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
200	John B Keane:	John B Keane: Portrait Photograph by Fergus Bourke,one of Ireland's most revered visionary photographers. SIGNED by both John B Keane and Fergus Bourke. Framed and Glazed.			EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 350.00
201	John B Keane:	John B Keane: Portrait painting by Kerry artist Jack McKenna (with a certificate of originality)12" X 15.5" plus a copy image of John B Keane			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
202	John B Keane:	John B Keane: Large Oil painting portrait of John B Keane by renowned Irish Artist Chris McMorrow, framed. 49.5" X 39.5"			EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 625.00
203	Frank 0'Connor.	A Lament for Art 0'Leary translated from the Irish by 0'Connor. With 6 coloured plates by Jack B. Yeats.		1971	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 150.00
204	W.B. Yeats.	On The Boiler.		1939	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
205	W B Yeats:	The Hour-Glass, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth: Being Volume Two of Plays for an Irish Theatre By W.B. Yeats .	London	1904	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
206	YEATS, W.B.	The Herne's Egg: A Stage Play	London	1938	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
207	W.B. Yeats.	Selected Poems Lyrical and Narrative.		1929	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 81.25
208	W.B. Yeats.	W.B. Yeats. Poems.		1927	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
209	by W. B. Yeats.	A Book of Irish Verse. Selected from Modern Writers with an introduction and notes	LONDON	1895	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
210	by W. B. Yeats.	The Hour-Glass, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth: Plays for an Irish Theatre	London	1904	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
211	W. B. Yeats.	The Hour-Glass. A Morality.	STRATFORD-UPON-AVON	1907	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
212	W. B. Yeats.	The Land of Heart's Desire. Dublin Plays.	London	1916	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
213	Yeats, W. B.,	The Hour-Glass: A Morality.	London	1907	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
214	W. B. Yeats.	Reveries over Childhood and Youth.	New York.	1916	EUR 140.00 - 160.00	EUR 125.00
215	Lady Gregory.	The Kiltartan History Book.		1926	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 56.25
216	Lady Gregory.	The Kiltartan Poetry Book - Prose translated from the Irish.		1919	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
217	Lady Gregory.	The Image and Other Plays.		1922	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 50.00
218	Lady Gregory.	The Kiltartan Moliere, The Miser, The Doctor & The Rogueries of Scaptin translated by Lady Gregory. b.p. Dublin.		1910	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 68.75
219	Lady Gregory.	The Kiltartan Wonder Book.			EUR 150.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
220	Lord Dunsany	Unhappy-Far-Off Things.		1919	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 87.50
221	Lord Dunsany.	Alexander and Three Small Plays.		1925	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 125.00
222	Lord Dunsany.	The Old Folk of the Centuries.		1930	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
223	Author: James Joyce	Finnegans Wake - Special Limited Edition in Leather Edited by Danis Rose & John O'Hanlon			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 275.00
224	Joyce, James; Rose, Danis; O'Hanlon, John	Finnegans Wake (Limited edition, slipcased)		2010	EUR 75.00 - 125.00	EUR 150.00

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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