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

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Auction Report
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
437 Louis Le Brocquy

Scarce early catalogue re exhibition at Dawson Gallery, Dublin 21th June 1962

Dublin 1962 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
438

Irish Interest: Beyond The Moment-Irish Photojournalism in Our Time with an Introduction by John Banville

1989 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
439 Bruce Arnold

[Art related, some Coffee Table Books and a signed Donald Teskey] -- The Art Atlas of Britain & Ireland

1991 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
440 Brian Lynch

Tony O'Malley

New Island, Dublin 2004 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
441 Willaim Orpen

Portrait of Claude Bishop seated

1911 EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 175.00
442

An Irish Portrait [SIGNED by Paul Henry]

EUR 180.00 - 280.00 EUR 475.00
443 James Stephens

Irish Fairy Tales

1920 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
444 Alfred Yockney

International Art, Past and Present

London c.1915 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
445 Wolf, Joseph (1820-1899)

Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds

EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 350.00
446 John Tillotson

Ireland and Its Scenery

C. 1850 EUR 90.00 - 120.00 EUR 250.00
447 Captain McClintock

A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions

1859 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 81.25
448 Ken Bruen

London Boulevard

London 2001 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 100.00
449

(All signed by Ken Bruen including an anthology with his first short story contribution)

London 1999 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 81.25
450 Ken Bruen

(Three Ken Bruen, Signed First Edition, First Prints) -- IN THE GALWAY SILIENCE

London 2008 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
451 Ken Bruen

(All signed by Ken Bruen including a rare poetry collection) -- The Killing of the Tinkers

Kerry 2002 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 81.25
451A Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen: Cross, 2007

2006 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
452 Ken Bruen

All SIGNED Titles: Priest by Ken Bruen

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
453 Mrs Graydon Stannus

Old Irish Glass

1921 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
454 Keane, John B

The Street And Other Poems

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 50.00
455 John B Keane

John B Keane: Durango

1992 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 118.75
456 John B. Keane

John B. Keane; Man of the Triple Name

Brandon 1984 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
457 John B. Keane

John B. Keane; The Man from Clare

1965 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
458 John Keane

The Field: A Play in Three Acts

Cork 1966 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
459 John B Keane

Sive a play performed by Listowel Players with John B Keane playing Pats Bocock- A Mercier Press production Vinyl Record

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
460 Daniel Defoe

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

London 1804 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 450.00
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