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Purcell Auctioneers: Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc.

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Auction Name Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc. Total Sales (EUR) 13,400.49
Auction Date January 06, 2025 - January 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,675.00
Sale Number #10625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,165.00
Total Lots 486
Sold Lots 307 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 11,665.00
% of Lots Sold 63.17% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 23,100.00
Unsold Lots 179 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
110

Irish Theatre: Programme of Translations by Brian Friel presented by Field Day Theatre Company

1980 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 611.28
155 Gibson, William

The Cry of Oppression Continued & Encreased in Nottingham-shire Being A brief Relation of some of the late Cruel Sufferings of the People of God, called, Quakers in the said County

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 302.42
108

Art and Architecture of Ireland. Medieval Art and Architecture 400 -- 1600

EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 295.99
16 Oliver St. John.

Wild Apples.

1930 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 257.38
296

The Dublin Art Monthly No 4 and 6. (only 6 issues in total were printed)

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 193.04
371

Bundle of Irish Language, Books and Pamphlets

EUR 10.00 - 20.00 EUR 193.04
421

Kinsale Photographic Archive. Superb colour photographs of buildings, streetscapes, individual architectural and historical features,...

2000-2010 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 193.04
14 Ussher, Arland.

From a Dark Lantern. A Journal, edited and arranged by Roger Nyle Parisious. With woodcut devices.

1978 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 136.41
15 Higgins, F. R.

Arable Holdings: Poems.

1933 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 128.69
289 Francis Bacon

The Works of Francis Bacon Complete in four volumes. London, . Printed for A Millar, against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand

1740 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 123.54
343 Rev. E. A. D'Alton

D'Alton's History Of Ireland From The Earliest Times To The Present Day.

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 123.54
355

Report of the Medical Officer for 1894/1895 on Oyster Culture in relation to disease

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 117.11
4 Nenagh Writers group

Nenagh, Co.Tipperary. A Treasury of Story and Verse

EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 109.39
356

Eight Report of Inspector General 1830 -Prisons of Ireland

1830 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 104.24
400

A large oblong folio album of original 19th century Northern Ireland photographs with some rare topographical photos of the province.

19th century EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 104.24
57 Brendan Kennelly/Seamus Heaney

Brendan Kennelly/Seamus Heaney: New and Selected Poems. Limited Edition

EUR 25.00 - 50.00 EUR 102.95
430

Two late 19th century Irish coaching prints : Donnybrook to Dublin and Drogheda to Dundalk in fine contemporary hand colouring.

1880 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 102.95
179 Philip Dixon Hardy.

The Dublin Penny Journal.

1833/34 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 101.67
417

Superb Lot of Waterford Interest Books: The History, Topography & Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford

1982 EUR 75.00 - 150.00 EUR 100.38
168

An Bradan- agus Iascaireacht an Bhradain, Aonraoi O Liothain/Seamus Mac Ualghairg, Sairseal agus Dill

1970 EUR 10.00 - 20.00 EUR 97.80
63 Ciaran Bourke

Ciaran Bourke Hand written note indicates this was his book of poetry with corrections

EUR 75.00 - 150.00 EUR 96.52
69 Francis Thompson.

The Hound of Heaven.

1914 EUR 75.00 - 150.00 EUR 96.52
139 Cardinal Bentivoglio.

Della Guerra di Fiandra. 1

1639 EUR 75.00 - 100.00 EUR 96.52
183 George Petrie.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion on Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland R.H. A. second Edition

1845 EUR 75.00 - 150.00 EUR 96.52
93 editedRobert Cochrane

Programme and Excursions for Connaught Meeting, Athlone, July 1907.

1907 EUR 25.00 - 50.00 EUR 95.23
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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