Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of the Library of the Late Frank Meehan (Portlaoise), A Renowned Historian, Author and a Wonderful Source of Knowledge for Those Interested in the General History of Ireland., 71724, Birr

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Auction Date
July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024
Page Size: 685 items in 28 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
450 U.C.G.

Essay on the Educational Question Viewed in Relation to The Danger of Placing Catholic Youths with Protestant or Infidel Teachers.

Dublin 1873 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 500.00
451

The Abbey of Ross, its History and Details [Galway] by Oliver J. Burke.

Dublin, 1908 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
452

Northern Ireland Memorabilia. Sergeant Lindsay Mooney { UDA} Song Book.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
453

The Album of Irelands, 52 Views c 1920. Beautiful Black and White Photographs depicting Irish scenes

c 1920 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
454

Large collection of postcards etc., including stereoscopic Cork views of The Mardyke, Patrick's Bridge, Blarney Castle (2)...

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 175.00
455

The Phoenix Park - Dramatic Story of Ireland's Great Park MacGowan, Kenneth

Dublin 1960 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
456 Douglas Hyde

President Douglas Hyde Letter c1905: A manuscript letter in Irish from The First President of Ireland.

c1905 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 250.00
457

Athlone: Early Postal Item 1799. Letter to a gentleman about an interview the letter writer had with his nephew

1799 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 18.75
458 HEANEY, Seamus, Thomas Flanagan, Benedict Kiely, Sean White and June K Davison.

A Tribute to Kevin Sullivan. HEANEY, Seamus, Thomas Flanagan, Benedict Kiely, Sean White and June K Davison.

New York: EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 812.50
459

1991. First edition, number23 of 25 copies SIGNED to the title page by all five contributors. The tribute reproduces the speeches given at the memorial reading for Sullivan at Queen's College, New York, on 2 May 1988

1991 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
460

Cigarette Cards: An Album of the series of Greyhound pictures issued with Players Medium Navy Cut Cigarettes.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
461

Cigarette Cards,Wills and Players in 4 (One Album Complete) albums, c 160 Depicting Dogs. plus 15 other animals

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
462

Original Leaf page from the Latin Vulgate/Zurich Latin Bible. "Biblia quid in hae editone, prestitum sit, vide in ca quam operi praeposuimus ad lectorem epistola".

Lutetiae. 1545 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
463

Pageant of St. Patrick opens the An Tostal festival at Croke Park -- Two Programme issued in 1955 and 1956, The Pageant of St. Patrick which was held in Croke Park in May 1955 and kicked off An Tostal for that year.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
464

The Journals Of The House Of Commons Of The Kingdom Of Ireland From The Eleventh Year of King James The Fifth to the Twenty Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George The Second inclusive.

1761 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 68.75
465

Carte, Thomas. An History of the Life of James, Duke of Ormonde, from His Birth in 1610 to His Death in 1688.

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 450.00
466

Dublin, Cork, and South of Ireland : A Literary, Commercial and Social Review Past and Present , Leading Mercantile Houses and Commercial Enterprises.

1892 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
467

New Views on Ireland or Irish Land: Grievances: Remedies by Charles Russell.

Dublin. 1880 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 50.00
468 Seamus Heaney.

District and Circle.

2006 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 212.50
469 Seamus Heaney:

Electric Light,

2001 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 150.00
470 Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney: A Bibliography 1959-2003, SIGNED 1st Ed

2008 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
471 Seamus Heaney:

Finders Keepers Selected Prose 1971-2001 SIGNED, 1st Ed; Place and Displacement-Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland; ...

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 187.50
472 Seamus Heaney.

From the Republic of Conscience written for Amnesty International.

1985 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
473 Seamus Heaney.

The Haw Lantern. 1987. First edition in wrappers and R. Brandes and M.J. Durkan. Seamus Heaney - A Bibliography 1959-2003. Pristine (2)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
474 Seamus Heaney/ Seamus Deane.

A Field Day Pamphlet No 2 and 3. An Open Letter by Seamus Heaney; Civilians and Barbarians by Seamus Deane.

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50