Purcell Auctioneers: Superb July 2026 Book Auction of c.580 Lots to include an Important Manuscript Book of Early Gaelic, Irish History Covering the 12th to the 21st Centuries, 1,000's of Vintage Irish Postcards etc. etc., 71526, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | Clancy J J | Short lessons on the Irish Question |
London | 1890 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 354 | Robert | Robert's Map of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland |
c mid to late 1920's | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 355 | An Apology for the clergy of Ireland |
Dublin | 1737-8 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 356 | Poe Edgar Allan | The Bells |
Nuremberg | c1888 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 357 | The Corruption of Seed Corn |
Dublin | 1824 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 358 | Early and rare Tipperary postcard |
1886 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 359 | Joyce P W; Fox C Milligan | 2 Books, including: Irish Music And Song |
Dublin | 1905; c.1900 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 360 | Souvenir Programme of the Coming of Age of the Irish Literary Society of London |
London | 1892-1913 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 361 | La Domenica del Corriere |
1921 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 362 | Le Fanu J Sheridan | Borrhomeo The Astrologer |
1985 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 363 | Catalogue of valuable library of Michael Mc White |
1955 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | ||
| 364 | Yeats Jack B | The Treasure of the Garden |
1902 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | Unknown | |
| 365 | Butler Hubert; Harrison Claude | The Story of the Tobit |
1970 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 366 | Leabhar Ultain |
Dublin | 1920 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 367 | The Creamery Year Book and Diary 1942 |
1942 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | ||
| 370 | Letts W M | It's Well To Be In Waterford |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 371 | Yeats Jack B | Man on Horse back |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 372 | Keane John B | The Street |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 373 | Gillray James | United Irishmen in Training; United Irishmen Upon Duty |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 375 | Baedeker | Baedeker Guides |
1913; 1897; 1900; 1904; 1925; 1880; 1906; 1911; 1923; 1929; 1958; 1887 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 376 | Baedeker | Baedeker Guides |
1902; 1955; 1903; 1909; 1913; 1884; 1891; 1907; 1897 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 377 | Baedeker | Baedeker Guides |
1909; 1929; 1867; 1903; 1908; 1906; 1913; 190; 1907; 1974; 1930; 1931; 1965 | EUR 40.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 378 | Baedeker | Baedeker Guides |
1901; 1910; 1905; 1911; 1894; 1903 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 379 | Sullivan Edward; Gilbert J. T. | Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Ireland |
Dublin | 1874-1884 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Unknown |
| 380 | Irish Historic Town Atlas |
1996; 2005 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
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