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
500	Samuel Pufendorf,	INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGDOMS AND STATES OF EUROPE --	London	1697	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
501		Exploring The History and Heritage of Irish Landscapes -- Patrick J Duffy. Irish Ghosts -- Peter Underwood. Magical Tales -- R.J. Stewart. Advanced magical arts --...		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
502	P.W. Joyce,	Ballads of Irish Chivalry		circa 1900	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
503		The Dolmen Press. A Celebration.	Dublin.:	2001	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
504	James Morrissey	Hot Whiskey	Tralee	1989	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
505	Brown, V.R.Balfour.	The Stalking Letters and Sketches (limited edition)		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
506	Kazuo Ishiguro	The Unconsoled, published	UK	1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
507		Anglo-Irish Coins John-Edward II lovely copy in dj; Shipwrecks mapped in Irish Waters; The Irish famine a documentary history; Photography in Ireland...		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
508	Francis Plowden	Irish Interest: The History of Ireland from its Union with Great Britain Vol 1-2.		1811	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
509	Janet Sinclair,	(Vintage Children's) The Patchworth Quilt --		1917	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
510		Journals: The Journal of tge Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland		1905-2000	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
511		Journal: North Munster Antiquarian Journal:		1969	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
512		Journals: Irish Georgian Society;		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
513		The Irish Bee Keeper - An Deacaire , a collection of issues dating from the 1940s and 1950s (18)		1940s and 1950s	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
514	GEOFF GRANDFIELD	Graham Greene: The Great Novels - Brighton Rock ; The Power and the Glory ; The Heart of the Matter ; The End of the Affair ; The Quiet American ; A Burnt Out Case (Six Volume Set) ILLUSTRATED	London	1997	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
515	Carroll, Lewis	Folio Society: Through the Looking-Glass & Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Two volumes)		1993	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
516	translated byCarroll, Lewis Arthur Golding, edited by Madeline Forey	Folio Society edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses: Ovid- Metamorphoses,		N/A	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 175.00
517	Louis MacNiece	Louis MacNiece: Wonderful collection of titles, many of which are 1st Editions (15)		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
518		(Nine signed First Editions, First Prints) Michael Cox - The Meaning of the Night. Signed and numbered limited edition. Rebecca Levene - Smiler's Fair: Book 1 of the Hollow Gods. ...		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
519	Arthur Machen -	The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen,		1923	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
520		Irish Interest ALL SIGNED: The Ulick O'Connor Dieries 1970-1981		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
521	Vicaire, Georges;	Manuel de l'Amateur de Livres du XIXe siecles (1801-1893).		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
522	John Leech:	The Folio Society: R S Surtees with colour plates		1951	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
523	Timothy O'Neill,	Life and Tradition in Rural Ireland --		1977	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
524	Kim McCone.	Pagan Past and Christian Present		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00

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.