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Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of the Extensive Library of the Late J. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Tim Hurley, Tralee and Some other Private Clients.

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Auction Name Sale of the Extensive Library of the Late J. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Tim Hurley, Tralee and Some other Private Clients. Total Sales (EUR) 60,918.75
Auction Date September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 42,990.00
Sale Number #92524 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 72,372.00
Total Lots 804
Sold Lots 691 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 53,080.00
% of Lots Sold 85.95% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 88,472.00
Unsold Lots 113 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
730

William Sleater's The Public Gazetteer. January 21, 1772 - August 31, 1773; bound with The Public Gazetteer and The Marine Ledger.

EUR 350.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,062.50
181 C. Lehane.

Ireland's Burden Under British Boards

1905 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 1,025.00
443 Rev. C. T. M'Cready.

[unique copy] Dublin Street Names Dated and Explained

1892 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 687.50
436

Guinness's Brewery: A morocco-bound manuscript notebook containing notes of employment at the St James' Gate Brewery Dublin 1839-48.

1839-48. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 650.00
748 Colm Toibin -

Long Island,

2024 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 650.00
686 James Joyce.

Dubliners.

1922 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 575.00
87 Peter Kavanagh

Irish Mythology: A Dictionary (With an Essay by Patrick Kavanagh),

1959 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 550.00
506

Irish Nationalism; Flyers issued 1916-1922.

1916-1922. EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 525.00
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
86

Journal of the North Munster Archaeological Society.

1909-1915. EUR 120.00 - 240.00 EUR 500.00
477 Rev. Henry Newland.

The Erne Its Legends and It's Fly Fishing.

1851 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
335 George Taylor and Andrew Skinner.

Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777.

1778 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 475.00
266 [Thomas Stafford]. EditedStandish O'Grady.

Pacata Hibernia. Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Taken from the Original Chronicles.

1633. 1896 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 450.00
484 Edited, Introduction and Notes,George T. Stokes.

Pococke's Tour in Ireland in 1752.

1891 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
249 Mrs Joseph Plunkett.

To Hold as 'Twere

1920 EUR 350.00 - 700.00 EUR 437.50
169

Report of His Majesty's Commissioners on Ecclesiastical Revenue and Patronage in Ireland, Dated July, 1837.

1837 EUR 120.00 - 240.00 EUR 425.00
483 Thomas Cromwell.

Excursions Through Ireland.

1820 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 425.00
26

A History of Trinity College, 1893-1945 by Kenneth C Bailey,1947,Hodges Figgis,HB/DJ Of One Company, An Icarus Special, 1951,...

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 400.00
193 John Miniihan (IntroductionEugene McCabe)

Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town - published 1996.

1996 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 400.00
277

Drogheda: The Whole Proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland. With A Thankful Remembrance for its wonderful Delivery by Nicholas Bernard dean of Ardagh,

1736 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 400.00
585 Nicolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista)

History of the Jesuits Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs

1854 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 400.00
218 W. McDonald.

Irish Directory and Gazatteer.

EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 375.00
243 Bram Stoker (John Banville) --

DRACULA.

2008 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 375.00
320

Archive from Francis J Byrne. Author of "Irish Kings and High-Kings".

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 350.00
490 Henry, Francoise.

The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin.

1974 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 350.00
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    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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    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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    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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    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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