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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Williams Guy St John | The Racing Lodges of the Curragh |
Kildare | 1997 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 202 | Williams Guy St John | Winner all right; Martin Moloney A Legend in His Lifetime |
1999; 2001 | EUR 160.00 - 200.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 203 | Hailey Clarence | Thoroughbred Sires |
Newmarket | 1908 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 204 | Bayles F.H. | The Race Courses Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland |
London | 1903 | EUR 160.00 - 220.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 205 | The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin |
Dublin | 1909-1913 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 206 | Finnerty John | Ireland in Pictures |
Chicago | 1898 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 175.00 |
| 207 | Finnerty John | Ireland in Pictures |
Chicago | 1898 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 208 | Finnerty John | Ireland in Pictures |
Chicago | 1898 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 209 | Henry Francoise | The Book of Kells |
London | 1974 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 210 | Sullivan Edward; Simms G O | 4 Books, including: The Book of Kells |
London; Dublin | 1927; 1893; 1968 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 211 | O'Donovan | The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland |
Dublin | 1856 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 212 | British Government Papers – 1884 Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors and Others |
1884 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 213 | British Government Papers – Law and Crime in Ireland |
1886; 1887 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 187.50 | ||
| 214 | British Government Papers – 1884-86 Three folio volumes on Law and Crime |
1884-86 | EUR 120.00 - 160.00 | EUR 237.50 | ||
| 215 | British Government Papers – Reports to Parliament from Commissioners and Inspectors |
1887 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 275.00 | ||
| 216 | British Government Papers – Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors, and others on Queen’s Colleges and Royal University of Ireland |
1884-85 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 217 | British Government Papers – Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors and Others |
1886 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 118.75 | ||
| 218 | British Government Papers Report from the Select Committee on Industries |
1885 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 187.50 | ||
| 219 | British Government Papers – 1885 Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors and Others on Education Ireland |
1884; 1885 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | ||
| 220 | British Government Papers – Elections 1884-85 |
1884-85 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 150.00 | ||
| 221 | British Government Papers – Law and Crime |
1884-85 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 325.00 | ||
| 222 | Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach | The Great Book of Irish Genealogies |
2003/04 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 223 | Gretton G le M; Geoghegan S | The Royal Irish Regiment or Royal Irish Regiment of Foot |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 224 | Mainwaring A; Wylly H C | The History of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
1662-1922 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 225 | Whitton F E | The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, Royal Canadians |
Cork | N/A | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 162.50 |
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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. -
