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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 354 | Walsh William Baron;Cusack M F;Meehan C P | 12 Books, including: A Lecture of the Historical Relations between England and Ireland |
1868;1872 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 355 | Pentland John;Mitchel John | 11 Books, including: An Epoch in Irish History Trinity College Dublin |
1903;1868 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 356 | Martin R Montgomery | Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain |
London | 1843 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 |
| 357 | Baddeley M J | Ireland including Dublin & Neighbourhood |
1890/91 | EUR 60.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 358 | The Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland |
London | 1790 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 359 | Burton Richard F;Casement Roger | Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah |
1893 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 360 | Humphreys Gerard;Craven Ciaran;Fogarty L;Long A W | 12 Books, including: Military law in Ireland |
1997;1918;1922 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 361 | Hardiman James | Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland |
1831 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 362 | Dwyer T Ryle;Walsh John | 9 Books, including: Nice Fellow |
2001;2008 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 363 | Cross Eric; O'Connor Ulick | 12 Books, including: The Tailor & Ansty |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 364 | Mac-Geoghegan Abbe; Mitchell John | The History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern |
New York | N/A | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 212.50 |
| 365 | Somerville E O; Behan Brendan | 9 Books, including: The States, Through Irish Eyes |
1930 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 366 | Richardson H G; Sayles G O; Stokes Margaret; Carty James | 10 Books, including: The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages |
1964; 1895; 1965 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 367 | 36 Journals/Periodicals, including: The Dublin Magazine |
1954/55; 1980-83 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 368 | O'Mahony D Rev; Maxwell Constantia | 11 Books, including: Irish Footprints on the Continent |
1927; 1949 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 369 | Pearse Z W; Rossa O' Donovan | 8 Books, including: The Catalpa Expedition |
New York | 1891; 1882 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 370 | O'Reilly Bernard; McCarthy Justin | 10 Books, including: The Cause of Ireland, Pleaded before the civilized World |
1886; 1906 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 371 | Harris Leslie Gerald Eyre; Esson D M R; Williams W J | 12 Books, including: Law and Practice in Lunancy in Ireland |
1930; 1971 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 372 | Iremonger Valentin; Kinsella Thomas; Auden W H | 8 Books, including: Horan's Field and other Reservations |
1972; 1981; 1966 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 373 | O'Connor Frank; Hardy Evelyn; Summerville E O; Ross Martin | 9 Books, including: The Common Chord Stories and Tales |
1947; 1950; 1972 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 374 | Marshall MF; O'Suillivan Donal | 8 Books, including: University of Dublin. Bicentenary of the Founding of the Chair of Music |
1939; 1960 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 375 | O'Sullivan Donal | Songs of the Irish |
1960 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 376 | Crimmin Bill; Tyers Padraig; Shaffrey Maura | 8 Books, including: Bill Crimmin's Drogheda |
1991 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 377 | Thomson O R Howard | Resurgam: Poems and Lyrics |
Philadelphia | 1915 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 378 | Kavanagh Patrick | Come Dance with Kitty Stobling and other Poems |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 175.00 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
