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
1 D.L. Kelleher.

The Glamour of the South.

1929 EUR 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
2 Francis Guy

Handbook City of Cork, Blarney, Cork Harbour, Blackwater River,

c1900 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
3 by Pat O'Brien.

The History of Broadford Parish County Clare, The Civil Parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy, 1800-1850

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 650.00
4 P. White

Clare Interest: History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of Tipperary, Limerick and Galway, with an Ancient and Modern Map

1893 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 43.75
5

A Report to House of Commons in 1851 on Kilrush and Ennistymon Poor Law Unions.

1851 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 162.50
6 By Tim Robinson.

The Burren interest. The Burren a map of uplands of North-West Clare.

1977 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 81.25
7

The Speech of the Right Hon. John , Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.

Dublin. 1800 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
8

Donegal: History & society (Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county)

1995 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
9 by Judith Cuppage.

Archaeological Inventory of South-West Kerry. Baronies of Dunkerron North and South, Glanarought and Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula Archaeological Survey from Mesolithic to 17th Century

1986 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
10 T.K. Abbott.

Catalogue of Fifteenth-Century Books in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Marshes Library, Dublin with a few other collections.

Dublin. 1905 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
11 Rev. William Clare.

Abstract of Irish Wills - A Guide.

1972 EUR 40.00 - 50.00 EUR 25.00
12

The Neighbourhood of Dublin - Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association - St. John Joyce, Weston [ Introduction by P.W. Joyce],

1921 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
13

Proceedings in Connection with the Visit to Dublin of the Marquis of Ripon K G and the Right Hon. John Morley M P

1888 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 112.50
14

Dublin City and 8 other counties Receipts and Billheads c 70,

earliest 1929 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
15 J. Warburton, J. Whitelaw and Robert Walsh.

History of the City of Dublin.

1818 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
16

[Rotunda Hospital Interest] THE ROTUNDA TEXT-BOOK Of MIDWIFERY FOR NURSES - O'Donel, Browne (ed),

1952 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
17 J M Synge,

The Aran Islands Part 1 & 2,

1921 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
18 Gerard P. Moran

Galway: History & society (Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county)

1996 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
19

Map of the Phoenix Park, Dublin, issued by the Royal Automobile Club official map for the Irish International Grand Prix Motor Race.

1929 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 200.00
20 J. de L Smyth -

A site for the new university; a plea for the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham,

Dublin 1908 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
21 J. Fahey.

The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.

Dublin. 1883 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
22 Sir William R. Wilde, M.D.,

Lough Corrib, It's Shores and Islands: With notices of Lough Mask. Illustrated with numerous engravings.

Dublin 1867 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 212.50
22A

Galway Interest: James and Mary Ellis-Background.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
23

Journal of Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Broken run of 7 volumes

1958/1965 EUR 75.00 - 100.00 EUR 68.75
24 Rev. P. Birch.

St Kieran's College, Kilkenny.

1951 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
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