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 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
776

Irish Library Manuscript Books: Such as List of Borrowers Names and addresses from C L S for 1923; Books wanted by Irish C L S from November 1931 plus 10 others manuscript books.

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 175.00
777

Box of Modern First editions -- All fiction, mainly UK and Irish authors, in fine condition with many signed, (27)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
778 Mortimer Menpes.

India

1917 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
779

The Irish Sword. Issue Vol. 1 number 1, 1949 to Vol XXV, Issue number 95,

2004 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 525.00
780

Collection of 20 books of Irish photographic interest, Father Browne, Sean Sexton etc plus box of box of attractive books on lithography, great Maps, Holy Land, slave ships etc.

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
781

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.

1910 to 1920 and 1964-1982 period. EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 131.25
782

Collection of irish/World interest Titles such as The Year of Liberty-The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham, 1969; The Cause of Ireland- pleaded before the civilized world by Bernard O'Reilly, 1886 plus c52 others

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
783

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books c 50

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 18.75
784

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 15.00
785

Irish Interest: Collection of Titles such as W B Yeats and Georgian Ireland, 1966; The Festival of Lughnasa by Maire MacNeill, 1962 plus c40 others

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
786

Library Collection: An extensive collection of books mainly related to Irish Libaries such as The National University of Ireland 1908-1932-Three Candles Press, 1932; ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
787

Irish (mainly) Interest: Collection of Titles such A Bloomssday Postcard by Niall Murphy, 2004; G B S and the lunatic by Lawerence Langer, 1964 plus c38 others.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
788

Large box of children's books, mostly modern, some fantasy titles.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
789

Irish Interest: Collection of Titles such as The Road to Glenanore by M Jesse Hoare, 1975; Irish Sea Cruising Guide by Robert Kemp, 1976 plus c52 others.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 12.50
790

Irish Interest: Collection of Titles such as Lovely is the Lee by Robert Gibbings, 1945; Kevin O'Higgins by Terence de Vere White, 1948 plus c 50 others.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 18.75
791

Collection of World Interest Books c 60 (Ex Libris)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
792

Collection of World Interest Books c 50 (Ex Libris)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
793

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books c 70

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
794

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books c 70

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
795

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books c 70

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
796

Collection of Irish /World Interest Books c 70

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 22.50
797

Collection of Irish/World Interest Books c 65 (Ex Libris)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
798

Collection of World Interest Books c 65.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
799

Collection of World Interest Titles c55 others

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
800

Collection of World Interest Books c 60 (Ex Libris)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 12.50
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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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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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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