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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | Hughes May | The Little Things |
1925 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 380 | Montague John; O’Siadhail Micheal; O’Brien George | 3 Books, including: Bitter Harvest |
New York | 1989; 1982; 1988 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 43.75 |
| 381 | Colum Padraic; Gore-Booth Eva; Keohler Thomas; Milligan Alice; Mitchell Susan; O'Sullivan Seumas; Roberts George; Young Ella | New Songs |
1904 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 382 | Kinsella Thomas | FINISTERE |
Dublin, Ireland | 1972 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 383 | Higgins F R | 2 Books, including: The Dark Breed |
London | 1927; 1925 | EUR 60.00 - 160.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 384 | Wulff Winnifred | Archaeology without tears: rhymes |
1942 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 385 | Kennelly Brendan; Longley Michael; Montague John | 3 Poetry Ireland Pamphlets, including: Words for Women |
Dublin | 1997 | EUR 50.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 386 | Murphy Richard | Care |
Killarney | 1983 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 387 | Kinsella Thomas | One |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 225.00 | |
| 388 | Berry Wendell; Shahn Ben | November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 389 | Longley Michael | 2 Books, including: Patchwork |
1981; 1985 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 390 | Casey James Rev | Paddy Burke's Sojourn Among the Soupers and Other Poems |
c. 1880 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
| 391 | Kinsella Thomas; Heaney Seamus; Kiely Benedict; Mhac An Tsaoi Maire | 12 Books, including: Another September |
1958; 1981; 1968; 1972 | EUR 50.00 - 150.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 392 | O'Donovan Rossa Mrs | Irish Lyrical Poems |
New York | 1868 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 393 | Montague John; Faller Kevin; O Direain Mairtin; Durcan Paul; Mahon Derek | Poetry Ireland, Inaugural Reading at the Player-Mills Theatre |
Dublin | 1978 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 394 | Paulin Tom; Deane Seamus; Muldoon Paul; Kennelly Brendan; Fallon Peter | 4 Books, including: A New Look at the Language Question |
1972 | EUR 50.00 - 150.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 395 | Brooke Charlotte; Irvine John; Spender Stephen | 3 Books, including: Reliques of Irish Poetry |
Belfast | 2009; 1950; 1973 | EUR 50.00 - 150.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 396 | Knowles John; Flatau Dorothy; Caldecott Randolph; Henty G.A.; Stevenson Robert Louis; Sinclair Janet | 9 Books, including: The Legends of King Arthur and his Knights |
1927; c. 1920; c. 1900; 1908; c. 1910 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 397 | Irving Washington | Rip van Winkle |
London; New York | 1909 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 100.00 |
| 398 | Russell Agatha | Lady John Russell A Memoir |
London | 1911 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 399 | O’Donnell Elliot | SOME HAUNTED HOUSES of England and Wales |
London | 1908 | EUR 200.00 - 260.00 | EUR 150.00 |
| 400 | Rowling J.K. | Harry Potter UK Hardcover Editions |
1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2003; 2005; 2007 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 212.50 | |
| 401 | Gallico Paul | The Poseidon Adventure |
1969 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 402 | Swift Jonathan | Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World |
New York | 1859 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 403 | O’Casey Sean; Ayling Ronald; Durkan Michael | Sean O’Casey a Bibliography |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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