Purcell Auctioneers: c.615 Lot Auction - to include Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions including Siged Seamus Heaney, Early Marvel Comics (Spiderman, Wolverine etc.), Republican Interest, GAA Interest, Antiquarian etc. , 121025, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
Page Size: 617 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
275 Roald Dahl

The Twits

1980 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 187.50
276 Mary Lavin

[Ireland Writer Related] A memory and other stories

1972 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
277 Roddy Doyle

Bullfighting

2011 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
278 Claire Keegan

Irish Authors Signed First Editions. So Late in the Day

2023 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
279 James Plunkett

Irish Authors: Strumpet City

1969 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
280 Lord Dunsany

The Old Folk of the Centuries: A Play

London, United Kingdom 1930 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 175.00
281 Lord Dunsany

A Night at the Inn

1920 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
282 Lord Dunsany

THE CHARWOMAN'S SHADOW

1925 EUR 320.00 - 340.00 Not Sold
283 Micheal Mac Liammoir

SionabaBerlin

1961 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
284

Collection of Irish Song books: The Soldiers Song Book

1940,s EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
285 John B. Keane

Big Maggie

1969 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
286 John B. Keane

Big Maggie

1969 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
287 John B. Keane

The Bodhran Makers

1986 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
288 John B. Keane

Many Young Men of Twenty

1961 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 137.50
289 John B. Keane

Sive

1975 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 112.50
290 John B. Keane

Sive

1959 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
291 John B. Keane

Sharon's Grave

1960 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
292 John B. Keane

The Street

1961 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
293 John B. Keane

Fifty Years Young, a tribute to John B. Keane

1979 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 100.00
294 John B. Keane

Self Portrait

1964 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
295 Brendan Kennelly

Maloney Up and at it

1984 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 87.50
296 John McGahern

Memoir

2005 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
297

The Works of James Joyce in Ten Volumes

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
298

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 Marvel

1984 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 350.00
299

Wolverine Limited Series #1

1982 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
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