Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of the Private Library of Paul Durcan (renowned Irish Poet) and other clients, incl. Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera etc. , 101624, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 16, 2024 - October 16, 2024

Page Size: 659 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	RYAN, John	The history and Antiquities of the County of Carlow.	Dublin	1833	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
2		John J. Silke. Kinsale - The Spanish Intervention in Ireland at the end of the Elizabethan Wars.		1970	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
3	Gibson, Rev. C.B.	The History of the County and City of Cork.	London	1861	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
4		Danger Zone. Story of the Queenstown command.		1936	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 31.25
5	edited by Patrick O' Flanagan and C G Buttimer.	Cork Related; Cork History and Society		1993	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
6	Simpson	Cork Silver and Gold four centuries of craftsmanship; Discovering Cork by Pochin Mould			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
7		Cork Interest. History of Douglas Revised Edition; The Great Famine in Skibbereen; History of Great Island, Cove of Cork, Queenstown; ...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
8		Hand Book for Travellers in Ireland, James Frazer,		1874	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
9	D L Kelleher	Cork Interest; The Glamour of Cork		1974	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
10	Murphy	Cork Interest. The College, University College Cork		1910-23	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
11	Carroll	Cork Interest. Castles and Fortified Houses of West Cork			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
12		Houses of Clare Weir, Hugh.		1986	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 200.00
13		Kiltenanlea Parish Church, Clonlara		1782-1992	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
14	Patrick Taylor.	The West Clare Railway		1994	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
15	Warburton, J. Whitelaw, J & Walsh, R.	History of the City of Dublin, from the earliest accounts to the present Time	London	1818	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
16	Abercrombie, Patrick and others.	Dublin of the Future, A New Town Plan,	Dublin	1922	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 375.00
17	Dublin	John D'Alton History of the County of Dublin		1838	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
18	Curran	Dublin collection. Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 31.25
19	Pat Liddy,	Dublin Related: Dublin - A Celebration		2000	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 31.25
20	Hone/Craig/Fewer,	Dublin Related; The New Neighbourhood of Dublin		2002	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
21		Dublin Interest, Dublin main drainage scheme: souvenir handbook;		1905	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
22	edited Aalen and Whelan.	Dublin City and County from Prehistory to Present			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
23	J Warbuton	Dublin Interest: History of The City of Dublin		1957	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
24	Jim Keenan,	Dublin Related: Dublin The Peoples City-The Photographs of Nevill Johnson; Dublin Cinemas-a pictorial selection		2005	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
25	edited by W E Vaughan,	Dublin Related: The Old Library-Trinity College Dublin 1712-2012		2013	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50

Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.

Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024

Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
November 14

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.

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Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.

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Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
Le Neptune Oriental

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
CASSAS
Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
CASSINI DE THURY
Carte générale et particulière de la France.

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
JOUY; GARNERAY
Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LA PÉROUSE
Voyage autour du monde

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LICENT
Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
Panorama d’Athènes

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
PEETERS
Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
PÉRON; FREYCINET
Voyage de découverte aux terres australes

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
STACKELBERG
La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
VALENTINER
Atlas des Sonnensystems.

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