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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454 | Dunsany Lord | Unhappy Far-Off Things |
1919 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 455 | Dunsany Lord | Five Plays |
1914 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 456 | Dickens Charles | A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas |
London | 1922 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 457 | 5 Books, including: A bibliography of the writings of W. B. Yeats |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | ||
| 458 | Milne A.A. | Winnie-the-Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner; Now We Are Six |
1926; 1928; 1927 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 812.50 | |
| 459 | Le Fanu J S | Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bertram-Haugh; Willing to Die; In a Glass Darkly |
London | 1893; 1889; 1947 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 460 | Le Fanu J S | Guy Deverell; Checkmate; Wylder's hand |
London | 1890; c1890 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 461 | Le Fanu J S | The Cock and Anchor |
London | 1895 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 462 | Wilde Oscar | The Ballad of Reading Gaol |
1899 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 463 | Hill Graham | Wilde: A Brief Friendship |
1982 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 464 | Wilde Oscar | A Chinese Sage |
Dublin | 1997 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 465 | Wilde Oscar | De Profundis |
London | 1949 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 466 | Pinter Harold | The Proust Screenplay: a la Recherche du Temps Perdu |
1978 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 467 | Hopkins Ezekiel | The Works of the Right Reverend and Learned Ezekiel Hopkins |
London | 1701 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 468 | Hopkins Ezekiel | The Works of the Right Reverend and Learned Ezekiel Hopkins |
London | 1701 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 469 | Wright Paul | The New and Complete Book of Martyrs |
London | c1785 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 470 | Millard Bailey | History of the San Francisco Bay Region |
Chicago | 1924 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 471 | Ruskin John | The Stones of Venice |
London | 1851-53 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 472 | White Gilbert | The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne |
UK | 1813 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 473 | Album from the 18th and 19th Century |
London | 1830 | EUR 60.00 - 160.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 474 | Collection of vibrant coloured botantical plates |
c. late 1800's | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | ||
| 475 | Longfellow Henry Wadsworth | The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Circa 1880 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 476 | Ludlow Edmund | Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow |
1771 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
| 477 | The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque |
1816 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 478 | The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland |
Edinburgh; London | 1906 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 |
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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. -
