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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
125		Hut 42, the Irish Play Series No.2, Ex library,	1968	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
126		Hut 42, the Irish Play Series No.2, Ex library,	1968	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
127		John B Keane: Big Maggie.	1969	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 106.25
128		John B Keane: Big Maggie.	1969	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
129		Long Playing Record: John B Keane Sings songs from his musicals and plays.		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
130		The Year of the Hiker, signed & dedicated, first edition, first print,	1963	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 68.75
131		The Year of the Hiker, signed & dedicated, first edition, first print,	1963	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 56.25
132		Strong Tea, signed & dedicated, first edition, first print,	1963	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 56.25
133		Letters of a Matchmaker, signed, PB,	1975	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
134		Letters of a Matchmaker, signed, PB,	1975	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
135	John B.Keane;	Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, first edition, first print, signed , dedicated and dated.	1972	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 87.50
136	John B.Keane;	Fifty Years Young, limited edition of 500 copies. SIGNED by John B with an inscription in Irish. HB ,DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 68.75
137	John B.Keane;	Fifty Years Young, limited edition of 500 copies. SIGNED by John B with an inscription in Irish. HB ,DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 87.50
138	John B.Keane;	Fifty Years Young, limited edition of 500 copies. SIGNED by John B with an inscription in Irish. HB ,DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 56.25
139		Stories from a Kerry Fireside, First edition, first print, signed and dedicated, Mercier Press	1980	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
140	John B.Keane;	Sive. A Play in Two Acts. Autograph Edition (1986). Progress House. Special Autographed Edition, Limited to 275 Numbered & Signed by the Author. HB, DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 150.00
141	John B.Keane;	Sive. A Play in Two Acts. Autograph Edition (1986). Progress House. Special Autographed Edition, Limited to 275 Numbered & Signed by the Author. HB, DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 118.75
142	John B.Keane;	Sive. A Play in Two Acts. Autograph Edition (1986). Progress House. Special Autographed Edition, Limited to 275 Numbered & Signed by the Author. HB, DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 118.75
143	John B.Keane;	Sive. A Play in Two Acts. Autograph Edition (1986). Progress House. Special Autographed Edition, Limited to 275 Numbered & Signed by the Author. HB, DJ		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 137.50
144	John B.Keane;	Sive. A Play in Two Acts. Autograph Edition (1986). Progress House. Special Autographed Edition, Limited to 275 Numbered & Signed by the Author. HB, DJ. Some Water damage		EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.75
145	John B.Keane;	In Praise of John B Keane,	1984	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
146	John B.Keane; written by Kay Lyons,	Dan Paddy Andy-The Lyreacrompane Matchmaker	1998	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
147		Letters of a Matchmaker, signed, PB,	1975	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 43.75
148		The Year of the Hiker, signed & dedicated, first edition, first print,	1963	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
149		John B Keane: Press Photograph to be released to publicise the production of Big Maggie at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York,	1983	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00

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.

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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.
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