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
276		Auction Catalogues H.O.K. Contents of Summerhill, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny 9th Sept 1992 Illustrated and A. Chawner. Fine Aert Auction 1		1992	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
277	F. Scott Fitzgerald	The Great Gatsby,		1984	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
278		Irish Republicanism: Remnant of Falg from Republican Red Cross dressing Station- St Stephens Green , Easter 1916.		1916	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 4,250.00
279	Andy Warhol	Andy Warhol autograph signature.		N/A	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
280		Irish Republicanism: Two flyers - 'To Members of I R A' and 'Irish Bishop Speaks' both printed c 1920's		c 1920's	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 68.75
281		Presidential Election 1945; Fold over flyer for Dr Patrick McCartan -National Candidate for this election		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
282	Alice Furlong:	Dublin, Easter 1916.		1916	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 975.00
283		Irish Nuclear Power: The Power That Corrupts- The Threat of Nuclear Power in Ireland published for the Irish Conservation Society		1976	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
284		Art: pack is a beautifully packaged set of playing cards designed in 2002 in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation and launched at the RHA gallery.		N/A	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
285	Austin Kennan --	Thrasymachus, privately published.	Dublin.	1979	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
286		Cosaint Shibhialta. Bas Beatha.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
287		Padraig Pearse: Memorial card for General P H Pearse. 'Pray For the Souls of General P. H. Pearse and the Officers and Men of the Irish Republican Army'		1916	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 600.00
288		Thomas Ashe: Mourning Locket (sealed) believed to contain some of the hair of Thomas Ashe. White metal with B & W photograph of Ashe. Unique item.		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 937.50
289		Kevin Barry: Original Black & White photograph		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 750.00
290	Dermod O'Brien,	Catalogue of first exhibition of pictures, Limerick Municipal Art Gallery, Savoy Cinema Limerick 1937 which was opened	Dublin.	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 250.00
291		Amhrain Mhuighe Seola. Traditional Folksongs from Galway and Mayo. Eibhlin Bean Mhic Choisdealbha a chuir in eagar.		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
292	Mrs M. Ni Milleadha	From Swansea to Sliabh gCua a story of Poets and Dancers		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 212.50
293	Mrs. Costello.	Amhrain Mhuighe Seola. Traditional Folk-Songs From Galway And Mayo edited	London	1919	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
294	Rev. Timothy Hurley.	The Irish Crusade against Evil Literature	Dublin.	1913	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 200.00
295		Irish Curiosities a collection of Strange, Fascinating, Puzzling or Picturesque Oddities of Ireland, pictured and described in this new I.T.A. Book.	Dublin.	Circa 1920	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 250.00
296	Henry Harrison.	The Strange Case of the Irish Land Purchase Annuities. An Elucidation		1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
297		Education Widens The Gap Between The Sexes		c1975	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
298		Collection of Vintage Irish Interest Postcards. Variety of scenes and places including town views, social history, castles etc etc a large collection of approximately 300 individual postcards.		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 200.00
299		Collection of general interest Vintage Postcards. Mostly unused, various themes especially ancient Rome. a very large collection of approximately 400 individual postcards.		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
300	Lord Ashtown	Lord Ashtown Poems		1965	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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.