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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 492 | Brougham Henry | Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III |
London; Glasgow | 1855-56 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 493 | Violett-Le Duc; D'Ardenne Jean | Histoire D’un Dessinateur comment on apprend a Dessiner; Noes d’un Vagabond |
Paris | c. 1880; 1887 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 494 | Shaftesbury | Life of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury; Speeches of Shaftesbury upon Subjects Relating to the Claims and Interests of the Labouring Class |
1971 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 495 | Lewis John | The History of the Life and Suffering of the Reverend and Learned John Wyclif |
Oxford | 1820 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 496 | Lane Thomas | The Student's Guide through Lincoln Inn |
London | 1814 | EUR 50.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 497 | Aristotelis | Aristotelis Ethica Nicomachea |
Berolini | 1845 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 498 | Cohen J | Memoires et voyages du prince Puckler Muskau |
Paris | 1832/1833 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 499 | Hughes Charles | Shakespeare's Europe |
London | 1903 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 500 | Peary Robert E. | The North Pole |
London | 1910 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 501 | Latham Arthur; West A. William | The Prize Essay on the Erection of a Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in England |
London | 1903 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 502 | Mabell; Lever; Sichel | N Books, including: Lady Palmerston and Her Times |
1922; 1957; 1905 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 503 | Jamieson R; Observer; Hamilton Walter | N Books, including: Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland |
1822; 1801; 1878 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 504 | Duval Rubens | Traite De Grammaire Syriaque |
Paris | 1881 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 505 | Teegan Thomas Henry; Ruskin John | N Books, including: General Bonaparte |
1906 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 506 | Specimens of Prospectuses, Leaflets |
London | 1920s-1940s | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 507 | Flint William Russell | Breakfast in Perigord |
London | 1968 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 508 | Maaskamp Evert | Representations of Dresses, Morals and Customs in the Kingdom of Holland |
Amsterdam | 1808 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 509 | Matthieu Pierre | Histoire de France |
Cologny | 1617 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 510 | Annales Archeologiques |
Paris | 1844-1855 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 511 | Guinness Desmond; Ryan William; Hayward Richard | N Books, including: Irish Houses & Castles |
1971; 1964; 1989 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 512 | Adams Gerry; Gillis Liz; Coogan Tim Pat; Morrisson George | N Books, including: Family, Friends and Neighbours |
2001; 2014 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 513 | Oram Hugh; Fennell James; Bunbury Turtle | N Books, including: A Day in the Life of Ireland |
1991; 2011 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 514 | Evans Martin Marix; Carola Leslie Conron | N Books, including: A Terrible Beauty |
2003; 1993 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 515 | Blake Tarquin; Breslin John; Buckley Sarah-Anne | N Books, including: Haunted Ireland |
2014; 2020/21 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 516 | Wallace Patrick; O Floinn Raghnall | Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland - Irish Antiquities; Ireland From the Air |
2002 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
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