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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476 | A fine selection of First Editions, first Printings. Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin, |
2000 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 477 | John Steinbeck -- Once there was a War, |
1959 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 478 | John Leonard Knapp | The Journal of a Naturalist |
London | 1829 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 25.00 |
| 479 | Languages in Britain and Ireland |
2000 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 43.75 | ||
| 480 | Returns Presented To The House of Commons from The Several Dioceses In Ireland, |
1806 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 481 | Dublin Related: St Michael's Church Dun Laoghaire; The Phoenix Park- Dramatic Story of Ireland's Great Park plus 9 others (11) Ex libris |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |||
| 482 | Irish Fiction, all signed by the author. Sally Rooney -- Beautiful World How Are You. Sebastian Barry -- Old God's Time. John Boyne -- Water. Eugene McCabe -- The Love of Sisters. |
EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 483 | Declan O'Rourke, A Whisper from Oblivion, |
2023 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 25.00 | ||
| 484 | Roddy Doyle - Rory & Ita, | Irish Author First Editions |
2002 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 485 | Benjamin Black, | Holy Orders, |
2013 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 25.00 | |
| 486 | John Banville -- | Books to Die For, |
2012 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 487 | Harold G Leask | Irish Interest: Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings |
1977 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 488 | edited by Watt, Morrall and Martin. | Medieval Studies Presented to Aubrey Gwynn |
1961 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 31.25 | |
| 489 | Translation by John J. O'Meara, paintings by Daniel De'Angelico. | The Voyage of Saint Brendan. |
1994 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 490 | Peter Harbison; | Coffee Table Books Irish Related: Ireland's Treasures- 5000 Years of Artistic Expression |
EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 491 | John Feehan:Farming in Ireland. History, Heritage and Environment. |
2003 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 492 | Zouch Thomas | Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sidney |
York | 1808 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 493 | Murdoch, Iris | An Unofficial Rose |
1962 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 31.25 | |
| 494 | Seamus Heaney, | Beowulf. A Verse Translation. |
London: | 2010 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 495 | Seamus Heaney, | Articulations-poetry, philosophy and the shaping of culture, |
2008 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 496 | Seamus Heaney, | District and Circle, |
2006 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 497 | Seamus Heaney; | Wintering Out, signed & dated |
1974 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
| 498 | Seamus Heaney -- | Seeing Things, |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 499 | Raymond Smith. | The Fighting Irish in the Congo. |
1962 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 500 | by Walter G. Strickland. One hundred and fifty portraits etc. 2 Vol set. | A Dictionary Of Irish Artists |
Dublin | 1913 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
