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
476 Kennedy, P. G

An Irish Sanctuary, Birds of the North Bull

Dublin 1953 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
477 Rev. Henry Newland.

The Erne Its Legends and It's Fly Fishing.

1851 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
478 William Malcomson and John O'Dea, Patrick O'Dea and Thomas Meany.

Limerick Fishery Case. House of Lords.

[1861]. EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
479

Maxwell, Wild Sports in the West of Ireland

1986 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
480 Walter Winans.

Practical Rifle Shooting

New York 1906 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
481 R. A. S. MacAlister.

Monasterboice.

1946 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 31.25
482 Christopher Anderson.

Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish and their Descendants illustrative of their past and present state with Regard to Literature, Education and Oral Instruction.

Edinburgh. 1830 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
483 Thomas Cromwell.

Excursions Through Ireland.

1820 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 425.00
484 Edited, Introduction and Notes,George T. Stokes.

Pococke's Tour in Ireland in 1752.

1891 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
485

O'Connell Centenary Record (Dublin, 1875).

(Dublin, 1875 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 37.50
486 Dermot Bolger,

Finbar's Hotel and Ladies Night at Finbar's Hotel

2005 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
487 George Bernard Shaw:

The Intelligent Womans Guide to Socialism and Capitalism ,

1928 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
488 Mary Robinson --

A Voice for Human Rights,

2006 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
489 CONRAD Joseph

Lord Jim

Edinburgh and London, 1900 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 56.25
490 Henry, Francoise.

The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin.

London: 1974 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 350.00
491 Robert Kane.

The Industrial Resources of Ireland

Dublin, 1844 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
492 Thomas Moore

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore complete in one volume.

1853 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 200.00
493

Irish Passage Graves by Michael Herity, 1974; Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, Editors: F H A Aalen, Kevin Whelan, Matthew Stout, Cork University Press, 1997

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
494 O'Connor, T.P.

Irish Related; Memoirs of an Old Parliamentarian

New York, 1929 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 237.50
495 Criostoir MacCarthaigh.

Traditional Boats of Ireland: History, Folklore, and Construction

2008 EUR 60.00 - 150.00 EUR 87.50
496 EditedJohn Savage.

Picturesque Ireland: A Literary and Artistic Delineation of Th Natural Scenery, Remarkable Places, Historical Antiquities, Public Buildings, Ancient Abbeys, Towers, Castles and Other Romantic and Attractive Features of Ireland.

Melbourne: 1884 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
497 PreparedIrish National Committee for Geography.

Atlas of Ireland.

Dublin, 1979 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
498

The 1916 Song Book. Songs written by Leaders of the Rising.

1930 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
499 Liam Mellows

Last letter from Liam Mellows, Mounjoy Prison Dublin December 1922 'Executed as reprisal'

1922 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
500 Liam Mellows

Last letter from Liam Mellows, Mounjoy Prison Dublin December 1922 'Executed as reprisal'

1922 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    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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    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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