Purcell Auctioneers: Library of the Late T. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry and other Private Clients. T. J. (Tim) Hurley was Closely Connected with Austin Stack, Constance Markievicz etc. , 120424, Birr

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December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024
Page Size: 671 items in 27 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 edited Bartlett and Jeffrey

A Military History of Ireland and A History of the Irish Soldier by Brigadier Bredin.

1996, 1987 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
202 Capt. T H Cooper.

A Practical Guide for the Light Infantry Officer: comprising Valuable Extracts from all the Most Popular Works on the Subject, reprint of the 1806 edition.

1970 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
203

Observations on the State of Ireland Principally Directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population. In a Series of Letters, written on a Tour through that Country by John Christian Curwen

. London 1818 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
204

The Complete Letter Writer on Business, Affection, Friendship Duty, Courtship, Amusement, Marriage and other Subjects .

Cork 1800 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 200.00
205 Nicholls, Sir George.

A History Of The Irish Poor Law.

London 1856 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 43.75
206 Colum McCann;

Let the Great World Spin

2009 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 37.50
207 Patrick McCabe;

The Stray Sod Country

2010 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
208 Colm Toibin;

Brooklyn

2009 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 68.75
209 Colm Toibin;

The Master

2004 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
210 Lady Gregory

Irish Folk History Plays (First Series) -- 6)

1912 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
211

The History and Antiquities of Glendalough, Joseph Nolan,

1871 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
212 S.C.Hall -

The Prince of the Fair family, a Fairy Tale,

UK 1866 EUR 160.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
213 Chichester, Francis.

The Romantic Challenge.

London 1971 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 37.50
214 Bourgeois, Maurice.

John Millington Synge and The Irish Theatre.

London 1913 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
215 [John Millington Synge]

[John Millington Synge] Two Plays. The Playboy of the Western World and Deirdre of the Sorrows.

1911 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 37.50
216

The Story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue De Bois and Hulloch Rickard, Mrs. Victor

London 1917 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
217 Jonathan Pim,

The Condition And Prospects Of Ireland

1848 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
218 the Rev. J Sturges, corrected and enlarged Rev. John Milner.

Letters to a Prebendary Being an Answer to Reflections on Popery

Cork Dublin. 1802 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
219 Shaw.

Carleton's Country

1931 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
220 James Stephens,

THE CROCK OF GOLD --

1926 EUR 220.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
221 Kennedy, P. G

An Irish Sanctuary, Birds of the North Bull

Dublin 1953 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
222 Hubert Butler & Claude Harrison.

The Story of the Tobit--

1970 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 187.50
223

The Mysteries of Ireland, Giving a Graphic and Faithful Account of Irish Secret Societies, & Their Plots, From the Rebellion of 1798 to the Year 1883

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
224

Fine Bauzonnet Bindings - The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, including Melodies, Ballads etc., Complete in One Volume.

Paris 1829 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 37.50
225 Walter Fitzgerald,

The Historical Geography of Early Ireland with 28 maps and illustrations,

1925 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
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