Purcell Auctioneers - Auction of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera etc. to include Books from the Library of Michael Tierney (1894-1975), former President of UCD, T.D. and Senator. - Starts 02 Oct 2019 Lot 1 Education: Box of approx. 30 Irish school text books – mostly nineteenth century – English, History, Geography, Mathematics – many published for the Commissioners of National Education. Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 2 Education: Bundle of approx. twenty-five primary school history books, mostly from the 1970s-80s. Estimate: 20 - 30 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 3 Education: Bundle of twenty-five Irish school text books from early twentieth century – English, History & Geography. Never saw the inside of a school-bag Estimate: 20 - 40 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 4 Large bundle of pamphlets/booklets/OS Discovery Series Maps – various parts of country. In excess of fifty items. Estimate: 20 - 40 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 5 Large Map of Ireland c. 1920. Estimate: 80 - 120 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 6 HMSO 'Proceedings of the Irish Convention' 1918 Estimate: 40 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 7 Griffith's Valuation, County of Kildare, Barony of North Salt, Union of Celbridge Estimate: 40 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 8 Report of the Commissioners on Fees, Gratuities etc., of Public Offices of Ireland, Arrears and Balances 1811, a Bound Vol of Irish Acts, c.1833 and a Bound Volume of Irish Reports (3) Estimate: 30 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 9 Poor Laws of Ireland Reports 1848-1849, 4 vols, terrific Famine history resource Estimate: 100 - 150 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 10 Report on Revenues and Condition The Established Church Ireland. 1868. Large format. This fragile copy, lacking some preliminary and final pages, with old repairs etc was a most detailed study of the property owned by the Church of Ireland at disestablishment. This copy belonged to the official valuation office in Ely Place and has copious manuscript notes. Folding colour map showing the existing dioceses and the proposed dioceses. Sold with all faults this is a wonderful Primary Source Estimate: 40 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 11 Seven Volumes of 'Vice Royal Commission on Irish Railways' Estimate: 50 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids page 1 of 65 Purcell Auctioneers - Auction of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera etc. to include Books from the Library of Michael Tierney (1894-1975), former President of UCD, T.D. and Senator. - Starts 02 Oct 2019 Lot 12 Box of 300 Old Irish Postcards and a Scarce Collection of Irish Stereoscopic Cards Estimate: 350 - 450 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 13 Box of 300 Old Irish Postcards and a Collection of Irish Stereoscopic Cards Estimate: 350 - 450 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 14 Postcards. Large collection of modern, mostly used cards. Irish and foreign. Many attractive visual cards. Approximately 800 cards Estimate: 40 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 15 Irish Long Wave Radio. Collection of postcards from around the world regarding reception of Irish radio signals. Estonia, Mexico, USSR, Bahamas, South Africa, Canada etc. late 1950s. approximately 700 cards. Interesting lot Estimate: 50 - 100 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 16 Lot of Vintage Irish postcards. Approximately 300 attractive postcards, mostly 1900-1930 Estimate: 100 - 200 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 17 Vintage Irish postcards. Approximately 300 attractive postcards, mostly 1900-1930 Estimate: 100 - 200 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 18 'Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians' - 9 Volumes Estimate: 30 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 19 Irish Historical Studies, 13 bound vols and c.90 loose issues Estimate: 80 - 160 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 20 Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary, Large 4to; 2 vols plus atlas vol facsimile set in box published by Kennys 1995. Green buckram; Mint condition, lovely set. (3) Estimate: 80 - 120 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 21 O'Rafferty, Joseph 'Christian Art in Ireland' (Vol. 2); and Wagner, Heinrich 'Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects' (Vol. 1) Estimate: 20 - 40 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 22 Somerville and Ross 'Slipper's A B C of Hunting' 1903. 1st Edition. Folio. 20 fine colour plates. Estimate: 220 - 300 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids page 2 of 65 Purcell Auctioneers - Auction of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera etc. to include Books from the Library of Michael Tierney (1894-1975), former President of UCD, T.D. and Senator. - Starts 02 Oct 2019 Lot 23 John Feehan, The Geology of Laois and Offaly (2013); The Wildflowers of Offaly (2009); both A4 and in mint condition. (2) Estimate: 20 - 30 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 24 Modern Ordnance Survey Letters for Galway, in excellent condition with a half-morocco binding Estimate: 40 - 80 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 25 Rolf Loeber 'A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland' 1981. 1st Edition; and Major Pat Heffernan 'The Heffernans and their Times' 1940. 1st Edition (lacks title page) (Tipperary family history) Estimate: 40 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 26 Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture – John Hunt. (2 vols, 1974) Estimate: 80 - 100 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 27 One volume of Archaeological Surveys of Barony of Ikerrin along with Archaeological inventories for Counties Louth, Meath, Donegal & Cavan Estimate: 60 - 120 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 28 Early volumes of the Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983 – 87; Excavations at Patrick Street, Nicholas Street & Winetavern Street, 1997 and 9. Ordnance Survey from Donegore. Estimate: 30 - 60 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 29 Music: Bound collection of c22 folio-sized song sheets of music and words in the sixpenny popular edition, mostly late 1890s and early 1900s. Included is ‘Husheen’ with words in English and Irish by Francis A. Fahy. Many have attractive covers and include other Irish compositions. (1) Estimate: 30 - 40 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 30 Music: Bound collection of c20 folio-sized song sheets of music and words (mostly 4 to 8 pages in each) in the sixpenny popular edition, mostly late 1890s and early 1900s. Many have attractive covers and include other Irish compositions. (1) Estimate: 20 - 30 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 31 Two scrapbooks: Aeroplanes 1919 to the 1920s and one of early Motor Cards with some greeting cards of later years… (2) Estimate: 20 - 30 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 32 Sir John Barrington 'Historic Memoirs of Ireland'' comprising secret records of the National Convention, The Rebellion and The Union - 2 Volumes (1835) Estimate: 180 - 220 Fees: 20% inc VAT for absentee bids, telephone bids and bidding in person 23.69% inc VAT for Live Bidding and Autobids Lot 33 George Moore 'Ulick an Sorcha' 1926.