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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 | Dunlevy Mairead | Dress in Ireland |
1989 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 305 | Walsh Louis J; Guinness Bryan | 3 Books, including: Our Own Wee Town |
1928 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 306 | Yeats William Butler; Cooper A Heaton; Mathew Frank | 9 Books, including: Turf - Fire Stories & Fairy Tales of Ireland |
New York; Portland; London | 1890; 1909; 1916 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 307 | Mitchell John; Taylor W C | 8 Books, including: The History of Ireland from The Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time |
1854 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 308 | Lecky William Edward Hartpole; Joyce P W | A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century; The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places |
London | 1902-1903 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 175.00 |
| 309 | Daunt O’Neill; Meynell Viola; Barry Albert; McCarthy Justin | 5 Books, including: A Life Spent for Ireland |
1896; 1929; 1905; c. 1890 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | Ruaeus Carolus | P. Virgilin Maronis Opera |
Dublin | 1772 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 311 | Norman; Larkin | 5 Books, including: The Catholic Church and Ireland in age of rebellion 1859-1873 |
1859-1873; 1860-1870; 1886-1888; 188-1891; 1870-1874 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 312 | Mitchell; Casserley; Milne; Dobbs Arthur; Fox | 4 Books, including: The Irish Landscape |
1976 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 313 | Lynd Robert; Gwynn Stephen; Boylan; Concannon; Witherow | 5 Books, including: Home Life in Ireland |
1910; 1903; 1931; 1879 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 314 | Phillips Charles | The speeches of Charles Phillips |
Rochester N Y | 1823 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 315 | Robinson Lennox; Fitzgerald Desmond; O’Neill James Kearney; Fox; Lynam; Moore Christy | 6 Books, including: Three Homes |
1938 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 316 | Boutcher William | A Treatise on Forest-Trees |
Dublin | 1776 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 317 | Murphy Denis; O’Riordan; Carty; McCarthy; Sheil Richard | 6 Books, including: Cromwell in Ireland |
1880; 1906; 1904; 1845 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 318 | Larkin; Lynam; Shaw Mason | 8 Books, including: Librarians, Poets and Scholars |
2007; 1969; 1970 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 319 | O’Muraile; Cotter; Costello | 6 Books, including: Celebrated Antiquary Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh 1600-1671 |
1996 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 320 | Jones John; Harris Levi | An impartial narrative of the most important engagements which took place between His Majesty's forces and the insurgents |
South Newberlin N.Y. | 1834 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 56.25 |
| 321 | Zacharoff Lucien | 3 Books, including: Defence, Handbook of the Local Security Force 1940 |
1940; c.1965; 1942 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | Poor Law Commissioners Thirteenth Annual Report for England & Ireland |
1847 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 323 | Pim Jonathan | The Conditions and Prospects of Ireland |
1848 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 212.50 | |
| 324 | Johnson Joseph Forsyth | The Natural Principles of Landscape Gardening |
Belfast | c.1874 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 325 | Munter; Fordham; Gilcher; Kain; O’Brien; Denson; Elmes; Hewson | 7 Books, including: Dictionary of Print Trade in Ireland 1550-1775 |
1961 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 326 | Petrie George | The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland |
1845 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 327 | Sommerville E O; Ross Martin; O'Connor Frank; Coogan Tim Pat | 9 Books, including: Notions in Garrison |
1941; 1979; 2012 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 328 | Westropp Dudley | Irish Glass A History of Glass-making in Ireland |
Dublin | 1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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