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
201

Bacon's Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the World,

1905 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
202

Brown's Madeira Canary Islands and Azores

1903 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
203

Cook's Traveller's Handbook for Norway, Sweden and Denmark including Spitsbergen, Iceland and other Arctic Islands, With maps, plans and vocabulary,

1923 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 81.25
204 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke,

40 Greater Britain -- A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries during 1866 and 1867, 1869, Macmillian; A Tour of the Eastern Counties of England 1722, Daniel Defoe, 1891, Cassell & Co., ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
205

Lampugnani's Guide to the Italian Lakes (Como, Lugano, Maggiore) and the Valleys of the Intelvi

1926 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
206 M'CARTHY, Denis.

A Catechetical Compendium of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding.

1823 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
207

Four Years of Irish History 1845-1849 by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.

1883 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
208

Dissertations On The History Of Ireland. To which is subjoined, A Dissertation on the Irish Colonies established in Britain with some Remarks on Mr. Mac Pherson's Translation of Fingal and Temora by C O'Connor Esq.

Dublin: 1766 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 150.00
209 John Weever.

Ancient Funerall Monuments Within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adiacent; with the dissolved Monasteries therein contained; their founders, and what eminent persons have beene in the same interred.

London: 1631 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
210 Earl of Dunraven.

The Legacy of Past Years - A Study of Irish History. and L. T. Berneval. Legendary History of Ireland. 1887 (2)

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 62.50
211

Fourth Book of Lessons. The Use of Schools

Dublin. 1859 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 100.00
212 Liam O'Flaherty:

I Went To Russia, Cape 1931, 1st edit; The Puritan, Cape, 1932; Hollywood Cemetery, Gollancz, 1935; Skerrett, Gollancz, 1932; ...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
213 J Curry, M. D.

An Historical And Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Settlement under King William with the State of the irish Catholics from that settlement to the relaxation of the Popery Laws, in the Year 1778

Dublin: 1810 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 137.50
214 C. Smith

The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry'

1756 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 325.00
215 John Irving,

Until I find You,

2005 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 87.50
216 Young, Ella (Maud Gonne )

Celtic Wonder-Tales. Illustrated and Decorated by Maud Gonne -

1923 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 118.75
217 Pettigrew & Oulton.

Dublin Almanac, Registry & Directory 1843.

1843 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
218 W. McDonald.

Irish Directory and Gazatteer.

EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 375.00
219

The Post Office Dublin Directory & Calendar for 1906.

1906 EUR 250.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
220

Kelly's Handbook 1961 H/B and Who's Who 1959 H/B (2)

1961, 1959 EUR 25.00 - 45.00 EUR 200.00
221 IssuedAn Chomhairle Naisiunta, The National Council, (Sinn Fein).

Leabhar na hEireann - The Irish Year book, 1909.

Dublin 1909 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 12.50
222

Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage; Royal Edition 1890

1890 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 68.75
223

Gentleman's Magazine, 1794, July to December (including Index and Supplement)

1794 EUR 90.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
224 J M Barrie

Half Hours. Pantaloon. The Twelve-Pound Look. Rosalind. The Will.

London, New York and Toronto, 1914 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
225 Hardy, Thomas

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse (a New Version of an Old Story Arranged as a Play for Mummers in One Act Requiring No Theatre or Scenery)

1923 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 68.75
  • 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 €
    Gonnelli
    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 €
  • ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
    abaa.org/vbf
  • 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.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
Ask Questions