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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431 | Hall H.; Marzials F. T.; Venn Henry; Russell Rachael; Haggard L. R.; Hobart Pasha | N Books, including: Court Life under the Plantagenets |
1890; 1887; 1835; 1801; 1951 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 432 | Pierre DBC; Finlay Peter Warren | Vernon God Little |
London | 2003 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 433 | Lowell James Russell | The Anti-Slavery Papers of James Russell Lowell |
Boston; New York | 1902 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 434 | Darling W. Y.; Knight C.; Curwen H.; Plant M.; Brown; Brett | N Books, including: The Bankrupt Bookseller |
1947; 1931; 1865; 1873 ca.; 1965; 1971; 1967 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 435 | Keble John | The Christian Year |
1874 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 436 | Crane Stephen; Bryant William Cullen; McEntee Jervis; London Jack | The Monster; Among the Trees; Smoke Bellew |
London; New York | 1901; 1874; 1912 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 437 | Richards Brooks | Secret Flotilla. Clandestine Sea Lines to France & French North Africa 1940-1944 |
1996 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 438 | Bullock Alan | Hitler & Stalin. Parallel Lives |
1991 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 439 | Brackett O.; Clouston Warren; Edwards Ralph; Jourdain M.; Cescinsky H.; Hunter G. L.; Lees-Martin J.; Gloag J. | 8 Books, including: Thomas Chippendale .. His Life, Work & Influence |
1924; 1897; 1944; 1929; 1947; 1958; 1965 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 440 | Blind Mathilde; Kennedy Grace; Grierson Margaret; Sandford Elizabeth; Gasparin Valerie de | 5 Books, including: Poems |
Edinburgh; Boston | 1897; 1824; 1823; 1841; 1867 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 441 | Keynes Geoffrey | Bibliography of John Donne |
Cambridge | 1914 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 442 | Morris M. O'Connor | Triviata or Crossroads of Chronicles of Passages of Irish Hunting History |
1875-1877 | EUR 150.00 - 170.00 | Not Sold | |
| 443 | Robertson W. | Ayrshire. Its History & Historic Families |
Kilmarnock | 1908 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 444 | Raymond Thomas | Reports of divers special Cases adjudged in the Courts … in the Reign of King Charles II |
London | 1696 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 445 | Cranz D.; Greene W. H. | 3 Books, including: History of Greenland |
London | 1767; 1933 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 446 | Pennant Thomas | 7 Books, including: British Zoology |
Warrington; London | 1776; 1792; 1790 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 447 | Lear F.; Burnyeat J.; Burn E.; Browne E. G. Kirwan; Aumale Duc d' | 40 Pamphlets, including: Charge Clergy Sarum |
Salisbury; Warwick; Birmingham | 1846; 1817; 1812; 1872 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 448 | Hervey John | 10 Pamphlets, including: Letter .. containing a Charge of Fornication against Edward Lord Thurlow |
1788 ca; 1742; 1715; 1736; 1792; 1709; 1772; 1788; 1701 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 449 | Reynolds F.; Boaden; Cumberland; Holman | 6 Plays, including: Fortune’s Fool |
1796; 1797; 1794; 1795; 1796 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 450 | Ullathorne; Marshall Thomas W.; Gillow John; Monk of St. Augustine’s Ramsgate; Dapanloup; Oakeley F.; Wishart; Siddon Joseph | 8 Pamphlets, including: Dollingerites, Gladstone & Apostates from the Faith |
Derby; London; Sheffield | 1874; 1874; 1859; 1873; 1872; 1829; 1839 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 451 | Castle M. P. | The London Philatelist |
London | 1898 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 452 | Sanzo Raphael; Cundall Joseph | The Great Works of Raphael Sanzo of Urbino |
London | 1868 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 453 | Whittock Nathaniel | The Decorative Painters’ and Glaziers Guide |
London | 1837 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 454 | Hamelin-Bergeron | Manuel de Tourneur |
Paris | 1816 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 455 | Buchetti J. | Moteurs Hydrauliques actuels Roues & Turbines |
Paris | 1892 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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