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
150	Charles Nelson Hardback	An Irish Florilegium II Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland -- 48 Watercolour Paintings by Wendy Walsh		1987	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
151	Charles E. and Sayers, Brendan	Orchids of Glasnevin An Illustrated History of Orchids in Ireland's National Botanic Gardens Nelson.		2002	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
152		The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener E. Charles Nelson; Deborah Lambkin		2002	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
153		The Irish Flowerers. BY BOYLE, ELIZABETH.		1971	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
154	, writtenNathaniel Colgan.	Flora of the County Dublin		1904	EUR 120.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
155	Robert Lloyd Praeger	IRISH TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY	Dublin	1901	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
156	Robert Lloyd Praeger	The Botanist in Ireland		1934	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
157	B. Maund.	The Botanic Garden.		1827/28.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
158	Howth Demesne.	The Rhododendron Gardens of Howth Castle Demesne. A Descriptive Guide.		Circa1902.	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
159		Irish Flora: The First Irish Flora Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum		1988	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
160	Charles Nelson/Wendy Walsh:	An Irish Flower Garden		1984	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
161	Patricia Butler,	Irish Flora: Irish Botanical Illustrators and Flower Painters		2000	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
162		Ulster: Belfast Scenery in Thirty views 1832, printed in 1983; The Londonderry Plantation 1609-1914 by James Stevens Curl,1986 plus 3 others (5)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
163	Mary Grierson	An English Florilegium - flowers, trees, shrubs, fruits, herbs - the Tradescant legacy	United Kingdom London	1987	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
164		Griffiths Valuation, Barony of Upper Ormond, Union of Nenagh,		1850	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
165		Census of Ireland,		1911	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
166		Rare Dublin Masonic address from the Shakespeare Freemason's Lodge, Dublin to Sir R. Hudson-Kinahan, Baronet.		C.1885	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
167		Atlas of Ireland. Prepared by Irish National Committee for Geography.	Dublin	1979	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
168	Kate O'Brien.	[Lengthy dedication from Kate O'Brien] Teresa of Avila	London.	1951	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
169	Padraic Colum.	Wild Earth and Other Poems.	Dublin.	1916	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
170	Samuel Lewis	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'		1837	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
171		John McGahern at Nui Galway -- a commemorative publication celebrating the Joh n McGahern Archive at the National University of Ireland Galway.		1957	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
172	Thomas Kettle.	The Day's Burden.1937 and Charles J. Kickham. Knocknagow or The Homes of Tipperary.			EUR 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
173		Ireland's Press and Printing..Silver Jubilee,1918-1943.			EUR 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
174	Wilfrid Ewart,	Irish Interest: A Journey in Ireland 1921		1922	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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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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