Purcell Auctioneers: Irish & World Interest Books which includes Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories etc., 62525, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 25, 2025 - June 25, 2025

Page Size: 672 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
49		Auction catalogue - Library and fine period furniture sale		1984	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 93.75
50		Irish Military History - Cuinhneachan 1916-1966 (ex-libris)			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
51		Local History: A collection of local history booklets			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
51A		The Grubbs of Tipperary Grubb, Geoffrey Watkins	Cork	1972	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
51B		Mount St Joseph Roscrea: The story of Cistercian college Roscrea 1905-2005			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
51C	Ciaran Tinkler, editor	Ballyfin: Patrician College Ballyfin, 1930-2009			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
51D		Roscrea People: a collection this local newspaper 15 issues			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
51E	George Cunningham	Tipperary Interest: 100 Years of Roscrea celebrating W M Maher 100 years: Roscrea and District		1958	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
52		Tyrone's Struggle for Irish Freedom			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
53		The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford		1746	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 106.25
54	Thomas Walsh	Rare Irish catalogue			EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
55	Patrick Power	Waterford & Lismore. A Compendious History of the Diocese		1937	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 200.00
56	Rev, P. Canon Power	The Place-names of Deices		1952	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
57	Patrick Taylor	The West Clare Railway			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
58		Ulster Interest: Duffy (Patrick J.) Landscapes of South Ulster		1993	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 112.50
59		Wexford Interest. National Sheep Shearing Championships 1959 at Bridge Meadow		1983	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
60		Wexford Interest. The Battle of Newtownbarry 1798 by Murphy			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
61		Luke Cullen - Wexford and Wicklow Insurgents of 1798		1959	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
62	Richard Hayward	In Praise of Ulster		1946	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 37.50
63		Poetry/Drama: A collection of Plays and Poetry			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 31.25
64		Poetry SIGNED: A collection of poetry titles such as Lament for The Bull Island and other poems		1973	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
65		(Irish Poetry First Editions, some signed) Diarmuid O Murchadha -- Poems of Ballads of Crosshaven		1970	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
66		Sir Arthur Hezlet The "B" Specials- A History of the Ulster Special Constabulary		1972	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
67		First Editions First Printings of Cuimhneachan 1916		1966	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
68		Beal na Blath Commemoration Ninetieth Anniversary 1922 -- 2012			EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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