Purcell Auctioneers: c.640 Lots to include Signed, First & Rare Editions including WB Yeats, Antiquarian Books, Maps, Broadsides, Literature & Poetry, GAA & Sport, Local Histories, Irish Language, Postcards & Ephemera., 22124, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 21, 2024 - February 21, 2024

Page Size: 643 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Robb, John H. and Joseph R. Fisher	The Book of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Centenary Volume 1810-1910.	Belfast	1913	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
77		Irish Interest: A Great Sacrifice: Cork Servicemen Who Died in the Great War.		2010	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 24.00
78	Doctor Petty,	Irish Interest: The History of the Survey of Ireland commonly called The Down Survey(1851)		1967	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 54.00
79		Antrim/Down: Degrees of Excellence -The Story of Queens Belfast by Brian Walker; Stangford Lough-archaeological survey of the maritime cultural landscape,			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 66.00
80		Belfast: Belfast in its Regional Setting, -a scientific survey, 1952; History of the Town of Belfast-facsimile reprint, 1979; History of Belfast by D J Owen, 1921 plus 3 others (6)			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 24.00
81	Rev. C. P. Meehan. Duffy.	The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donel, Earl of Tyrconnel; their Flight from Ireland and death in exile			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 264.00
82		J.E. Portlock. Report of the Geology of Londonderry and parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh.		1843	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 102.00
83	James McNamee,	Irish Interest: History of the Diocese of Ardagh		1954	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 66.00
84	Hector McDonnell,	Irish Interest: The Wild Geese of the Antrim MacDonnells		1996	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 54.00
85		Local histories and maps. Books on Sligo, Creggan, Collon, Graignamanagh, Loughrea, Donnybrook, Lismore, Glaslough, Limerick, Baldoyle, Kilgobbin, Tara etc.			EUR 50.00 - 90.00	EUR 36.00
86		South of Ireland Illustrated and Described.	Hamilton	1900	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 96.00
87		Sights and Scenes in Ireland	London	1897 with nearly 100 copyright photos/illustrations	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 132.00
88		Irish Railway/Aviation: The Dingle Train by David Rowlands,1996. HB DJ; The Irish Air Corps-celebrates 100 years of flight plus 7 others (9)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 72.00
89		Railway History. Ireland by McCutheon in 2 volumes; Irish Railways since 1916 by Baker; The Ballycastle Railway by Patterson; ...			EUR 50.00 - 90.00	EUR 42.00
90		31st International Eucharistic Congress Pictorial Record.	Dublin	1932	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 36.00
91	Geoffrey Gambado.	Annals of Horsemanship.	Dublin.	1792	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	EUR 102.00
92	John B Keane:	Under The Sycamore Tree and Other Tales,		1997	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
93	John B.Keane;	The Field, First edition, first print.		1966	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 36.00
94	John B.Keane;	Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, first edition, first print, signed , dedicated and dated. Mercier Press		1972	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 216.00
95	John B. Keane;	Letters of an Irish Publican, First edition, first print. Mercier Press		1974	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
96	John B Keane/Brendan Behan:	Durango,		1992	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 24.00
96A	John B.Keane;	Programme for the Field, Olympia Theatre 29th November		1965	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 264.00
97		Jack Coughlin; Brendan Behan, Signed Etching			EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 336.00
98	Walker, John	A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language.	Dublin	1794	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 120.00
99	editedStephen Gwynn	The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice,this 1st edition was		1929	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 24.00

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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