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
301	J.R.R.Tolkien -	Smith of Wootton Major,	London	1967	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 200.00
302	Michael Wm. Selby Bruce	Songs from the Saddle: A Collection of Rhymes and Songs	Dublin	1917	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
303	Mr. John Levy, Barrister,	Important and admirable pamphlet consisting of a series of letters to the Irish Times,	Dublin,	1867	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
304	James Joyce -	POMES PENYEACH, Published	Paris	1927	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	EUR 187.50
305	Lord Byron --	English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire,		1809	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
306	Julius Vindex -	Antidotes to cure the catholicophobia and ienephobia: efficacious to eradicate the horrors against Catholics and Irishmen, early instilled prejudices,	Dublin	1804	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 250.00
307		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Pocket Time Table. October 1917 and until further notice.		1917	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
308	Seamus Heaney.	Seamus Heaney. Illustrated photograph of "The Tollund Man". 1994 with letter from Seamus Heaney on reverse		1994	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
309		Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann- Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Ennis May 1956, Souvenir Programme; Ceol- A Journal of Irish Music, April 1968; Welsh Rugby Union, Wales V Ireland Match Programme April 1987 (3)		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
310	Seumas O'Sullivan.	[Harry Clarke] Editor's Choice. Little Anthology of Poems Selected from Dublin Magazine		1944	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
311	Darrell Figgis	The Gaelic State in the Past & Future.		1917	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
312	Thomas MacDonagh.	Pagans: A Modern Play in two Conversations	Dublin,	1920	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
313	Darrell M. Figgis.	A Short Plot - A Sidelight on Political Expediency		1918	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
314	Rev. Richard S. Devane S. J.	The Imported Press a National Menace -- some Remedies		1950	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
315	Caitia ni Chormaic,	[Early Candles Press]. Here Beginneth the Wisdom of the World: a Book of Wonder Tales told by An Philibin illustrated		1919	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
316		The book of constitutions comprising the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland, To which are appended the old charges, prayers and forms to be used in lodges, and the book of clothing and insignia. Published by aut	Dublin,	1910	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
317		1798 Rebellion: The History of the Irish Rebellion in the year 1798 ...		1808	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 325.00
318	Thomas Lacy	Assorted Bundle (7) of Irish interest books: Home Sketches on Both Sides of the Channel		1852	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 175.00
319	Rev. James Gordon,	1798 Rebellion: History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the year 1798 containing an impartial account of the proceedings of the Irish revolutionists, from the year 1782 till the suppression of the Rebellion.	Dublin	1801	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 425.00
320	Charles Hamilton Teeling,	1798 Rebellion: History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 -- A Personal Narrative		n.d.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 100.00
321	Sir Richard Musgrave,	Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the arrival of the English	Dublin	1801	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 175.00
322	Edmund Borlase,	The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion Traced from many Preceding Acts to the Grand Eruptions the 23 of October 1641 and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement MDCLXII [1662].	London	1680	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
323	Francis Plowden	An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, 3 vols.		1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 100.00
324	Eugene O'Curry	Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols		1873	EUR 180.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
325	Richard Blackmore	Association Copy. Prince Arthur -- An Heroic Poem in Ten Books		1696	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	EUR 200.00

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.