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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429 | Heaney Seamus | 3 Books, including: Human Chain |
2010; 1990; 2004 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 430 | Heaney Seamus; Kinsella Thomas | 3 Books, including: Stations |
1975; 2002; 1981 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 431 | Mercier Vivian | Beckett/Beckett; The Irish Comic Tradition |
1977; 1962 | EUR 75.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 432 | Pyle Hilary | Portrait of an Artistic Family |
1997 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 433 | OLaoi Padraic | Nora Barnacle Joyce |
1982 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
| 434 | Barry Sebastian; Toibin Colm | 4 Books, including: Old God’s Time |
2023; 2005 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 435 | Toibin Colm; Schricker G C | Long Island; A New Series - The Poetic Persona of W.B. Yeats |
2024; 1982 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 436 | Adams Douglas | So long and thanks for all the Fish |
1984 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 325.00 | |
| 437 | Christie Agatha | The Hound of Death and Other Stories |
London | 1933 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 438 | Johnston Jennifer; OConnor Joseph; Deane Seamus | 3 Books, including: The Invisible Worm |
1991; 2019; 1996 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 439 | Stuart Francis | Julie |
New York | 1938 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 440 | Cavanagh Kit | A Dunleary Legend and other Tales |
Belfast | 1934 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 441 | Kavanagh Patrick | The Green Fool |
1938 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 442 | Kavanagh Patrick | Collected Pruse; West 47 |
1971; 2001 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 443 | Lowell Robert | The Mills of the Kavanaughs |
New York | 1951 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 444 | Byrne Gabriel; Galwey Mick; Mulqueen Charlie; Connolly John; Paxman Jeremy | 4 Books, including: Walking with Ghosts |
2020; 2002; 2018; 2016 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold | |
| 445 | Greevy Thomas; Yeats WB; Little George A; Reade Brian | 7 Books, including: Catalogue of Pictures of the Italian Schools |
Dublin | 1956; 1978; 1965; 1940; 1966 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 446 | Keane John B | Self-Portrait |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 447 | Keane John B | The Buds of Ballybunion |
1979 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 448 | Keane John B | Big Maggie |
Cork | 1969 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 449 | Keane John B; Beckett Samuel | Is The Holy Ghost a Kerryman; Happy Days; Waiting For Godot |
1976; 1959; ND | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 450 | McMahon Bryan; Keane John B | Bryan McMahon; Durango |
1994; 1992 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 451 | Dixon Franklin W; Jones Terry; Sendak Maurice | 3 Books, including: Hunting For Hidden Gold |
1951; 1988; 1965 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 452 | Gaughan J Anthony | Austin Stack Portrait of a Separatist |
1977 | EUR 120.00 - 160.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 453 | O’Brien Edna; Dillon Eilis | Girls in their Married Bliss; Across the Bitter Sea |
1964; 1974 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 |
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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. -
