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Purcell Auctioneers: Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc.

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Auction Name	Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc.	Total Sales (EUR)	13,400.49
Auction Date	January 06, 2025 - January 06, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	7,675.00
Sale Number	#10625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	15,165.00
Total Lots	486
Sold Lots	307.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	11,665.00
% of Lots Sold	63.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	23,100.00
Unsold Lots	179	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	58.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
110		Irish Theatre: Programme of Translations by Brian Friel presented by Field Day Theatre Company	1980	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 611.28
155	Gibson, William	The Cry of Oppression Continued & Encreased in Nottingham-shire Being A brief Relation of some of the late Cruel Sufferings of the People of God, called, Quakers in the said County		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 302.42
108		Art and Architecture of Ireland. Medieval Art and Architecture 400 -- 1600		EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 295.99
16	Oliver St. John.	Wild Apples.	1930	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 257.38
296		The Dublin Art Monthly No 4 and 6. (only 6 issues in total were printed)		EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 193.04
371		Bundle of Irish Language, Books and Pamphlets		EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 193.04
421		Kinsale Photographic Archive. Superb colour photographs of buildings, streetscapes, individual architectural and historical features,...	2000-2010	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 193.04
14	Ussher, Arland.	From a Dark Lantern. A Journal, edited and arranged by Roger Nyle Parisious. With woodcut devices.	1978	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 136.41
15	Higgins, F. R.	Arable Holdings: Poems.	1933	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 128.69
289	Francis Bacon	The Works of Francis Bacon Complete in four volumes. London, . Printed for A Millar, against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand	1740	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 123.54
343	Rev. E. A. D'Alton	D'Alton's History Of Ireland From The Earliest Times To The Present Day.		EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 123.54
355		Report of the Medical Officer for 1894/1895 on Oyster Culture in relation to disease		EUR 20.00 - 40.00	EUR 117.11
4	Nenagh Writers group	Nenagh, Co.Tipperary. A Treasury of Story and Verse		EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 109.39
356		Eight Report of Inspector General 1830 -Prisons of Ireland	1830	EUR 15.00 - 30.00	EUR 104.24
400		A large oblong folio album of original 19th century Northern Ireland photographs with some rare topographical photos of the province.	19th century	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 104.24
57	Brendan Kennelly/Seamus Heaney	Brendan Kennelly/Seamus Heaney: New and Selected Poems. Limited Edition		EUR 25.00 - 50.00	EUR 102.95
430		Two late 19th century Irish coaching prints : Donnybrook to Dublin and Drogheda to Dundalk in fine contemporary hand colouring.	1880	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 102.95
179	Philip Dixon Hardy.	The Dublin Penny Journal.	1833/34	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 101.67
417		Superb Lot of Waterford Interest Books: The History, Topography & Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford	1982	EUR 75.00 - 150.00	EUR 100.38
168		An Bradan- agus Iascaireacht an Bhradain, Aonraoi O Liothain/Seamus Mac Ualghairg, Sairseal agus Dill	1970	EUR 10.00 - 20.00	EUR 97.80
63	Ciaran Bourke	Ciaran Bourke Hand written note indicates this was his book of poetry with corrections		EUR 75.00 - 150.00	EUR 96.52
69	Francis Thompson.	The Hound of Heaven.	1914	EUR 75.00 - 150.00	EUR 96.52
139	Cardinal Bentivoglio.	Della Guerra di Fiandra. 1	1639	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	EUR 96.52
183	George Petrie.	The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion on Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland R.H. A. second Edition	1845	EUR 75.00 - 150.00	EUR 96.52
93	editedRobert Cochrane	Programme and Excursions for Connaught Meeting, Athlone, July 1907.	1907	EUR 25.00 - 50.00	EUR 95.23

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.