Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction of Irish & World Interest Books Which includes a Collection of Signed John B Keane Titles and Ephemera, Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions etc., 52125, Birr

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Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 579 items in 24 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
372 by C Wilson Peck,

English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958

1970 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
373 by John Lindsay,

A View of The History and Coinage of the Parthians with descriptive catalogues and tables, illustrated with a complete set of engravings of coins

1852 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
374

Mr & Mrs S C Hall. Ireland, Its Scenery, Character &c.. 3 Vol set

London 1841 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 500.00
375 Petrie, George.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland - Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

Dublin 1845 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 325.00
376 Richard Musgrave.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the arrival of the English.

1801 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 118.75
377 George Petrie.

Christain Inscriptions in the Irish Language.

Dublin 1872/1878 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 118.75
378 Jeoffry Keating.

The General History of Ireland

1726 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,125.00
379 W P Burke.

The Irish Priests in the Penal Times 1660-1760, From the State Papers in H.M. Record Offices, Dublin and London, The Bodleian Library, and the British Museum.

Waterford 1914 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
380

The Manuscripts of the Duke of Beufort K G, The Earl of Donoughmore and others,

London 1891 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
381 Elanor Hull.

The History of Ireland and Her People. Vol I: from earlier times to the Tudor period; Vol II: from the Stuart period to modern times.

c.1933 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 68.75
382 Richard R Madden.

The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times, with numerous illustrations.

c.1920 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 93.75
383 Michael T. Sadlier.

Ireland: Its Evils and Their Remedies Being a Refutation of the Errors of the Emigration Committee and Others touching that country.

1829 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
384 John Mitchell.

The History of Ireland.

1895 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
385 D'Alton, E. A. (Edward Alfred) (b.1860)

History of Ireland : from the earliest times to the present day - complete in 6 volumes

London Mixed Publication Dates EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
386

The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland,

1853 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
387 Edited By Mrs. John Boyle O'Reilly.

Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, Together with His Complete Poems and Speeches,

1891 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 187.50
388

MacDonalds Irish Directory and Gazetteer with which is incorporated The Business Directory of Ireland, accompanied with a map and town plans. Macdonalds Irish Directory and Gazetteer

Edinburgh 1930 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 162.50
389 by Robert Lloyd Prager.

The Botanist in Ireland

1934 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
390 T P O'Connor.

Memoirs of an Old Parliamentarian: 2 Vols

1929 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
391

Memoir of the Coalfields of Ireland. July, 1921

1921 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 225.00
392 Shane Leslie.

St. Patrick's Purgatory.

1932 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
393

Pacata Hibernia. History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Taken from the Original Chronicles. Illustrated with portraits all the Original Maps and Plans. [Thomas Stafford].

DUBLIN 1820 EUR 350.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
394

(MacNamara Clan) The Story of An Irish Sept, Their character and struggle to maintain their land in Clare.

1896 EUR 250.00 - 280.00 EUR 237.50
395 Knight, Patrick.

Erris in the Irish Highlands and the Atlantic Railway. Dublin: Martin Keene And Son, 6 College-Green.

London 1886 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,812.50
396

Proceedings in connection with the visit to Dublin by the Marquis of Ripon and the Right Hon., John Morley M.P. f rom the ist to 3rd February, 1885,

Dublin 1888 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
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