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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
501 SIGNEDConstance de Markievicz

Kevin Barry: Postcard (printed in green, orange and brown ink) featuring an image of Kevin Barry surrounded by Irish flags, bayonets and a harp.

EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
502

Postcard (printed in green, orange and brown ink) featuring an image of Kevin Barry surrounded by Irish flags, bayonets and a harp.

EUR 50.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
503

Thomas Whelan-Died for Ireland March 14th 1921 Postcard (printed in green, orange and brown ink) featuring an image of Thomas Whelan surrounded by Irish flags, bayonets and a harp.

1921 EUR 50.00 - 150.00 EUR 25.00
504

The Constitution of the Free State of Ireland [English Translation].

[1922] EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
505

Irish Republican Army Poster: With pictures and details of 16 of the leaders of the Insurrection , 1916; Memorial Card marking the death of Mrs Kathleen Brugha 1959 with a written note signed by her son Ruadri

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
506

Irish Nationalism; Flyers issued 1916-1922.

1916-1922. EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 525.00
507

Irish Rebellion, 1916. Picture Postcard; Michael Mallin, (Commandant Irish Republican Army), Executed May 8th, 1916; Finian Lynch (Captain Irish Volunteers) Sentenced to Death, commuted to 10 years Penal Servitude; George Noble Count Plunkett, arrested Ma

c.1916 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
508 James Connolly

Socialism Made Easy, Published by Socialist Labour Press, fragile; The Irish Revolution by James Connolly, published by the James Connolly Publishing Company Issue No 1;...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
509

Constitution of the Free State of Ireland [English translation].

[1921]. EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
510

Ghosts (No.9) by P. H. Pearse;Patrichk H Pearse, A Sketch Of His Life by "Coilin"; The Life Of Padraig Pearse, by his sister, Mary Brigid Pearse (Our Boys);

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 56.25
511

O' Donovan Rossa Memorial Souvenir Programme on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial to O'Donovan Rossa by the President of Ireland (Mr. Sean T. O Ceallaigh) in Skibbereen July 1950.

1950 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
512 R M Fox,

History of the Irish Citizen Army,

1943 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
513

Kerry's Fighting Story 1916-21. Illustrated.

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
514

Dublin's Fighting Story. 1916-1921.

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
515

Dublin's Fighting Story 1916-21 told by the men who made it; With The I R A In The Fight For Freedom 1919 to the Truce ,

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
516

Kerry's Fighting Story, 1916-21. Told by the Men Who made It. ; With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom 1919 to the Truce

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
517 Le Roux, Louis --

Tom Clarke and The Irish Freedom Movement

1936 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
518

Irish Nationalism: To Take Arms- A Year In The Provisional IRA by Maria McGuire, 1973, HB, DJ; Ireland in the war years and after 1939-51 edited by K B Nolan, 1969, HB, DJ; ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
519 Anonymous

Tales of the R.I.C.

Edinburgh & London, 1921 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
520 Connolly, James

Irish Related: Labour in Irish History

1917 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
521 M. J. MacManus

Eamon de Valera, A Biography

Dublin and Cork 1944 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
522

Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life (1922) by Thomas J Clarke, HB, DJ; A Second Chronicle of Jails by Darrell Figgis, 1919 (2)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
523 editedBreandan Mac Giolla Choille,

Chief Secretary's Office Dublin Castle Intelligence Notes 1913-16

1966 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
524

Irish Interest: History of the Irish Citizen Army by R M Fox, 1943; Fenian Memories by Dr Mark F Ryan, 1945; Ireland's Civil War by Calton Younger, 1968; ...

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
525

Saorstat Eireann: Irish Free State Official Handbook.

c1932 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
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  • Forum Auctions
    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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    26th September 2024
    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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    26th September 2024
    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.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
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    26th September 2024
    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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