Purcell Auctioneers: c.630+ Lot Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Local Histories, Journals, Maps, Irish Language etc., 21925, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 19, 2025 - February 19, 2025

Page Size: 627 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
525	Richard Adams --	The Girl in a Swing,		1980	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
526	Greene, Graham;	Stamboul Train,	London	1932	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
527	Dickens, Charles.	Dombey and Son.	London	1848	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 162.50
528	Thomas Hardy,	The Wessex Novels: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1895 ; Far from The Maddening Crowd, 1895,; Jude The Obscure, 1896; ...			EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 325.00
529	Richard Little Purdy and Michael Millgate (eds)	The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, Vol. 1-8: 1840--1892		1978	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 400.00
530		Ten First UK Edition, First Printings.			EUR 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
531	W.B. Yeats.	Poems : Second Series.		1909	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
532	Mary H. Kingsley	Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons -		1897	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
533	John Tyndall.	A collection of four early works by John Tyndall.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 300.00
534		Memoirs of Ireland from Restoration: Designs of Tories in Ireland.			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
535		Commumist/Socialist Booklets/Pamphlets: Socialism by J Ramsay MacDonald MP, 1907; Programme of Easter 1916 by Montagu Slater performed at The Left Theatre plus 18 others (20)			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
536	Brian O' Higgins:	"The voice of Banba: songs, ballads and satires"	Dublin;	1931	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 68.75
537		World Interest Booklets/Pamphlets from early to mid 1900's: Memorandum on Slavery by C W W Greenidge published by The Anti Slavery Society; ...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
538		World Interest Booklets/Pamphlets from early to mid 1900's:			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
539	William J. Barrow,	Barrow Research Laboratory, Richmond, 1963 -- 1974.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
540	Charles Darwin.	A Naturalist's Voyage - Journal of Research into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World.	London.	1889	EUR 350.00 - 500.00	EUR 275.00
541	Shan F. Bullock.	Thomas Andrews - Shipbuilder.		1912	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
542		A collection of two works in German from the library of Aloys Fleischmann (1910 -- 1992) the renowned Cork composer, professor and conductor.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
543		Irish Interest Booklets/Pamphlets: The Eighteenth Century Memorials by Dennis Cullen of Monaseed by Ada K Longfield			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
544		Booklets/Pamphlets: The Labour Woman 10 issues from 1946/47; The Nationalisation of Women-The Natural History of a Lie by C M Roebuck; ...			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
545		18th and 19th Century: Collection of Booklets from the 18th and 19th Century.			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
546		A collection of 24 pamphlets and sermons, all early 19th century, bound together, with original title pages.		early 19th century	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
547	Stevenson, Robert Louis	First Editions: Valima Letters	London,	1895	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
548	Jc deGraft-Johnson	African Experiment, 1958; African Glory, 1955; An Intro to the African Economy, Delhi, 1962.			EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 25.00
549	Oliver Goldsmith	The poetical and dramatic works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.	London	1786	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 25.00

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