Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026

Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Bernard Scale.	County of Wexford. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
227	Bernard Scale.	County of Leitrim. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
228	Bernard Scale.	Cavan. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
229	Bernard Scale.	Westmeath. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
230	Bernard Scale.	The Province of Connaught. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
231		A New and Accurate Map of the Kingdom of Ireland made from Actual Surveys		1778	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
232		Vintage Newspapers-1914-1927. North American newspapers with Irish related headlines, Such as The Toronto Globe April 25 1916 'Attempted Landing of arms in Ireland Fails'; ...		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
233		Irish Newspapers: Collection of mainly Irish printed newspapers covering the 1960's and 1970's.		1960's and 1970's	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
234	Liam MacGabhann.	Rags Robes and Rebels	Dublin,	Circa 1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 250.00
235		Cuimhne na bPaiarsach. Memories offhte Brotgers pears.		1958	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
236	A. E. [George Russell].	The Inner and the Outer Ireland		1921 and 1934	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
237	[Frank Ryan].	Has Franco killed Him. The Volunteer for Liberty. Journal of the International Brigade Association. Jarama Anniversary 1944.		1944	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 275.00
238		The 1916 Song Book. Songs written by Leaders of the Rising. Sung in the G.P. O. and other Garrisons. Songs sung in the Camps and Prisons. Songs of Hope and Defiance.		1916	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
239	P.H. Pearse Study Group.	An economic programme for the Irish Free State : being a set of principles suitable to serve as a basis for an Irish social and industrial policy proposed		1922	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
240		The 1916 Song Book. Foggy Dew etc etc. Irish Book Bureau [Joseph Clarke]. circa 1925; Ballad Poems of Irish History; Songs and Ballads of Arthur Griffith; ...		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
241		Saorstat Eireann Official Handbook		1932	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 162.50
242		James Kelly -- Orders for the Captain, published 1971. John O'Leary, a study in Irish separatism -- Marcus Bourke, published 1967....		the author	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
243	[Lord Ashtown].	The Unknown Power Behind the Irish Nationalist Party : its present work and criminal history.	London.	1907	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
244	James Gleeson.	Bloody Sunday.		1962	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
245	R M Fox.	History of the Irish Citizen Army	Dublin:	1945	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
246	Tim Crowley,	The Local Cost Of Freedom An Illustrated History Of The War Of Independence And Civil War In Clonakilty, Rossmore, Timoleague and Barryroe. The West Cork People, Commemerative Edition on the unveiling of the Michael Collins memorial statue on the 80th ann		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
247	Fr. Denis Faul & Fr. Raymond Murray,	The Sleeping Giant, Irish Americans and Human Rights in N.Ireland		1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
248		Commandant Hugh Maguire -- After Easter 1916. Cuimhneachan 1916. aisling 1916 -- 1976. ...		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
249	Maurice Manning.	[dedication from author]. The Blueshirts		1970	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
250		With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom 1919 to the Truce. The Red Path of Glory.		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.