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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.

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Auction Name	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.	Total Sales (EUR)	51,200.00
Auction Date	May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	38,085.00
Sale Number	#52125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	63,692.00
Total Lots	579
Sold Lots	486	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	48,105.00
% of Lots Sold	83.94%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	78,597.00
Unsold Lots	93	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	65.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
395	Knight, Patrick.	Erris in the Irish Highlands and the Atlantic Railway. Dublin: Martin Keene And Son, 6 College-Green.	1886	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,812.50
461	John Speede	Original John Speede map dated 1610 of the Countie of Leinster with the Citie Dublin described	1610	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,500.00
361		Manuscript letter re disturbances in East Cork during N0vember, 1797.	1797	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,150.00
378	Jeoffry Keating.	The General History of Ireland	1726	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,125.00
286	John Banville --	Long Lankin. First UK Edition,	1970	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 937.50
463	John Speede	Original John Speede Map of The Province of Mounster	1610	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 687.50
3	by Pat O'Brien.	The History of Broadford Parish County Clare, The Civil Parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy, 1800-1850		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
462	John Speede	Original John Speede map dated 1610 41 x of The Province of Connaugh with the Citie of Galwaye described.	1610	EUR 700.00 - 800.00	EUR 650.00
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
363		Sgeal Chatha Luimnighe [Limerick War News].		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 575.00
507	Rice, William.	Tiger Shooting In India; being an account of Hunting Experiences On Foot In Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854.	1857	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 525.00
374		Mr & Mrs S C Hall. Ireland, Its Scenery, Character &c.. 3 Vol set	1841	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 500.00
84		[books by Maire in wonderful decorative dust jackets] Una Bhan.		EUR 90.00 - 160.00	EUR 425.00
241	Patrick Kavanagh.	(with original poem by Peter Kavanagh). Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.	1972	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 400.00
266	Joseph Mary Plunkett, foreword by Geraldine Plunkett	The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett -	1916	EUR 260.00 - 320.00	EUR 400.00
314	J.R.R. Tolkien -	The Hobbit or There and Back Again	1966	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 400.00
401	edited by Brendan Jennings.	Louvain Papers 1606-1827	1968	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 375.00
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
431		Thomas Ashe: Collection of copy photographs showing Thomas ashe in Kilmainham Jail. His Funeral pasing through Dublin Quays and at Glasnevin Cemeter. Copy of his Courtmartial Documents	1916	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 350.00
261	by G. Van Aarst.	Patrick Kavanagh Poet a Critical Biography	1981	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 325.00
262	Philip Lynott -	Philip.	1977	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 325.00
336		History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815 : containing minute details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo by William Siborne.	1844	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 325.00
358		The National University of Ireland, War List, Roll of Honour. - compiled in	1919	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 325.00
375	Petrie, George.	The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland - Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.	1845	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 325.00
121		The Field Keane, John B.	1961	EUR 150.00 - 350.00	EUR 300.00

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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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