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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.
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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.
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | 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. | Total Sales (EUR) | 58,962.50 |
| Auction Date | October 16, 2024 - October 16, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 38,320.00 |
| Sale Number | #101624 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 64,427.00 |
| Total Lots | 659 | ||
| Sold Lots | 578 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 46,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.71% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 76,367.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 81 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.21% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 391 | Paul Henry, RHA (1876-1958). | Sheephaven, Donegal, Ireland For Holidays. Original 1920's Poster. |
1920's | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,562.50 |
| 529 | Parliamentary Maps of the Towns and Cities of Ireland |
1831-32 | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,025.00 | |
| 183 | John McGahern | Night-Lines, |
1970 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 390 | Paul Henry, RHA (1876-1958). | Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, "Cropped" Original 1920's Railway Poster. |
1920's | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 850.00 |
| 328 | Topographical Gazetteer: Fullarton. The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. |
1845-46 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 134 | Portmuna, Co Galway Related: 2 Manuscript Ledgers, |
1899 -1902 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 600.00 | |
| 253 | Famine Ireland: Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Copies Or Extracts Of Correspondence Relating To The State Of The Union Workhouses In Ireland Vol 1-8 |
EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 600.00 | ||
| 467 | John Carr, Esq. of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Author of a Northern Summer, or Travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France, &c. &c. John Carr | The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805. |
c.1806 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 600.00 |
| 116 | Ancient Irish Histories - The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrough |
1633 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 575.00 | |
| 150 | J. M. Synge with Drawings by Jack B. Yeats. | The Aran Islands: |
1912 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 619 | 18th/19th Century Title deed/Will/Legal Documents over 100 in total. Mainly from the Counties of Dublin and Kildare |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 500.00 | ||
| 109 | Georgian Society -- Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, Vols. 3, 4 and 5 |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 475.00 | ||
| 514 | Daniel Hayes | The Works In Verse of Daniel Hayes Late of the Middle-Temple, London. |
1769 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 227 | Edgar Alan Poe. | Tales of Mystery and Imagination. |
C.1920 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 398 | Charles Squire, | Celtic Myth and Legend. Poetry and Romance |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 450.00 | |
| 402 | The Young Ladies Journal an Illustrated Magazine of fashion, Fancy Work, Family Reading Etc Etc |
1880/1881/1882/1883/1884/1885 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 450.00 | |
| 411 | Desmond Guinness (Introduction by) | The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 Volumes |
1969 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 252 | Rev. William Carrigan; preface by Rev. Dr. Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory | The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, in four volumes, Vols. I-IV (4 vol set complete) |
1905 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 400.00 |
| 339 | Edna O'Brien | The Country Girls, |
1960 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 400.00 |
| 566 | W. B. Yeats | The Celtic Twilight. |
1902 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 400.00 |
| 16 | Abercrombie, Patrick and others. | Dublin of the Future, A New Town Plan, |
1922 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 149 | Tomas O'Crohan (Translated by Robin Flowers), | The Islandman - |
1934 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 266 | Recods of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society |
1959-1968 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 350.00 | |
| 346 | Translated by Thomas Kinsella | The Tain. |
1969 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 355 | Medbh McGuckian, | Poetry: Collection of Booklets/Pamphlets such as On Ballycastle Beach |
1988 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 350.00 |
![<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.")
