Purcell Auctioneers: Library of the Late T. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry and other Private Clients. T. J. (Tim) Hurley was Closely Connected with Austin Stack, Constance Markievicz etc. , 120424, Birr

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Auction Date
December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024
Page Size: 671 items in 27 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Sketches of the Highlands of Cavan, and of Shirley Castle in Farney, taken During the Irish Famine by a Looker-On.

Belfast 1856 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 200.00
2

County Clare interest. 10 issues of the Other Clare, the county's premier historical journal.

1986 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
3 Michael O'Brien.

An album titled "Drawings of Cork"

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
4

Griffith's Rateable Valuation for the Barony of Kerrycurrihy. Unions of Cork and Kinsale.

Dublin 1850 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 75.00
5

Griffith's Rateable Valuation for the Barony of East Carbery. Unions of Bandon Clonakilty, Dunmanway and Kinsale.

Dublin 1861 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
6 Temple John.

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Cork 1766 EUR 120.00 - 220.00 EUR 212.50
7

The Works of Miss Hannah More in Prose and Verse. 'Tis Education forms the tender Mind, Just as the Twig is bent, the Tree's inclin'd'.

Cork 1778 EUR 60.00 - 160.00 EUR 81.25
8 Lowth, Robert.

A Short Introduction to English Grammar.

Cork 1795 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 93.75
9 Sellon, William.

An Abridgement of the Holy Scriptures

Cork 1814 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 125.00
10 Priestley, John LL.D F.R.S

Miscellaneous Observations Relating to Education, most especially as it respects the Conduct of the Mind, to which is added, an Essay on a course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life

Cork 1780 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 118.75
11 Wood, Thomas M.D.

An Inquiry Concerning the Primitive Inhabitants of Ireland. Lacks map.

Cork 1821 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 106.25
12 Pratt John.

Pratt Family Records, An Account Of The Pratts Of Youghal & Castlemartyr, Cork and their descendants. With genealogy tables.

1931 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 175.00
13 Margaret B Harvey,

Cork: A Journal of a Voyage from Philadelphia to Cork in the Year 1809

1915 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
14

Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork

Cork 1845 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 68.75
15 Charles Smith.

The Ancient and Present State of the County & City of Cork.

Cork 1815 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
16 Hurse, Alfred.

Monkstown and Passage West, Co. Cork. Some Notes, Historical, Archaeological and Otherwise with illustrations.

Cork 1928 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 150.00
17 Michael O'Brien.

An album titled "Drawings of Cork"

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
18 Townsend, Rev. Horatio.

Statistical And Agricultural Survey Of The County of Cork, with observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration and the direction of The Dublin Society.

Dublin 1810 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 250.00
19 William O'Brien.

Iverni a Pprehistory of Cork ; Beara in Irish History

1977 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
20 Waters, Eaton.

The Walters or Walter Family of Cork. Illustrated with photographs and large pull-out genealogy tables.

Cork 1939 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 137.50
21 Compiled T. J. Bocking

[Kinsale interest compiled by local historian] Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway in 2 vols

2002 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 150.00
22

Sir John Freke's Address to the Electors of the County of Cork.

1798 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 137.50
23

Cork/Kerry Interest: Archaeological Networks-Excavations on 6 gas pipelines in County Cork by Kerri Cleart,

2015 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
24

Irish Postcards: Cork City and County (20) - A Nice Collection of Early and Vintage, Black & White and Colour Postcards

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
25

Irish Postcards: Cork City and County - A Nice Collection of Early and Vintage, Black & White and Colour Postcards

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
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