Purcell Auctioneers: June 2026 Book Auction of c.610 Lots to include Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA Interest, Irish Literature, Irish Railway Int etc. , 61726, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | O’Grady Cormac; Daly Mary E; Somerville Alexander; Meek; O Hainle; Loughridge Adam; Craig E T; McCaughey Terence; Simms Katherine; Bhreathnach Edel; O’Neill Timothy; Darcy Eamon | 14 Books, including: Ireland Before and After the Famine |
1800-1925; 1847; 1831-1833; c.600-c.1700; AD 400-1000; 1641 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 286 | Ryan Donal; Barry Sebastian; Wilson Robert McLiam; Keenan Brian; Laird Nick; Donovan Gerard; McCabe Pat; Murphy Peter | 10 Books, including: THE QUEEN OF DIRT ISLAND |
2022; 2024; 2023; 1989; 2000; 2005; 2007; 1986; 2009 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 287 | The Trial of the Galway Election Petition |
1872 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 288 | Landlord and Tenant (Ireland Act) 1870; Irish Land Commission – Judicial Rents |
1881-1882 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 225.00 | ||
| 289 | 1881 Census |
1881 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | ||
| 290 | Law and Crime in Ireland, Accounts and Papers |
1880; 1881; 1882 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 900.00 | ||
| 291 | 1871 Census |
1871 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 900.00 | ||
| 293 | May Imelda | A LICK AND A PROMISE |
London | 2021 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | o hEithir Breandan | Lead Us Into Temptation |
1978 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 295 | Cruikshank George; Smith James; Smith Horace | 3 Books, including: The Comic Almanack |
New York | 1845; 1813 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 296 | Forstner Christoph | Works on Tacitus |
Leyden | 1655; 1652 | EUR 100.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 297 | GEOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN |
Dublin | 1852 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 298 | Catair Linn |
1942 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 299 | O’Brien M J | An Historical and Critical Account of the so-called Prophecy of St. Malachy |
Dublin | 1880 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 300 | Scott Walter | Select Poetical Works |
London | 1838 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 301 | Briggs Henry B; Balfour Margaret | Dalriada and Ossian clarsachs or Celtic harps |
Glasgow | 1938 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 302 | Rivers Elizabeth; Pye Patrick | Elizabeth Rivers Memorial Exhibition |
1966 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 325.00 | |
| 303 | Browne Charlie | The Story of the 7th |
Ireland | 1970 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 304 | Sitwell Edith | In Spring |
London | 1931 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 305 | Lloyd Robert; Miller James; Milton John; Garrick David | 4 Books, including: Capricious Lovers |
1764; 1738; 1753 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 306 | 4 pamphlets |
1715; 1714; 1711 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 307 | Queenan Austin; Allen Arthur B. | The Place of Art in Irish Education |
1936 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 308 | Dalton John P. | The Coming of the Ui-Briuin |
1928 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 309 | Reeve Thomas | A Cure for the Epidemical Madness of Drinking Tar Water |
London | 1744 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 310 | Hone W; Wooler T; Wolcot J | 5 items |
1820; 1814; 1796 | EUR 120.00 - 160.00 | EUR 62.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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