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
76 James Joyce.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

New York. 1917 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
77 Birmingham, George A.

Irishmen All Yeats.

London & Edinburgh 1913 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 61.50
78

A collection of five signed limited editions by George Moore - The Coming of Gabrielle,

1920 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 116.85
79 John M. Synge. With Drawings Jack B. Yeats.

In Wicklow West Kerry and Connemara

1911 EUR 160.00 - 320.00 EUR 246.00
80 Rae Jeffs

Brendan Behan Man and Showman

1968 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 67.65
81 John B. Keane

The Change in Mame Fadden

1973 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.05
82 John B. Keane

John B. Keane first editions.

1971 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 55.35
83 John B Keane

John B Keane: Dan Pheaidi Aindi,

1977 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 67.65
84 C.3.3. (Oscar Wilde).

The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

1899 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 123.00
85 Robert Gibbings:

Robert Gibbings: A collection of titles such as Till I End My Song,

1957 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 55.35
86 Cusack, M. F.

The Life of Daniel O'Connell - the Liberator. His Times-Political, Social, and Religious

1872 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 184.50
87 Justin McCarthy M.P.

A History of Our Own Times (1879/80) --

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 61.50
88

Maynooth College. Its Centenary History,

-1795 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 36.90
89

The National Library

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 24.60
90

Francis John Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings; Buckley, James Fintan Lalor; Herman, Great Walks Ireland; Slieve Bloom from father to Son, Scully; and The Unappeasable Host, studies in Irish Identities, UCD,

1998 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 55.35
91

The Annals of Loch Ce (William Hennessy

1939 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 172.20
92

Joseph O'Connor "Redemption Falls"

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 67.65
93 Roddy Doyle

The Barrytown Trilogy

1992 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 73.80
94 Roddy Doyle

The Deportees

2007 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 159.90
95 John Banville

Long Lankin,

1970 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 516.60
96 John Banville

The Newton Letter

1982 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 61.50
97 John Banville

The Untouchable

1997 exceedingly rare in first print. EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 55.35
98 McCann, Colm.

Apeirogon.

2020 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 36.90
99 Neil Jordan

Mistaken

2011 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 67.65
100 Brian de Breffney

Castles of Ireland (photographs by George Mott) and 3 others

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 24.60
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