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 |
N/A | 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 |
N/A | 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 |
N/A | 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. |
N/A | 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) |
N/A | 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 |
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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.