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

Auction Details

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
475	Percy French.	[Percy French] The Mountains O'Mourne and Are Ye Right There Michael? [re West Clare Railway]	Dublin	Both circa1900.	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 49.20
476		The Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland (Volume 1): The Hymn of St Sechnall in Praise of St Patrick/The Hymn of St Ultan in Praise of St Brigid/The Hymn of St Cummain Fota in Praise of the Apostles/The Hymn of St Mugint Todd, JH (ed/trans)		1855/1869	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 36.90
477	Joseph A Wade.	Music: Shule Agra An Irish Ballad sung by Mrs Waylett at the New Theatre Royal Dublin, Symphonies & Accompaniments			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 24.60
478	Thomas Moore & Sir John Stevenson A	Selection Of Irish Melodies. Marbled boards, calf gilt spine and title.	London & Dublin	c1808	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
479		Songs of the Glens of Antrim, Moira O'Neill,		1920	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 24.60
480		[Limerick Musical Rarity]The Lass of Limerick Town. A Romantic Comic Opera in Two Acts			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 92.25
481	O'Curry, Eugene.	Lectures On The Manuscript Materials Of Ancient Irish History.	Dublin	1861	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 135.30
482		Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.	London	1847	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 86.10
483	Rosenthal, (with Hilary Pyle),	The Art of Jack B.Yeats,		1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 104.55
484	Hilary Pyle.	Yeats. Portrait of an Artistic Family.		1997	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 73.80
485	Hilary Pyle,	Irish Art: Yeats Portrait of an Artistic Family		1997	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 147.60
486		Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 to			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 73.80
487	Richard Speer,	Matt Lamb, The Art Of Success 1600. John Hunt		2005,	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
488	Enda Cavanagh	Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Exploring The Irish Landcsape			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 49.20
489	Patrick J. Murphy	Patrick Tuohy from conversations with his friends --		2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 73.80
490	Theo Snoddy,	Dictionary of Irish artists		20th century	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
491	J. C. Wilson.	Conor - The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist.		1981	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 73.80
492	Jim Fitzpatrick --	Celtia, A Collection of Posters and Drawings in the Celtic Style,	Dublin	1975	EUR 220.00 - 260.00	EUR 393.60
493	Jim Fitpatrick	Jim Fitpatrick: Framed print of Emer-Wife of Cu Chulainn			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 92.25
494	Sean Scully	Tin Mal and Cut Ground, two exhibition catalogues accompanied by a wonderful Tin Mal triptych print, Tin Mal catalogue signed by Sean Scully.		2011	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 270.60
495	Aubrey De Vere -,	Poetry: The Sisters, Inisfail and other poems		1861	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 246.00
496	Hogan, Edmund	The Description of Ireland and The State thereof as it is at this present in Anno 1598, now for the first time published from a Manuscript preserved in Clongowes-Wood College	Dublin	1878	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 55.35
497	Liam Swords,	Irish Interest: A Dominant Church- The Diocese of Achonry 1818-1960			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 73.80
498	Noel Coward.	Theatrical Companion To Noel Coward, A Pictorial Record of the First Performances and Revivals of the Theatrical Works of Noel Coward by Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson.	London	1957, Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine, in original dust jacket	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 67.65
499	McManus	The Irish Hedge Schools and its Books 1695-1831			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 36.90

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD