Purcell Auctioneers: c.650+ Lot Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Early World Travel Guides, Maps, GAA Interest, Local Histories, Literature etc., 32625, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 26, 2025 - March 26, 2025

Page Size: 624 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
396		A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors		1838	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
397		Memoirs Of The Life Of Colonel Hutchinson Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town...			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
398	James MacPherson	Fingal- An Ancient Epic Poem		1762	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
399	John Symonds,	The Great Beast, The Life and Magick of Aleister Crowley...		1970	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
400		SHROUDED IN MIST: The Connemara Pony...			EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
401	Anna Sewell	Black Beauty	London	1939	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
402	BEERBOHM, Max	Observations	Published by London	1926	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
403	John Cooney	Irish Interest: John Charles McQuaid-Ruler of Catholic Ireland			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
404		The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely...	London	2001	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
405		Patrick Kavanagh, Tarry Flynn...		1949	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
406		(Vintage Children's Books) The Water-Babies...		1912	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
407		Alice Taylor -- Quench The Lamp...		1990	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
408		[Land War Pamphlets] Hundreds of pamphlets and leaflets issued by Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union		1888	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
409		Act of Union 1798-1800			EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
410	H. G. Wells	EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY	New York	1934	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
411	J.P. Mahaffy	An Epoch in Irish History...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
412	Brian O Cuiv	Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork...		1944	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
413	Sir Robert Peel - Francois Guizot	Memoirs of Sir Robert Peel...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
414	Rev J. Milner	An Inquiry into Certain Vulgar Opinions Concerning the Catholic Inhabitants and the Antiquities of Ireland: In a Series of Letters from Thence, Addressed to a Protestant Gentleman in England --			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
415	James Joyce	Two Worlds-A Literary Quarterly Journal (New York)			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
416	DOYLE, A. Conan	The Great Boer War	London	1900	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
417		St. Norbert and his Order at Kilnacrott...		1944	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
418		The Jew of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
419		Rare Hebrew Bible ( Protestant Old Testament)		1874	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
420		The first 3 volumes of Senate debates in Ireland...		1922	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown

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