Purcell Auctioneers: Fine August 2026 Book Auction of c.530 Lots to include Some Fine Early Books & Bindings, Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions of Irish Interest etc., 81226, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 12, 2026 - August 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279 | The Traveller's New Guide to Ireland |
1819 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | EUR 175.00 | ||
| 280 | A E; O Broin Leon; Behan Beatrice | 9 Books, including: The Avatars |
New York | 1933; 1967; 1974 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 281 | Hoare Richard Colt | Journal of a Tour in Ireland AD 1806 |
1809 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 282 | Kennedy John F; Finlay Fergus; Carson William; Gray David | 4 Books, including: A Nation of Immigrants |
1964; 1998; 1956; 1919-1921 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 283 | Journal of a Tour in Ireland performed in August 1804 |
1806 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 200.00 | ||
| 284 | Yeats W B; Brown Malcolm | 9 Books, including: W B Yeats and Georgian Ireland |
1966; 1972 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 285 | Cullen Fintan | The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait 1700-2000 |
Cork | 1700-2000 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 286 | Lynam E W; Draak Maartje; Hogan James; Delargy J R; Quiggin E C; Lewis-Crosby | 10 Books, including: The Irish Character in Print 1571-1923 |
1571-1923; 1581-1586; 1992; 1997; 1200-1500 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 287 | Musgrave Richard | Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland |
Dublin | 1801 | EUR 100.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 |
| 288 | Thackeray William Makepeace; O'Hanlon John | 7 Books, including: The Irish Sketch Book |
Boston; New York | 1891; 1907 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 289 | Marshall Logan | Sinking of The Titanic |
1912 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 290 | Lever Charles; Brown H K | Luttrell of Arran; The O'Donoghue |
London; Dublin | 1865; 1845 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 56.25 |
| 291 | Scully Vincent; O’Brien R Barry | The Irish Land Question; The Parliamentary History of the Irish Land Question |
1851; 1880 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 292 | Massy Dawson | The Secret History of Romanism |
1869 | EUR 120.00 - 200.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 293 | Praeger Robert Lloyd; Akeroyd John; Beckett Elspeth | The Way that I Went; The Wild Plants of Sherkin, Cape Clear and adjacent Islands of West Cork |
1939; 1996 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 294 | Healy John; Mould D D C Pochin; MacAlister R A S; Neill Kenneth | 4 Books, including: Ireland’s Ancient Schools and Scholars |
1912; 1953; 1935; 1979 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 295 | Leask; De Breffny | 6 Books, including: Castles. Blarney Castle |
1951 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 296 | O’Connor Frank | 7 Books, including: Guests of the Nation |
1931; 1947; 1957; 1965; 1964; 1968 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 297 | Beers Quinn; O’Brien; MacNeill; Pollard | 5 Books, including: The Elizabethans and the Irish |
1966; 1957; 1887; 1894; 1922 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 298 | Dunraven; McCarthy Justin; Praed; Murray; King William | 4 Books, including: The Legacy of Past Years |
1911; 1912; 1907; 1650-1729; 1908 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 299 | Colgan John | Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae |
Dublin | 1948 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 100.00 |
| 300 | Codex Lindisfarnensis |
Lausanna | 1960 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 301 | Butler Alban; Hussenbeth F C | The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 302 | Andrews David; Collins Stephen | 9 Books, including: Kingstown Republican |
2007; 2000 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 303 | Potter Matthew; O Cleirigh Nellie; Grubb Clodagh | Amazing Lace; Carrickmacross Lace; Samplers, Sewing & Simplicity in Quaker Ireland |
n.d.; 1990; 2020 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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