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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | Notes of a Journey in the North of Ireland, in the summer of 1827 : to which is added, a brief account of the siege of Londonderry, in 1689 |
1828 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 175.00 | ||
| 201 | John Morly | Oliver Cromwell |
1901 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 137.50 | |
| 202 | Thomas Wright | The History of Ireland from the earliest period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time |
ND (1853) | GBP 120.00 - 240.00 | GBP 200.00 | |
| 203 | Wright G. N. | Scenes in Ireland with Historical Illustrations, Legends, and Biographical Notices |
London; Dublin | 1834 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 106.25 |
| 204 | Kiberd; Foster; Larkin | 5 Books, including: Inventing Ireland the literature of Modern Ireland |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 205 | Michael J F McCarthy; Eoin Mac Neill | 5 Books, including: Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin established for the investigation and revival of Ancient Irish Literature , Vol 1 |
Dublin | 1808; 1901; 1921 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 206 | John McGahern; Neil Kevin; Moirin Cheavasa | 11 Books, including: The Leavetaking |
1976; 1944; 1940 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 207 | Robert Parker | Memoirs of the Most Remarkable Military Transactions from the Year 1683, to 1718. Containing a More Particular Account, ... of the Several Battles, ... and Flanders, ...Published by His Son. |
1747 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 200.00 | |
| 208 | Katharine Tynan; W M Letts; Harold Speakman | 8 Books, including: Peeps At Many Lands Ireland |
1927; 1947; 1925 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 209 | Poor Law Commissioner's Report 1847 |
1847 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 2,750.00 | ||
| 210 | Isabel Grubb; Spenser; Davies; Moryson; Morley; Hull; De Blacam | 6 Books, including: My Irish Journal 1669-1670 |
1952; 1890; 1905; 1903; 1938; 1881 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 211 | T. F. O’Sullivan; Hayden; Noonan; A. M. Sullivan; Montgomery Hitchcock | 4 Books, including: The Young Irelanders |
Tralee | 1945; 1921; 1909; c. 1890 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 |
| 212 | T S Eliot; Charles Villiers Stanford; Ceil Forsyth; Denis Johnston; Mary Lavin; Thomas Bodkin | 8 Books, including: Murder in the Cathedral |
1935; 1950; 1935; 1971; 1920 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 213 | J W Seigne; W P O'Brien; Sir James Perrott; George Sigerson | 7 Books, including: Irish Bogs- Sport and Country Life in the Irish Free State |
1928; 1896; 1933; 1897 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.50 | |
| 214 | Cecil Woodham-Smith; Robert Kee | 9 Books, including: The Gresat Hunger |
1962; 1980 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 215 | T. O. Russell; Paul-Dubois; Dunlop; Lockington; de Blacam | 5 Books, including: Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland, beautiful scenery and an archaeologists’ manual |
London; Cambridge | 1897; 1908; 1905; 1905; 1935 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 216 | Colin Williams; Martin Bourke | 4 Books, including: Limerick Grand Prix. The Limerick "Round the Houses" Races of 1935, 1936 & 1938 |
2011 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 217 | The Catholic Bulletin |
1916; 1937 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | ||
| 218 | Richard Stanyhurst; Liam Miller | Holingshed’s Irish Chronicle of 1579 |
1979 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 275.00 | |
| 219 | Tim Healy | Stolen Waters - A Page in the Conquest of Ulster |
1913 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | W. Steuart Trench | Realities of Irish Life |
1866 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 221 | William McGrath; T S F Battersby; John J O'Meara; John William Carleton | N Books, including: The Law of Parliamentary Elections in Ireland |
1918; 1892; 1890; 1856; 1930; 1923 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 222 | Post Office Guide- Eolai an Phoist-1950 |
1950; 1960; 955 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 43.75 | ||
| 223 | W A Maguire; Desmond Bowen; Micheal O Siochru; Aidan Clarke | N Books, including: Kings in Conflict- The Revolutionary War in Ireland 1689-1750 |
1990; 1970; 1999; 1966 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 | |
| 224 | Horace Reynolds | A Providence Episode in the Irish Literary Renaissance |
Providence | 1929 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 |
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