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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450 | Lord Dunsany. | The Year. |
1946 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 451 | Lord Dunsany. | The Sirens Wake |
1940 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 452 | Boland, Eavan, | In Her Own Image, |
1980 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 453 | Barry, Sebastian; | Time out of Mind and Strappado Square. |
1983 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 454 | Yeats, W. B. | Sories Of Red Hanrahan And The Secret Rose. |
1927 | EUR 80.00 - 180.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 455 | Yeats, W. B.. | The Winding Stair and Other Poems. |
101 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 775.00 | |
| 456 | Yeats, W. B.. | The Tower. |
New York - | 1928 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 93.75 |
| 457 | Yeats, W. B.. | The Cutting of an Agate. |
London: | 1919 | EUR 180.00 - 280.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 458 | Adams, Douglas. | The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. |
1979 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 225.00 | |
| 459 | Danny Sugerman - | WONDERLAND AVENUE, Tales of Glamour and Excess, |
London | 1989 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 460 | Dennis Wheatley - | The Prisoner in the Mask, |
London | 1947 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 461 | Bayley, D. and Furze-Morrish, | The Birth of a Nation and its Destiny - |
London, United Kingdom | 1932 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 462 | Irish Authors: Collected Poems |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 463 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
1979 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 464 | McGahern, John | The Dark |
New York | 1966 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 465 | Irirh Authors ALL SIGNED: SongDogs |
1995 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | ||
| 466 | John McGahern: | John McGahern: A wonderful collection of titles some of which are First Editions, such as The Pornographer; Getting Through; Memoir and others |
EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 467 | The Catholic Scout Volume 2 March 1938 - February 1934. |
Dublin | 1934 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 400.00 | |
| 468 | A Byron Library A Catalogue of Printed Books Manuscripts and Autograph Letters - George Gordon Noel, Baron Byron, Thomas James Wise, Ethel Colburn Mayne (introduction), |
London | 1928 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 469 | ALL SIGNED Titles: Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010; The Factory Facts Luc Sante 1998; Two Moons Jennifer Johnston 1998 plus 6 others (9)6 HB |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |||
| 470 | Chamber's Memoranda for 1899, containing handwritten entries from a unnamed Irish Civil Servant, possibly attached to the department of Agriculture/Finance. |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 471 | Monk Gibbon | Monk Gibbon: Seventeen Sonnets. |
London | 1932 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 472 | P.J.McCall - | Selected Ballads and Poems, |
Wexford | 1955 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 473 | The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton - The Hakluyt Society other travel and early English texts (13) |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 93.75 | |||
| 474 | Sir R. F. Burton.) | Rare Erotica) The Perfumed Garden, For the soul's Delectation, Translated from the Arabic of THE SHAYKH NAFZAWI (XV Saec.). The First of Three Volumes. "This is no baby's book." |
PARIS and BENARES, | 1907 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 106.25 |
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")