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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 506 | Home Charles | Representative Art of Our Time |
London | 1903 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 507 | Reports from the Commissioners on the Public Records of Ireland |
London | 1815; 1824 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 508 | Vacquier J; Metman; Briere | 3 Books, including: Ministers de la Marine |
Paris | 1914; 1890s circa | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 509 | Irish Patent Rolls of James I |
1966 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 510 | Butler Samuel | Atlas of Ancient Geography; Cruchley’s General Atlas |
London | 1826-7; 1843 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 511 | Palladio Andrea | The Architecture of Palladio; Architettura di Andrea Palladio |
London; Venice | 1742; 1743-48 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 512 | Villeneuve T; Gusman Pierre (1862-1941) | Dessins de Planneaux & Ornaments de Style Louis XVI; Panneaux decoratifs et teintures murales du XVIIIe siecle |
Paris | 1890s ca; 1900 ca | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 513 | Le Sage; Coinde Madame | Historical, Genealogical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas |
London | 1813 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 437.50 |
| 514 | Wickes C | Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of Medieval England |
1853-54 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 515 | The Book of Kells |
1974 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 516 | Magrath John Richard | The Obituary Book of St. John’s College Oxford |
Oxford | 1910 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 517 | Daly Cesar; Mitchell; Chandler; Cordingley; Normand | 5 Books, including: L’architecture privee au XIXe Siecle |
Paris; Liverpool; Boston | 1872; 1908; 1901; 1946 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 518 | Harbison Peter; Mac Donnell | Ireland’s Treasures; The Lost Houses of Ireland |
2004 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 519 | Haydock Geo Leo; Husenbeth F C | Holy Bible Douay Rheims |
London | circa 1850 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 520 | Bence-Jones Mark; Pakenham Valerie; Somerville-Large Peter | 3 Books, including: A Guide to Irish Country Houses |
1988; 2000; 1995 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 521 | Evans Mark; Barrow Lennox; Cunliffe | An Illustrated History of Irish Battles; The Round Towers of Ireland; The Celtic World |
1979 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 522 | O'Brien Jacqueline; Harbison Peter; Anderson Janice | 9 Books, including: Ancient Ireland |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 523 | Pakenham Valerie; Bence-Jones Mark | 9 Books, including: The Big House in Ireland |
1988 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 524 | The Shakspere Gallery |
London | c 1880 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 525 | Morison Stanley; Day Kenneth; Michalowski Kazimierz; Lyons Islay; Ingholt Harald | The Typographic Book 1450-1935; Art of Ancient Egypt; Gandharan Art in Pakistan |
Chicago; New York | 1963; 1986; 1957 | EUR 40.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 526 | Lyons; Thomas; Harbison | 4 Books, including: Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905 |
1993; 1969 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 527 | O'Connor Patrick; Seaver Matthew; Cunliffe Barry; Williams Jeremy | 4 Books, including: Fairs and Markets of Ireland |
2003; 2016; 2001; 1994 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 528 | McCutheon; Morton; Welch Robert John; Lewis | 8 Books, including: Railway History Ireland |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 529 | Connolly Sybil; Mills John FitzMaurice; Leask Harold G | 11 Books, including: In An Irish House |
1988; 1987; 1995 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 530 | Bentivegna Ferruccia Cappi | Abbigliamento E Costume Nella Pittura Italiana: Rinasciemento |
Roma | 1961 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
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