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Purcell Auctioneers: Irish Interest Books - Railwayana Books and Ephemera

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Auction Name Irish Interest Books - Railwayana Books and Ephemera Total Sales (EUR) 36,662.40
Auction Date March 13, 2019 - March 13, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,680.00
Sale Number #31319 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 47,130.00
Total Lots 602
Sold Lots 491 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 36,250.00
% of Lots Sold 81.56% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 60,320.00
Unsold Lots 111 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
170

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - an extensive run from Vol 1 (1849-2015) c.143 vols.

 1849-2015 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,380.00
53

Vast and Extensive File Relating to the Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway c.1930's, Dividend Warrants, Correspondence, Invoices etc. etc. - 7boxes

 c.1930's EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 816.00
562

Irish Families / More Irish Families / Supplement to Irish Families.

 1957, 1960, 1964. EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 480.00
85

Blessington and Poulaphuca Steam Tramway Co. Meeting of Directors Minute Book c.1896

 c.1896 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 408.00
300 Ed Oakley,

Everyman A Compleat Builder

 1766 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 384.00
425

Pamphlets and Leaflets issued by Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union in 1888. Circa 100 publications.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 360.00
348

The Irish Sword, 17 Bound Volumes,

 1949-1975 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 336.00
558 Thomas Carte

Thomas Carte’s ‘History of the Life of Ormonde’

 EUR 140.00 - 160.00 EUR 336.00
402

Collection of The Irish Book Lover

 c.1910-15 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 312.00
481 P. W. Joyce.

Irish Names of Places

 circa 1910. EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 300.00
438 D.A.Binchy.

Corpus Iuris Hibernici.

 1978 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 288.00
538 E. H. Sheehan. Rev. M. Maher. Capt. W. F. Lyons.

[Tipperary interest] Nenagh and Its Neighbourhood; & Archbishops of Cashel; & Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher: political and military career.

 [1948] 1927. 1869. EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 288.00
545 . Michael J. O’Kelly & Francoise Henry.

Gobnait Naomhtha Bhaile Mhuirne. St. Gobnait of Ballyvourney

 1952 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 288.00
157

GS & WR - Eight Hand Drawn Deerpark Colliery, Castlecomer Diagrams (various),

 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 264.00
482 . Edited, Nollaig Ó Muraíle.

The Great Book of Irish Genealogies (Leabhar Genealach)

 2003/4. EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 264.00
487

The Capuchin Annual

 1945 to 1976 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 264.00
462

A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England

 1762 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 240.00
171

Journal of the Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society

 ( 1973-1983) EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 216.00
333 Rev. Sylvester Malone, M.R.I. A. F. A. [Rev. Father Augustine Holohan O. P.]

Remarks on the Franciscans in Ennis, from the Earliest period of the Order to the Present Time with Sermon; And P. P. Of Sixmilebridge

1877 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 216.00
376

The Nun of Kenmare. An Autobiography.

1889 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 216.00
392

The Vanity Fair Album

 1875 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 216.00
466 Daniel Lysons and S Lysons,

History Of Devon and Devonshire

 1822 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 216.00
218 Arthur Young

A Tour In Ireland

1780 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 204.00
555

Field Day Anthology of Irish Women's Writings and Traditions

 2002 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 204.00
56

Hand Drawn and Coloured Diagram of Donegal Station, c.60 x 21in

 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 192.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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