		1992	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
64		Judge Fletcher's Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford delivered at the Summer Assizes, July 1814 and containing a comprehensive and important view of the State of Ireland.		1816	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
65		[Wicklow Interest] Kingstown, Monkstown.	Ballybrack	1890	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
66		Moffitt, Soupers and Jumpers, The Protestant Missions in Connemara, 1848-1937			EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 175.00
67	by Michael Dooley and John Feehan; by Tom Lyng,	Local History: Roscommon/Kilkenny/Offaly/Cork: exploring Northeastern Slieve Bloom ; Castlecomer Connections		1984	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
68	Photographs and texts by Niall Foley,	Cork/Kerry/Clare: Uniquely Cork,		1991	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
69	Richard Hayward, illustrated by James Hubert Craig,	In Praise of Ulster --	London	1938	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
70	by Richard Hayes,	West of Ireland: The Last Invasion of Ireland-When Connacht Rose		1937	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 137.50
71		Dublin/Meath/Laois/Mayo: A collection of various title concerning these counties c 25			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
72		[collection of traditional songs] Cead de Cheoltaibh Uladh le Enri O Muirgheasa. Baile Atha Cliath. Mac Giolla.		1915	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
73	by Micheal O hOdhrain,	Irish Language: An Tine Bheo		1965	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
74		Irish language works in superb covers. Cuarid an Domhain I gCeithre Fichid La by Jules Verne; Caitriona by R.t L. Stevenson. Sean Mac Maolain d'aistrigh.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00

Sotheby's
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.

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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