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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | Grismer K. H. | History of the City of Tampa and the Tampa Bay Region |
1950 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 457 | Eastern Banking. Essays in the History of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
1983 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 458 | Robinson Heath | 4 Books, including: The Playbox Annual 1918 |
1918; 1920; 1921; 1922 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 459 | Gordon W J; Strang H; England J | 5 Books, including: Warne’s Pleasure Book for Boys |
1925; [1930s?]; [1931]; [1941]; [1945 ca.] | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 460 | Moore Thomas; Waller J F | Moore's Irish Melodies |
London | c. 1880 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 461 | Scrapbook on performers, musicians, etc. |
1945-1950 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 462 | Tschichold Jan; Russ Stephen; Friedlander Elizabeth | Penguin Scores Series |
1949-1954 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | |
| 463 | Turpin John | A School of Art in Dublin since the Eighteenth Century |
1995 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 464 | Henry Paul | An Irish Portrait |
London | 1951 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 465 | Larmour P | Arts & Crafts Movement in Ireland |
1992 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
| 466 | Brown Deborah; Pyle Hilary; Crookshank Anne; Flanagan T P; White James; Kane Marianne | Deborah Brown: From Painting to Sculpture |
Dublin | 2005 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 467 | Bewick Pauline; White James | Pauline Bewick: Painting A life |
Dublin | 1985 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 468 | Scully Sean; Pirsig-Marshall Tanja; Danto Arthur C; Zweite Armin | SCULLY, Works from the 1980s |
Leeds | 2010 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 469 | FitzPatrick Jim; O Raghallaigh Colman; Reynolds Barry; O'Brien Audrey | The Book of Conquests; The Silver Arm; Deirdre agus Mic Uisnigh |
1992 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 470 | Bewick Pauline; Fallon Brian; Kelly J J | 5 Books, including: Pauline Bewick at 75 |
2010; 1994; 1934 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 471 | Yeats Jack B | Jack B. Yeats Exhibition Catalogue |
Monte-Carlo | 1990 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 472 | Read Herbert; Arnold H; Saint L; Kenyon G; Haynes E B | English Stained Glass; Stained Glass of the Middle Ages; Glass Industry of the Weald; Glass through the Ages |
1926; 1913; 1967; 1959 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 473 | Walsh Wendy; Wilkinson Nick; Nelson E Charles | Wendy Walsh : A Lifetime of Painting |
London | 2007 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 474 | Beattie W; Bartlett W H | Switzerland |
London | 1836 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 475 | Pugin Augustus; Heath Charles | Paris and its Environs |
1831 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 476 | Motley John Lothrop | History of the United Netherlands |
New York | 1861 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 477 | Semple R; Macmillan H; Dyer T; Heywood W; Hodgkinson H | 5 Books, including: Observations on Journey through Spain & Italy to Naples |
1808; 1888; 1865; 1910; 1955 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 478 | Young Arthur | The Example of France. A Warning to Britain |
1793 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 479 | Ross James Clark; Weddell James | N Books, including: Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions |
1969; 1970 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 480 | Cherry-Garrard Apsley; Wheeler Sara; Fuchs Vivian; Hillary Edmund; Seaver George; Ponting Herbert | N Books, including: The Worst Journey in the World |
London | 1952; 2001; 1958; 1951; 1950; 1961 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
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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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