Purcell Auctioneers: Book Auction of c. 580 Lots to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from Three Private Libraries, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA etc, 51326, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454 | Seaoamh MacCathmhaoil; Ada M Wentworth Shields | Seaoamh MacCathmhaoil: The Gilly of Christ; The Man-Child; The Mountainy Singer |
1907; 1907; 1909 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 455 | Liam Miller; Maurice Harmon | Dolmen XXV; The Dolmen Press: A Celebration |
2001 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 456 | Padraig Colum; Father Matthew Russell; MacManus; Denis McCarthy; Mackay; Richard Rowley; John Ingram | Poems; A Soggarth's Last Verses; Ballads of a Country Boy; Voices from Erin; Under Green Leaves; The Other Gods; Sonnets and Other Poems |
1932; 1911; 1905; 1910; 1857; 1925; 1900 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 457 | Thomas MacDonagh | The Poetical Works of Thomas MacDonagh |
Baile Atha Cliath [Dublin] | 1919 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 458 | Conleth Ellis; Desmond Egan; Paul Hoare; Edwin McCloughan; Brendan Kennelly | Poetry: Tain; Siege!; Combo; Music; Poetry My Arse |
1983; 1976; 2000 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 | |
| 459 | John Keegan; J. Canon O'hanlon; D. J. O’Donoghue | Legends and Poems by John Keegan |
Middle Abbey Street, Dublin | 1907 | GBP 300.00 - 360.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 460 | Joseph Mary Plunkett; Patrick MacGill; James Stephens; Colum; Mervyn Wall; Anthony Allen | The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett; Songs of the Dead End; The Adventures of Seumas Beg; Wild Earth; Leaves for the Burning; First Songs |
1916; 1916; 1915; 1916; 1952; 1918 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 461 | Rev. Matthew Russell | Idyls of Killowen |
1900 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 100.00 | |
| 462 | J. M. Synge; Harry Clarke; Nicola Gordon Bowe | Queens |
Dublin | 1986 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 463 | Francis Ledwidge | The Collected Poems of Francis Ledwidge |
London, United Kingdom | 1919 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 |
| 464 | Joseph Mary Plunkett; H. Neville Roberts; Peter Fallon; Maurice Wilkins | The Circle and the Sword; sonnets sombre but serene; A Garland for Robert McGlynn; The Seeker |
1911; 1963; 1984; 1960 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 300.00 | |
| 465 | Richard Kelly; McDonald; Sadlier; Griffin; Rev. Thomas Burke | Popular and Patriotic Poetry; Poems of Ossian; Some Ethical Questions of Peace and War with reference to Ireland; The Hermit of the Rock a Tale of Cashel; The Munster Festivals; Lectures on faith and Fatherland |
London | 1914-19; 1866; 1919; c. 1880; 1857; c. 1880 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 466 | J. M. Synge; Harry Clarke | J. M. Synge. Queens |
1986 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 467 | Gerald Griffin | The Collegians; The Rivals, Poems and Plays, Card drawing, the Alymers |
Dublin | N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 468 | John Boyle O'Reilly | The Poetry and Song of Ireland |
New York | 1889; 1887 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 225.00 |
| 469 | James Duffy; James Clarence Mangan; M J Brown; Maigread Ni Annagain; Seamus De Clanndioluin | The Poets and Poetry of Munster; Historical Ballad Poetry of Ireland; Londub an Cairn Being Songs of the Iriah Gaels |
1925; 1912 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 93.75 | |
| 470 | Agnes O’Farrelly; Thomas Crofton Croker; E.Estyn Evans; Haldane MacFall | Leabhar an Athar Eoghan, The O'Growney memorial Volume; Popular Songs of Ireland; Waltons Treasury of Irish Ballads; Irish Folk Ways; Ireland and her Fairy Godmother; Songs of the Immortals |
Dublin | 1904; 1885; c. 1950; 1979; 1909; 1927 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 471 | Bernard Duffy; The Earl of Longford; Anthony Cronin; Richard Henebry | Four Comedies; More Poems From The Irish; Dead as Doornails- A Memoir; A Handbook of Irish Music |
1916; 1945; 1976; 1928 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 68.75 | |
| 473 | Guillaume Apollinaire; Samuel Beckett; Liam Miller | ZONE; Dolmen XXV, an illustrated Bibliography of The Dolmen Press 1951 – 1976 |
1972; 1976 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 474 | Arthur Conan Doyle; George Hutchinson | A Study in Scarlet |
London | 1892 | GBP 260.00 - 320.00 | Not Sold |
| 475 | Flannery O'Connor | Wise Blood |
London | 1955 | GBP 200.00 - 240.00 | GBP 175.00 |
| 476 | Bernard Harris; Grattan Freyer; Douglas Hyde; Breandan Breathnach; Fred Woods; Dr. John Cullinane | The Achievement of Sean O Riada; Religious Songs of Connacht; Folklore and Dances of Ireland; Folk Revival, the rediscovery of a national music; Aspects of the history of Irish Dancing in North America; Pipes and Piping; Early Gaelic Erin; Ballads of Iris |
1981; 1971; 1979; 1997 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 477 | S. Rosamund Praeger | The Child's Picture Grammar |
1900 | GBP 120.00 - 150.00 | GBP 125.00 | |
| 478 | S. Rosamund Praeger | The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes |
London | 1897 | GBP 120.00 - 150.00 | GBP 162.50 |
| 479 | Roddy Doyle | THE SNAPPER |
1990 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 75.00 |
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