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
701

From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountains by Micheal O Muircheartaigh, 1 st Ed: Garret Fitzgerald- Ireland in the World, 2005, 1st Ed and Reflections on the Irish State, 2003,...

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
702 Richard Murphy.

The Mirror Wall

Dublin, 1989 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
703

Jennifer Johnston, How Many Miles to Babylon?, 1974, Hamish Hamilton, The Essential Jennifer Johnston -- The Captains and the Kings, The Railway Station Man, Fool's Sanctuary, with an introduction by Sebastian Barry, 1999,...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
704 M. Mansoor,

The Story of Irish Orientalism,

Dublin 1944 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
705 John Connolly

Every Dead Thing. A signed first edition (1999); Nocturnes. Signed first 2004; and The Black Angel.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
706 Austin CLARKE

Mnemosyne lay in dust

1966 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
707 Padraic Colum

Moytura

1963 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
708

Tis by Frank McCourt SIGNED 1st Rd, 1999; That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern, 1st Ed, 2002, ...

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 25.00
709 Colm Toibin -

MARTYRS AND METAPHORS,

1985 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
710 Neil Jordan -

Night in Tunisia,

UK 1979 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
711

Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1979; Drink to the Bird by Benedict Kiely,1991,...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
712

Cecilia Ahern, The Gift, 2008, Harper Collins; Cecilia Ahern, Flawed, 2016, Feiwel and Friends, ...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
713

Patrick Kavanagh, Tarry Flynn, 1968, MacGibbon & Kee; Patrick Kavanagh Sacred Keeper, A Biography by Peter Kavanagh, 1979, The Goldsmith Press

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
714

Irish Related: Sailing to an Island by Richard Murphy SIGNED, 1963Trial at Green Street Courthouse by Roger McHugh plus 3 others (5)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
715

Arctic Exploration: The Coldest March- Scott's Fatal Antartic Expedition by Susan Solomon, 1st Ed; The Shackleton Voyages- a pictorial anthology of the polar explorer plus 4 others (6) PLUS 5 Posters depicting Arctic scenes

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 43.75
716

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape edited by Aalen/Whelan/Stout, 2011; The Knights of Glin- Seven Centuries of Change edited by Tom Donovan, 2009 plus 4 others (6)

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
717

Coffe Tables Irish Related Titles: Wallpaper in Ireland 1700-1900 by David Skinner, 2001; Atlas of the Irish Revolution edited by Crowley/O Driscoll/Murphy, 2017 plus 7 others (9)

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
718

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: Ancient Ireland -from prehistoric to the middle ages by Jacqueline O'Brien and Peter Harbison, 1996; Liam O'Flaherty's ireland by Peter Costello, 1996 plus 7 others (9)

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
719

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: High Island -an irish Monastry in the Atlantic by Jenny White Marshall and grellan D Rourke, 2000; The Mountains of Ireland by Gareth McCormack, 2016 plus 4 others (6)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
720

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: Ireland A Luminous Beauty by Peter Harbison and Leslie Conron Carola, 2014; Irish Blessings -a photographic celebration, 1999 plus 4 others (6)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
721

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: The Encyclopaedia of Ireland edited by Brian Lalor, 2003; Lighthouses of Ireland by Roger O'Reilly, 2018 plus 4 others (6)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 118.75
722

Kerry Related: Blennerville -Gateway to Tralee's Past by Liam Kelly, 1989; Gathering Light on the Dingle Coast plus 3 others (5)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
723

Irish Language: Corca Dhuibhne by Doncha O Conchuir, 1973; Fiche Blian Ag Fas by Muiris O Suilleabhain, 1976 plus 10 others (12)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
724

Coffee Table Irish Interest Books: Historic Ireland-5000 Years of Ireland's Heritage by Daithi O hOgain, 2001; Picture The Quiet Man-an illustrated celebration by Des Machale, 2004 plus 7 others (9)

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
725

Coffee Table Books: The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles by Bob C Stevens, 1976 Slipcase; Vanishing Ireland by James fennell and Turtle Bunbury, 1988 plus 4 others (6)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
  • Gonnelli
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    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 €
    Gonnelli
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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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    26th September 2024
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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.
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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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