• <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> CASAS (BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS). <i>La Découverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols,</i> Paris, 1697. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Primera parte de los commentarios reales, que tratan del orígen de los Yncas…,</i> Lisbonne, 1609 [1608 au colophon]. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. <i>Histoire des Yncas rois du Pérou. On a joint à cette édition l'Histoire de la conquête de la Floride,</i> Amsterdam, 1737. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAET (JOHANNES DE). <i>L'Histoire du nouveau monde, ou description des Indes occidentales,</i> Leyde, 1640. €8,000 to €10,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> LAFITAU (JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS). <i>Mœurs des sauvages amériquains, comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps,</i> Paris, 1724. €1,200 to €1,500.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> ORRIO (FRANCISCO XAVIER ALEXO DE). <i>Solución del gran problema acerca de la población de las Americas,</i> Mexico, 1763. €1,500 to €2,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> [ROCHEFORT (CHARLES DE)]. <i>Histoire naturelle et morale des Îles Antilles de l'Amérique,</i> Amsterdam, 1716. €800 to €1,000.
    <b>ALDE, Apr. 18:</b> TURGOT (ANNE-ROBERT-JACQUES). <i>Mémoire sur les colonies américaines, sur leurs relations politiques avec leurs métropoles…,</i> Paris, 1791. €1,000 to €1,200.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Roman binding.- Pindar. <i>Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia,</i> translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Hemingway (Ernest). <i>Fiesta,</i> first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Casino Royale,</i> first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Dickens (Charles). <i>Great Expectations,</i> 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Campbell (Colen) & others. <i>Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect...,</i> 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). <i>Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis,</i> Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. <i>Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792,</i> 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Botany.- Curtis (William). <i>The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed,</i> 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) <i>The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe,</i> 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.
  • <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Speed (John). <i>The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine...</i> bound with <i>The Prospect of the most Famous parts of the World,</i> Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676. £20,000 to £30,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> China. De Jode (Cornelis), <i>China Regnum,</i> Antwerp [1593]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Hondius (Henricus), <i>Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.</i> Auct: Henr. Hondio. Amsterdam, circa 1630. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> World. Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), <i>Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula</i> auct: Guilelmo Blaeuw, Amsterdam [1635 - 58]. £5,000 to £8,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Acosta (Emanuel). <i>Rerum a Societate Iesu in Oriente gestarum ad annum usque à Deipara Virgine…,</i> 1st edition, Dillingen: Sebald Mayer, 1571. £3,000 to £5,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Ruggieri (Francesco). <i>Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne della Citta di Firenze…,</i> 4 volumes bound in two, Florence, Appresso l'Editore, 1755. £3,000 to £4,000.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Parry (William). <i>Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage,</i> 6 vols in 5, 1st editions, 1821-27. £2,000 to £3,000.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Hunter (John). <i>A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds,</i> 1st edition, 1794. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Furber (Robert). <i>The Flower-Garden Display'd, in above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the most Beautiful Flowers…,</i> 1st quarto edition, London, 1732. £1,000 to £1,500.
    <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>April 5<br>Printed Books, Maps, Atlases & Caricatures</b>
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Friedman (Milton). <i>A Theory of the Consumption Function,</i> 1st edition, 1957. £500 to £800.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Clarkson (Thomas). <i>The history of the ... abolition of the African slave-trade,</i> 2 vols., 1808. £800 to £1,200.
    <b>Dominic Winter, Apr. 5:</b> Civil War Pamphlets. A sammelband of 19 pamphlets relating to events of the English Civil War, 1640-1661. £2,000 to £3,000.

Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Postcards, Ephemera Etc., 21523, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
02/15/2023 - 02/15/2023
Page Size: 703 items in 29 pages

Lot NumberAuthor NameBook TitlePlace PrintedYear PublishedEstimateActual Price
1William Blake.

