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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Taaffe Frank; Dorgan Dermot; O Dalaigh Micheal; Powell John Stocks | 11 Books, including: Eye on Athy’s Past |
2000; 1996; n.d.; 2012 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 52 | Lenihan Maurice | Limerick; its History and Antiquities ecclesiastical, civil and military |
1967 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 53 | Seoighe Mainchin; Curtin Gerard; Whelan | 3 Books, including: Staker Wallis his Life and Times |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 54 | O’Connor; O’Brien; Spellissy; Potter | Exploring Limerick’s Past; Are Ye Going Up Town; Government and People of Limerick 1197-2006; Limerick the Rich Land |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 55 | Moloney; Cronin; Feheny; Lundon | The Small Ford; The Auld Town; Ballysteen; History of Kilteely-Dromkeen |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 56 | O’Reilly Frank; Lysaght Paddy | Limerick, a Flourishing City |
1991 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 57 | Bard of Thomond | Manual of Archconfraternity of the Holy Family; Pictorial Gallery of the Limerick Election 1880; Christian Brothers’ Limerick |
1954; 1880; 1947 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Mac Spealain Gearoid | Ui Conaill Gabhra a stair |
2004 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 59 | Collection of Irish Butter/Creamery merchandising items |
Dublin | N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Beggan; O’Connor; Hanley | In the Barony of Pubblebrien; On Shannon’s Shore; Kilkeedy a success story from a rural parish; Dun Bleisce |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 61 | Lundon Michael | The Lundons at Home and Abroad, A Limerick Family |
2013 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 62 | Dowd | N Books, including: Journal of North Munster Archaeological Society |
1911; 1980s | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 63 | Gilhooly John T | Stair Chaislean Ui gConaing Athain |
1988 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 64 | Curtin Gerard | A Pauper Warren: West Limerick 1845-49 |
2000 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 65 | Lysaght William | The Abbey Fishermen |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 66 | Hannan; O’Donnell; Finch; Ryan; Coleman; Hogan | Patrick’s People; Soils of County Limerick; The Breaking Rapids; Kilmallock Dominican Priory |
1994 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 67 | Redmond Magrath, Dundalk, County Louth |
1932 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 68 | O Muiri Reamonn | The Burning of Wild Goose Lodge |
1986 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 69 | County Louth Archaeological Journal |
1925; 1936; 2004 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 70 | Journal of the Old Drogheda Society |
1983-2021 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 71 | Nangle Edward | The Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness |
1856-1861 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Hamrock Ivor; Mulloy Sheila; O’Sullivan; Carlos John; Kearney; Waldron; Cunningham | N Books, including: The Famine in Mayo |
2004; 2010; 1958; 2014; 2015; 2008; 2005 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 73 | French Noel E | Meath Ancestors; The Honourable Member for Meath; The Field Names of County Meath |
1993; 2013 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 74 | Larkin William | Mapping Meath in the Early 19th Century with an Atlas of William Larkin's Map of Meath |
1812 | EUR 50.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Illustrated catalogue of contents of Hilton Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan |
1985 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 |
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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. -
