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Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction of Irish & World Interest Books Which includes a Collection of Signed John B Keane Titles and Ephemera, Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions etc.

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Auction Name C.600 Lot Auction of Irish & World Interest Books Which includes a Collection of Signed John B Keane Titles and Ephemera, Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions etc. Total Sales (EUR) 51,200.00
Auction Date May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 38,085.00
Sale Number #52125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 63,692.00
Total Lots 579
Sold Lots 486.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 48,105.00
% of Lots Sold 83.94% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 78,597.00
Unsold Lots 93 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
395 Knight, Patrick.

Erris in the Irish Highlands and the Atlantic Railway. Dublin: Martin Keene And Son, 6 College-Green.

1886 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,812.50
461 John Speede

Original John Speede map dated 1610 of the Countie of Leinster with the Citie Dublin described

1610 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,500.00
361

Manuscript letter re disturbances in East Cork during N0vember, 1797.

1797 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,150.00
378 Jeoffry Keating.

The General History of Ireland

1726 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,125.00
286 John Banville --

Long Lankin. First UK Edition,

1970 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 937.50
463 John Speede

Original John Speede Map of The Province of Mounster

1610 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 687.50
3 by Pat O'Brien.

The History of Broadford Parish County Clare, The Civil Parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy, 1800-1850

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 650.00
462 John Speede

Original John Speede map dated 1610 41 x of The Province of Connaugh with the Citie of Galwaye described.

1610 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 650.00
202 John B Keane:

John B Keane: Large Oil painting portrait of John B Keane by renowned Irish Artist Chris McMorrow, framed. 49.5" X 39.5"

EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
363

Sgeal Chatha Luimnighe [Limerick War News].

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 575.00
507 Rice, William.

Tiger Shooting In India; being an account of Hunting Experiences On Foot In Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854.

1857 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 525.00
374

Mr & Mrs S C Hall. Ireland, Its Scenery, Character &c.. 3 Vol set

1841 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 500.00
84

[books by Maire in wonderful decorative dust jackets] Una Bhan.

EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 425.00
241 Patrick Kavanagh.

(with original poem by Peter Kavanagh). Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.

1972 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 400.00
266 Joseph Mary Plunkett, foreword by Geraldine Plunkett

The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett -

1916 EUR 260.00 - 320.00 EUR 400.00
314 J.R.R. Tolkien -

The Hobbit or There and Back Again

1966 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 400.00
401 edited by Brendan Jennings.

Louvain Papers 1606-1827

1968 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 375.00
200 John B Keane:

John B Keane: Portrait Photograph by Fergus Bourke,one of Ireland's most revered visionary photographers. SIGNED by both John B Keane and Fergus Bourke. Framed and Glazed.

EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 350.00
431

Thomas Ashe: Collection of copy photographs showing Thomas ashe in Kilmainham Jail. His Funeral pasing through Dublin Quays and at Glasnevin Cemeter. Copy of his Courtmartial Documents

1916 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 350.00
261 by G. Van Aarst.

Patrick Kavanagh Poet a Critical Biography

1981 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 325.00
262 Philip Lynott -

Philip.

1977 EUR 140.00 - 180.00 EUR 325.00
336

History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815 : containing minute details of the Battles of Quatre-Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo by William Siborne.

1844 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 325.00
358

The National University of Ireland, War List, Roll of Honour. - compiled in

1919 EUR 140.00 - 180.00 EUR 325.00
375 Petrie, George.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland - Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

1845 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 325.00
121

The Field Keane, John B.

1961 EUR 150.00 - 350.00 EUR 300.00
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