Vala or The Four Zoas - A Facsimile of the Manuscript -A Transcript of The Poem by G.E. Bealey

1963EUR 80.00 - 120.00Not Sold
2

CBS 200: 1816-2016. .

2019EUR 60.00 - 100.00EUR 83.30
3 by John Hunt

Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200-1600, Vol 1-2

EUR 80.00 - 100.00EUR 59.50
4Davis, Thomas

Irish Interest X 5 Titles: The Patriot Parliament of 1689

1893EUR 40.00 - 60.00EUR 107.10
5

Irish related; Irish Furniture-The Irish Heritage Series: 16; Irish Furniture and Woodcraft by John Teahan; …

EUR 40.00 - 60.00EUR 65.45
6by Philip Mac Dermott CONNELLAN, Owen.

The Annals of Ireland, translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters With Annotations

1846EUR 100.00 - 150.00EUR 357.00
7

Irish art: artists bio and catalogues: Rose Barton; Roderic O Connor; Daniel O Neill; Stella Steyn; James McIntosh Patrick; WJ Leech; Brian Bourke. …

EUR 30.00 - 60.00EUR 47.60
8Desmond Egan

Athlone.

2010EUR 180.00 - 220.00Not Sold
9

Irish Related:The Albert Bender Collection of Asian Art in the National Museum of Ireland Audrey Whitty

2011EUR 40.00 - 60.00EUR 29.75
10Carpenter, Andrew.

My Uncle John, Edward Stephen's Life of J.M. Synge,

1974EUR 30.00 - 60.00EUR 35.70
11Patrick Kavanagh;

Self-Portrait,

1975EUR 80.00 - 100.00EUR 77.35
12 O'Grady, J.

The Life and Work of Sarah Purser.

1996EUR 40.00 - 60.00EUR 83.30
13O’Donnell from the photos of Fr Browne,

The Annals of Dublin Fair City

EUR 30.00 - 60.00Not Sold
14

Fallon, The Armada in Ireland, Wilson, A New Lease of Life…landlords, etc Canada and Ireland, 1994, Kockel, Landscape, Heritage and Identity, Liverpool, 1995…

EUR 30.00 - 50.00EUR 35.70
15Isaac Weld.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and Surrounding Country.

London.1806EUR 60.00 - 120.00EUR 59.50
16Capote, Truman

One Christmas.

New York 1983EUR 40.00 - 60.00EUR 65.45
17Austin Clarke.

Old-Fashioned Pilgrimage and Other Poems.

1967EUR 40.00 - 80.00EUR 23.80
18

Saorstát Eireann Irish Free State Official Handbook;

1932EUR 80.00 - 100.00EUR 107.10
19Neil Jordan;

The Drowned Detective

2016EUR 50.00 - 75.00EUR 89.25
20(LENNON, John, Jann Wenner)

Lennon Remembers

San Francisco 1971EUR 30.00 - 50.00EUR 41.65
21

Folio volume of large original photographs of Switzerland, Italy and some early scarce Irish Views.

C. 1885.EUR 250.00 - 350.00Not Sold
22John Boyle O'Reilly compiler and editor.

The Poetry and Song of Ireland with biographical sketches of her Poets.

Kansas.EUR 40.00 - 80.00EUR 77.35
23William Strang; Binyon, Laurence (Introduction)

William Strang Catalogue Of His Etched Work 1882-1912 WITH William Strang Supplement To The `Catalogue Of His Etched Work 1882-1912' . Catalogue is No 50 of 130.

EUR 60.00 - 100.00EUR 226.10
24FERGUSON (James).

Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics. With The Use of Globes, The Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. With the Supplement.

London 1770EUR 100.00 - 200.00EUR 23.80
25

Peig. A Sceal Fein do Scriobh Peig Sayers. Clolucht an Talboidigh

1936EUR 70.00 - 140.00EUR 309.40
  • <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana:<br>March 30, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> E. Simms Campbell, <i>A Night-Club Map of Harlem,</i> New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
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