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Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Postcards, Stamps, Ephemera Etc.

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Auction Name Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Postcards, Stamps, Ephemera Etc. Total Sales (EUR) 45,191.43
Auction Date November 23, 2022 - November 23, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,180.00
Sale Number #112322 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 47,040.00
Total Lots 576
Sold Lots 533 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 30,050.00
% of Lots Sold 92.53% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 51,420.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
192 Heaney, Seamus.

Triptych. Broadsheet, 3 verse poem.

 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,537.50
57

A substantial archive  from the library of the late John Wyse Jackson;

EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,131.60
469 Samuel Beckett.

The Unnamable.

1975 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 922.50
390

Hand written (3 pages) letter from Daniel O'Connell, SIGNED, dated Clonmel 21st July 1830 to John Redmond Esq of Rathmines, Dublin;

1830 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 861.00
304 W.B. Yeats.

The Trembling of the Veil.

1922 EUR 450.00 - 650.00 EUR 836.40
174 Samuel Beckett.

Worstward Ho

1983 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 799.50
526

An Sáltair Suantach leis An Siodhbhra i. Séamus ua Séaghdha. Charleville Road, Phibsboro. Notebook with manuscript,

 1930-1936 EUR 80.00 - 180.00 EUR 676.50
190 by J. Rocque, Chorographer to His Majesty.

John Rocque's Map of the Kingdom of Ireland,

1790? EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 492.00
211

Report of the Whitworth Fever Hospital, Drumcondra by W I Morgan.

1823 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 492.00
127

Dictionary of Irish Biography, complete 9 Volumes, A to Z

2009 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 467.40
387

Original manuscript letter by John O’Donovan. February 1832.

1832 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 442.80
37 Seamus Heaney

Poems and a Memoir by Seamus Heaney. illustrated by Henry Pearson, introduction by Thomas Flanagan and Preface by Seamus Heaney.

1982 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 369.00
101 by Edmond Keohan

Illustrated History of Dungarvan,

 1924 lovely copy in embossed cloth EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 344.40
378

Manuscript correspondence from John Masefield (Poet) to Diana Awdry (Thomas the Tank) 13 in total.

 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 344.40
522 Charles Stuart Parnell

Cheque drawn on Messrs. Ranson Bouverie Bank, June 21st 1875 from John Crampton to Charles Stuart Parnell Esq of £ 164.

 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 344.40
225 Richard Bagwell.

Ireland Under The Stuarts and During the Interregnum.

1909 EUR 270.00 - 320.00 EUR 295.20
519 , John Banim

Paris, April 1836. Letter to publishers with revisions on the ‘last 3 volumes’ [Duchess of Ormond, published October 1836]

1836 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 295.20
524 Kegan, Paul.

The South Isles of Aran [County Galway]. Oliver Joseph Burke.

1887 EUR 110.00 - 220.00 EUR 295.20
152

Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, a collection of 842 Irish airs and songs hitherto unpublished P.W. Joyce, for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 270.60
442 Dennis O’Driscoll;

Stepping Stones, interviews with Seamus Heaney

 2008 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 270.60
496 Edited by Henry Henn.

A Short Tour of the County Clare 1780.

 1893 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 270.60
527

With the Gun-Runners of Ulster. The History of a Plot that did not Fail.

1914 EUR 160.00 - 320.00 EUR 270.60
530 Erskine Childers.

The Arrest and Trial of Capt. Childers [his last words are given here].

[1922]. EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 270.60
240

The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley and Keats. Complete in One Vol. Paris, Galignani. Nd.

 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 246.00
329 John B. Keane;

Sive, first recording of this play, LP, Mercier Press production with original cast of Listowel players

 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 246.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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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