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Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of a Collection of Irish Historical Interest Books Including Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera Etc.

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Auction Name Auction of a Collection of Irish Historical Interest Books Including Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera Etc. Total Sales (EUR) 44,587.20
Auction Date January 20, 2021 - January 20, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 23,545.00
Sale Number #12021 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 37,113.00
Total Lots 565
Sold Lots 516 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 27,035.00
% of Lots Sold 91.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 42,348.00
Unsold Lots 49 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
145 G. Taylor and A. Skinner.

G. Taylor and A. Skinner. Taylor & Skinner’s Maps of The Roads of Ireland Survey in 1773 and corrected down to 1783.

 1773 EUR 900.00 - 950.00 EUR 1,140.00
98 Sean O’Casey 

Sean O’Casey The Star Turns Red – A Play 1940.

  1940. EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 600.00
315

Cork and Munster Trade Directory accompanied with a Gazetteer of Ireland, 1 volume, London 1912

 1912 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 600.00
453

Original large coloured Railway map of Ireland, dated June -1846 showing the amalgamation of railways, the existing lines and those in progress

 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 600.00
275 Harry Kernoff.

Harry Kernoff. 12 Woodcuts. Scarce limited edition (300) signed by Kernoff on title page. Fine engraved woodcuts. Housed in custom made portfolio folder. Rare

 EUR 320.00 - 360.00 EUR 504.00
53 W.H. Bartlett

W.H. Bartlett The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. C. 1835.

 1835 EUR 300.00 - 320.00 EUR 480.00
139

Early Irish printed street literature. The Two Soldiers; Gardener of Glammis; History of Hestor Wilmot; The History of Mary Wood; The Gamester; The History of Idle Jack Brown; Two Shoe-makers; Two Shoe-makers part 2; History of Tom White Part 1 and Histor

 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 456.00
427

Leaflet: Anti Treaty Propaganda 1922 Some Good Points for the Treaty

 1922 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 432.00
12

Journal – Dublin Historical Record – Large collection of this journal with volumes from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s a total of around ninety 90.

 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 408.00
278

Vanishing Dublin, Flora Mitchell, 1966 Allen & Figgis, First & only edition of 500

 1966 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 408.00
313 Eoin 0’Duffy.

Eoin 0’Duffy. Crusade in Spain. 1938.

 1938 EUR 150.00 - 170.00 EUR 408.00
393 Mr & Mrs S.C. Hall.

Mr & Mrs S.C. Hall. Ireland – Its Scenery and Character. C. 1838.

 C.1838 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 408.00
564

Three Boxes of General Interest Books

 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 408.00
484 Lady Gregory (Editor).

Lady Gregory (Editor). Mr Gregory’s Letter Box 1813-1830.

 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 336.00
353 Roddy Doyle

The Commitments, Roddy Doyle, First Soft Back Edition, First Printing, 1988 Heinemann, First Edition, signed by the Author. A Grey Hound of a Girl, Roddy Doyle, Fist Edition, First Printing 2011…

 1988 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 312.00
22

The Georgian Society Records Vol 1, IGS facsimile copy of 1909 ed; large 4to, almost mint copy in green cloth. (1)

 1909 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 288.00
26

Kerry Interest. Killarney, Glengarrif and South-west Ireland. Ward Lock Guide. Circa 1890.

 Circa1890. EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 288.00
112

The Tourist Illustrated Handbook for Ireland, 1 volume, 1859 with numerous illustrations by O'Malley

 1859 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 288.00
417

Republican Pamphlets. Irish National Tradition. Mrs. Stopford Green. Maunsel. 1910; Without Fanfares. Reflections on Republic of Ireland by Dorothy Macardle. 1945; Loyalty and Disloyalty…

 1910 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 288.00
483

18th century Irish Drama. Law of the Manor; The Man of Business; Love in Many Masks; Life’s Vagaries; The London Merchant; The Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray; The Commissary…

 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 288.00
68 Guillim

Guillim A Display of Heraldry. 1660.

 1660 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 264.00
2

Irish Catholic Bulletin. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.

 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 240.00
10

Limerick Ephemera. Box of historical Bill heads, programmes, receipts, political leaflets, religious material, booklets etc.

 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 240.00
110 Boucher, A

Boucher, A Treatise of Forest Trees, Dublin 1784.

 1784 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 240.00
351 M. Paulo.

M. Paulo. In Epistolas Ciceronis Atticum. Venice. 1547.

 1547 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 240.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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