Purcell Auctioneers: Superb July 2026 Book Auction of c.580 Lots to include an Important Manuscript Book of Early Gaelic, Irish History Covering the 12th to the 21st Centuries, 1,000's of Vintage Irish Postcards etc. etc., 71526, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Schedule of Tolls and Rates |
1912 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 407 | Finnegan T A; Loce H W; Hunt S T L | 44 Books, including: An Cleir- Irish Catholic Journal |
1938; 1978; 1965; 1952; 1928 | EUR 40.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 408 | Hardiman James | Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland with English Poetical Translations |
1831 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 409 | Flood W.H. Grattan | The Story of the Harp |
1905 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 410 | Gwynn Stephen; Colum Padraig | The Fair Hills of Ireland; The Road Round Ireland; Highways & Byways in Donegal & Antrim |
1914; 1926; 1899 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 411 | Hayes Richard | Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in Service of France |
1949 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 412 | Espinasse Isaac | Reports of cases argued and ruled at Nisi Prius |
Dublin | 1797 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 413 | Hickie D B | Decimi Junii Juvenalis Satire Selectae ad Optimorum Exemplarium Firem Sedulo Recensitae |
Dublin | 1811 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 414 | Bielfeld | The Elements of Universal Erudition |
Dublin | 1771 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 415 | Mair John | Caii Crispi Sallustii Bellum Catilinarium et Jugurthinum |
Dublin | 1802 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 416 | West Mark | Sermons on different subjects |
Dublin | 1785 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 417 | Mason John | Self-Knowledge |
Dublin | 1767 | EUR 60.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 418 | Mills James | Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls |
1905; 1914 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
| 419 | Wilde William | Memoir of Gabriel Beranger |
1880 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 420 | Adgey R J; Levenson Samuel; Woods C J; Sisson Elaine | 17 Books, including: Irish Nationalism: Arming The Ulster Volunteers 1914 |
1914; 1973; 2018; 2004 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 421 | Bartholomew John; Joyce P.W. | Philip's Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland |
1881 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 421A | Shaw Bernard; Laurence Dan H. | Collected Letters |
1874-1897; 1898-1910; 1911-1925; 1916-1950 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 422 | Smyth William J.; Swift Michael | Map-making, Landscapes and Memory; Historical Maps of Ireland |
2006 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | |
| 423 | Tracts Relating to Ireland |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 423A | Kohfeedt Mary Lou; Saddlemyer Anne; Smyth Colin | Lady Gregory - The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance; Lady Gregory Fifty Years After |
1985; 1987 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 424 | Law Andrew Bonar | The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612-1850 |
1997 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 425 | O'Callaghan Sean; Ward Alan J; Robertson Geoff; Target G.W.; Butler Ewan; Sheedy Kieran; Kettle Laurence J.; Murphy Desmond; Boyne Sean | 14 Books, including: Execution |
1974; 1969; 1976; 1974; 1971; 1988; 1958; 1950; 1981; 2015; 2006; 1999; 2012; 1998 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 425A | Kennelly Brendan; Verling John | Moloney Up and at it |
1984 | EUR 100.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
| 426 | Le Roux Louis | Tom Clarke and the Irish Freedom Movement |
1936 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 427 | Fermoy Philip Roche; Plowden | Commentary on Memoirs of Theobald Wolfe Tone |
Paris | 1828; 1801 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
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