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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425 | (Eavan Boland, & Related) In a Time of Violence, |
1994 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 426 | Colum McCann: Letters to a Young Writer |
2017 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 427 | Rockwell Kent | Rockwell Kent -- a Birthday Book |
New York | 1931 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 428 | John Moriarty - | TURTLE WAS GONE A LONG TIME: Volumes I, II and III, published |
1996 -1998 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 429 | J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. | The Cuckoo's Calling, |
2013 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 430 | Eavan Boland | (Eavan Boland, Translations of her poems) The poet's own copies, with three inscribed to her from the translators; Italian, French and Arabic |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 431 | Synge, J. M. Sultan, Stanley ed. | The Playboy of the Western World. |
1970 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 432 | Jonathan Swift | Stella's Birth-Days |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 433 | Missale Momanum. Mechlinae. |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 | ||
| 434 | William Hogarth Rev John Trusler), | The Works of William Hogarth; in a Series of Engravings with Descriptions and a Comment on their Moral Tendency - |
1833 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 435 | A catalogue of the Bradshaw collection of Irish books in the University library, Cambridge together with five other volumes of Irish Bibliography |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 436 | Salman Rushdie -- Haroun and the Sea of Stories, published 1990. Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns, published 2007.Walter Mosley -- Devil in a Blue Dress, published 1990. ... |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 437 | S. Rosamund Praeger. | How They Went to School. |
c.1918 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 438 | S. Rosamund Praeger. | How They Came Home From School. |
1911 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 439 | Gerrit van Gelderen, | Irish Wildlife. The original illustrations and page layouts for the book to accompany a promotion for Jacobs biscuits from the early 1970s |
early 1970s | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 440 | John Huston. | An Open Book. |
1980 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 441 | Richard Murphy. and Richard Murphy. | Sailing To An Island. and The Battles of Aughrim. |
1963 and | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 442 | Oscar Wilde. | The Happy Prince and Other Tales.. |
1910 | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 443 | Oscar Wilde. | Oscar Wilde. Poems Oscar Wilde with The Ballad of Reading Gaol. |
1916 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 444 | Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake. | Boy. |
1985 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 475.00 | |
| 445 | W. B. Yeats. | The Tower. |
1928 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 446 | W. B. Yeats. | Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. |
1883 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 447 | Patrick Kavanagh. | A Soul for Sale - Poems. |
1947 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 448 | Patrick Kavanagh | Lough Derg - A Poem. |
1978 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 449 | Anne Madden. | Louis Le Brocquy - A Painter Seeing his Way. |
1994 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 125.00 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.