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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | Banville John | NIGHTSPAWN |
N/A | EUR 280.00 - 440.00 | EUR 475.00 | |
| 405 | Yeats W B; Quinn Antoinette; Stack Tom | 4 Books, including: Mosada |
Dublin | 1970; 2001; 2002 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 406 | Conrad Joseph | The Rover |
London | 1923 | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 407 | Beckett Samuel | The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 408 | Doyle Roddy; Gregory Anne; McGahern John | 9 Books, including: The Van |
1991 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 409 | Fitzgerald Edward | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
1930 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 410 | Deane Seamus | The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing |
Derry | 1991 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 411 | Yeats William Butler | Irish Folk Tales |
1973 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 412 | Yeats W.B. | Poems |
London | 1920 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 413 | Yeats William Butler | On The Boiler |
1939 | EUR 90.00 - 120.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 414 | Yeats William Butler | Poems : Second Series |
1909 | EUR 140.00 - 160.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 415 | Yeats W.B. | Autobiographies : Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of The Veil |
1926 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 416 | Yeats W.B. | The Tower |
1928 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 417 | Yeats W. B. | The Winding Stairs |
1933 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 418 | Yeats W.B. | EARLY POEMS AND STORIES |
1925 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 325.00 | |
| 419 | Yeats W B | Irish Fairy and Folk Tales |
New York | N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 420 | Johnston Jennifer; Banville John | 4 Books, including: The Old Jest |
1979; 1998; 2005; 2002 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 421 | Synge J. M. | Queens |
Dublin | 1986 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 422 | Lynch Patricia; McCaughren Tom | 4 Books, including: The Grey Goose of Kilnevin |
1939; 1935; 1987; 1994 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 423 | Adams Tate | The Soul Cages |
Dublin | 1958 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 424 | Maher Jim; Yeates Padraig; Byrne Patrick; Broderick Eugene | 4 Books, including: The Oath is Dead and Gone |
2011; 2012; 1955; 2022 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 425 | Heaney Seamus; Geese Rachel | Sweeney's Flight |
1992 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 426 | Heaney Seamus | The Burial at Thebes |
2004 | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | |
| 427 | Heaney Seamus | Crediting Poetry |
1995 | EUR 140.00 - 160.00 | EUR 350.00 | |
| 428 | Heaney Seamus | Beowulf |
1999 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 600.00 |
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