Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of the Extensive Library of the Late J. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Tim Hurley, Tralee and Some other Private Clients., 92524, Birr

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Auction Date: September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024

Page Size: 804 items in 33 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
451		Saorstat Eireann: Passport issued 1935 to Mr T Hurley, Tralee; Also of Mr T Hurley his British Passport issued in 1923.			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
452	Owen Connellan.	The Annals of Ireland' (Annals of the Four Masters). Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters	Dublin:	1846	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
453		The Illustrated Library Shakespeare..facs library edition of 3000 copies of which this is 1640.		2007	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 31.25
454		The Tralee & Dingle Railway by David G Rowlands, 1977; The Railways of the Republic of Ireland- 1925-75 by Michael H C Baker; The West Clare Railway -l by Joe Taylor SIGNED (3)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
455	V/T.H & D.R. Delaney,	The Canals of the South of Ireland --		1966	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
456		Irish Railways. A Regional History of Railways. Ireland by Rowledge; Clogher Valley; County Donegal; The Londonderry; Dublin & South Eastern Railway; The Northern Counties Railway and the Runaway Train.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
457	Ruth Delany.	Ireland's Royal Canal 1789-1992			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
458	John Feehan,	Atlas The Landscape of Clonmacnoise, oblong elephant folio; The River Brosna, An environmental History,		2024	EUR 60.00 - 70.00	EUR 93.75
459		Sean O Casey, Sunset and Evening Star, 1st, 1954; Under a Coloured Cap, 1963...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
460		Sean O'Casey, Oak Leaves and Lavender,		1946	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
461	, John McGahern,	Amongst Women		1990	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
462	O'Brien, Flann (Myles na Gopaleen).	The Poor Mouth : A Bad Story about the Hard Life (An Beal Bocht)Translated from the Gaelic by Patrick C. Power.	London,	1973	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
463	Belmore, The Earl of	History of the Corry Family of Castlecoole.	London, Dublin	1891	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 118.75
464	O Donovan,	The Economic History of Livestock in Ireland,	Cork	1940	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
465	George Westropp.	The Westropp Family 1250-2000			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
466	Samuel Lewis.	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.		1837	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 31.25
467	Daniel Owen-Madden.	Revelations of Ireland of the Past Generation.		1848	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
468		The James Fenning Sale of Antiquarian Books. 2012; That Woman. Studies in Irish Bibliography to Mary Pollard in glassine wrappers; Ireland in Fiction by Brown; Books relating to Ireland.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
469		Saorstat Eireann' Irish Free State Handbook.		1932	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
470		Standing Orders and Regulations for the Army in Ireland		1969	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 31.25
471	O'NEILL, Henry.	The Fine Arts and Civilization in Ancient Ireland.	London,	1863	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
472		The Gaelic Athletic Association and Irish Nationalist Politics 1884-1924 by Mandle; The Irish Giant; The Vicious Circle.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
473	Kennedy P.G., Ruttledge R.F. and Scrope C.F. assistedG.R. Humphreys.	Birds of Ireland		1954	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
474	FIGUIER, Louis, 1819-1894..	The Insect World: Being A Popular Account of the Order of Insects; Together With A Description Of The Habits And Economy Of Some Of The Most Interesting Species.	London, Paris & New York.		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
475		The Life Of The Bee by Maeterlinck, 1912; Popular Geology by Dionysius Lardner, 1856, Bee & White Ants; Ants, Bees and Wasps by Lubbock, 1888; ...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50

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Gonnelli
Auction 54
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 8th-10th 2024

Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €

Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €

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Futurism

Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €

Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €

Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €

Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €

Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €

Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €

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