Purcell Auctioneers: Irish & World Interest Books which includes Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories etc., 62525, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 25, 2025 - June 25, 2025

Page Size: 672 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
168	Gerard Fanning	Single page containing 3 handwritten poems by Irish poet Gerard Fanning			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
169		Library Posters: 'How To Find A Book' Poster detailing The Dewey Decimal Classification System which seperates all books into sections			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
169A		C. F. McLoughlin (pseudonym Conn Macado), - 'Imaginative meaning: a prismetric medium'	Dublin	1942	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 112.50
170		The Third Policeman and what it means to her. A single A4 sheet with an essay about Flann O'Brien's novel the "Third Policeman" and what it meant to the author			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 325.00
171	Karl Mannheim	Signed handwritten letter		1940	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
172		The Shouldham Papers		1750s to 1840s	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,812.50
173		Nineteenth century theatrical poster: Marlybone Theatre	London	1875	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
173A		A Very Nicely Executed Hand Written and Drawn "Memorial Card"			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
174		A Fowl case	Dublin	1888	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
174A		Five Letters Addressed to the Men of Ulster Respecting a French Invasion in which it is proved that to repel such Invasion is the true Interest of Ireland and no breach of Hospitality by A Derry Bleacher	Dublin	1804	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 275.00
175		Limerick War News. Sgeal Chatha Luimnighe		1922	EUR 70.00 - 110.00	EUR 37.50
175A		Auction Poster for residential farm in Ballinakill, Roscrea of 84 acres		1940	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00
176		Punch Magazine: 6 Bound Volumes		1911/1914/1915/1915-16/1917/1916-1917	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
177		Crusader Castles		1936	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 900.00
178	T. E. Lawrence	T. E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - A Triumph	Jonathan Cape	1935	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
179		Ink-Stained Hands: Graphic Studio Dublin and the Origins of Fine Art Printmaking in Ireland Lalor	Dublin	2010	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 225.00
180		The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service		1992	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 137.50
181	Michelle P. Brown	The Holkham Bible			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 187.50
182		The Romance Of Alexander (Der Pariser Alexanderroman)	London		EUR 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
183		Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton	London	2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
184		Religion And The Decline Of Magic by Keith Thomas			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 187.50
184A		The Pearl Manuscript		2015	EUR 100.00 - 180.00	EUR 425.00
185	da Grehan	Irish Famine Histories		1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
186		H. O. K catalogue of the Langham family collections from Cottesbrooke Hall and Tempo Manor	Slane Castle	Sept. 2004	EUR 30.00 - 60.00	EUR 100.00
187	Joy Adamson	Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free	London	1960-1962	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 118.75

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

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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