Purcell Auctioneers: A Private Library of Antiquarian Books, Fine Bindings, Rare Modern Literature/First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Posters, Postcards, Journals, Broadsides, Irish Language etc., 111324, Birr

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2024 - November 13, 2024
Page Size: 651 items in 27 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Agatha Christie -

The Body in the Library,

London 1942 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 EUR 2,952.00
227 Agatha Christie --

Murder on the Orient Express. The ABC Murders. They do it with Mirrors. The Big Four and The Mirror Crack'd from side to side.

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 73.80
228 William Faulkner --

Sanctuary,

London 1931 EUR 380.00 - 420.00 Not Sold
229 KIPLING, Rudyard:

The Years Between,

London 1919 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 49.20
230 Rudyard Kipling,

The Jungle Book --

London 1895 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 246.00
231 Charles Dickens --

Christmas Books,

n.d. EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 79.95
232 ROWLING, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2005 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 116.85
233 S. R. Crockett

The Grey Man

London 1896. EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 79.95
234 J.R.R. Tolkien --

The Fellowship of the Ring,

1961 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
235 Hemingway, Ernest

A Moveable Feast ( UK proof copy in proof d/j )

UK 1964 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 246.00
236 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

A Moveable Feast

London 1964 EUR 90.00 - 180.00 EUR 49.20
237 Roald Dahl -

CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR.

1973 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 196.80
238 Irvine Welsh.

Glue. SIGNED Limited edition, No. 46 of 100.

London 2001 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 92.25
239 William Boyd.

The Blue Afternoon.

London 1993 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 24.60
240 T. S. ELIOT

The Confidential Clerk

1954 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 61.50
241 Roald Dahl --

REVOLTING RYHMS

1982 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 147.60
242

A selection of nine 'Yellowback',

1876 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 49.20
243 Jonathan Shackleton and John MacKenna

An Irishman in Antarctica -

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 61.50
244 Francis Leopold McClintock - David Murphy.

Robert Lloyd Praeger. Natural History of Ireland.

1950 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 98.40
245 James Joyce.

Dubliners.

1944 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 36.90
246 Hayward, illustrations Raymond Piper.

Munster and City of Cork

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 55.35
247

Guide to Dublin and Its Environs.

C.1930 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 24.60
248

2 Attractive Stamp Albums with vintage and modern stamps compiled by a previous owner. early and decorative stamps.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 86.10
249 Michael O'Connor

Juvenile Offenders In A Reformatory- A Sociological Study: . Thesis prepared by Michael O'Connor B.Soc.Sc

1971 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 147.60
250 Thomas Kinsella, Louis Le Brocquy -

THE TAIN.

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 984.00
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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