Purcell Auctioneers: Truly Exceptional Sale Of The Library Of An Irish Gentleman and Other Very Important Clients to include the World Renowned First Edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle (July, 1493) and Other Incunabula , 112625, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025
Page Size: 344 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
325

Irish Interest: Life and Death of Roger casement

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
326

The Land and People of Killaloe

2008 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 137.50
327

Wendy Walsh: a lifetime of painting. A memoir and in conversation with Nick Wilkinson

Dublin 2007 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
328 Rachel Moss., editor

Medieval Ireland

2014 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
329

Twentieth Century: Art and Architecture of Ireland

2014 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
330 Kevin V. Mulligan and William Laffan

Russborough: A Great Irish House, its Families and Collections

2014 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 68.75
331 John Feehan

Farming in Ireland. History, Heritage and Environment

2003 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 EUR 68.75
332 [Wendy Walsh]

Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized

1993 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 118.75
333

They Put the Flag a-Flyin': The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923 Kathleen Hegarty Thorne SIGNED

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
334 Alan G Thomas

Coffee Table Books: Great Books and Book Collectors

1984 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 106.25
335 J Poeschke

Italian Frescoes: The Age of Giotto

1280-1400 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
336

[Three standard County Clare Histories] History and Topography of County of Clare by James Frost; Diocese of Killaloe

1997 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
337

And Time Stood Still - A Pictorial History of Skibbereen and District

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 125.00
338

Fine and Decorative Bindings 39 titles (39)

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 200.00
339

Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 125.00
340

Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 475.00
341

Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 725.00
342

Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 81.25
343

Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 5 boxes

EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 75.00
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