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
475 J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

1906 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.00
476

Carolan: The Life, Times, and Music of an Irish Harper Donal O'Sullivan

London 1958 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 150.00
477

Lord Dunsany. Tales of War

1919 EUR 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
478 John O'Toole

The O'Tooles -Ancient Lords of Powerscourt Fertire and Imale

C. 1870 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 175.00
479 Lady Ferguson

Sir Samuel Ferguson in the Ireland of His Day

London 1896 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
480

Deutsche Lieder aus 7 Jahrhunderten: German Songs of seven centuries

Baile Atha Cliath, Dublin 1943 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 56.25
481 B. McCullough

The Shamrock or Erin Set Free

Chicago C. 1910 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 43.75
482 Brown

Historical Ballad Poetry of Ireland by Brown

1912 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 106.25
483 Helen Allingham & E. Baumer Williams

Letters to William Allingham

1913 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
484 Lord Dunsany

The Travel Tales of Joseph Jorkens

1931 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
485 Fraser James

Guide Through Ireland

Dublin 1838 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
486

Francis MacManus, The Greatest of These, 1943

19-11-'43 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
487 Robin Flower

The Western Island or The Great Blasket

1945 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 81.25
488 Dorothy Macardle

Earthbound

Dublin 1924 EUR 360.00 - 420.00 Not Sold
489

Ireland on Ten Pounds

Sydney 1938 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 200.00
490 M.C. Ferguson

The Story of the Irish Before the Conquest

1861 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
491 Joseph Adams

The Angler's Guide to the Irish Fisheries by Joseph Adams 'Corrigeen'

1924 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
492 William Molyneux

The Case of Ireland Being Bound by Irish Parliament in England Stated

Dublin 1725 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
493 Patrick O'Connor

People Make Places. The Story of the Irish Palatines

early 18th century EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
494

The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donel, Earl of Tyrconnel

Dublin 1868 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 50.00
495 P. W. Joyce

A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of Government, Religion, Law, Art, Trade, Manners and Customs

Phoenix 1913 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 81.25
496 the Late Lombe Atthill

Recollections of an Irish Doctor

London 1911 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 162.50
497 Lord Dunsany

Tales of Wonder

1916 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
498 Henry Parnell, M. P.

A History of the Penal Laws against the Irish Catholics from Treaty of Limerick to the Union

Dublin 1808 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
499 Maryann Gialanna Valiulis

Almost a Rebellion. The Irish Army Mutiny of 1924

1985 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
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