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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | Thomas Irwin. | Versicles |
Dublin | 1856 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 526 | [Brian Merriman]. Translated from the Gaelic Percy Arland Ussher, Preface W. B. Yeats. | The Midnight Court & The adventures of a Luckless Fellow. |
1926 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 527 | Edmond Burke. | Right Hon. Edmond Burke. Two Letters addressed to a Member of The Party for Peace with Regicide Directory in France. |
1706 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 528 | Plays & Displays for Scout Entertainment, |
1913 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 529 | Alice Dease | The Beckoning of the Wind, sketches in lesser known Ireland, |
1908 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 530 | Robert Gibbings | The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some recollections by the artist. |
London | 1959 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 531 | Davis Coakley | Irish Interest: Irish Masters of Medicine |
1992 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 532 | E Charles Nelaon and Wendy Walsh | Irish Interest: An Irish Flower Garden |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 533 | LOUIS LE BROCQUY. | The Irish Landscape. |
Dublin | 1992 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 534 | Caron. | Michael Healy 1873-1941 An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer |
EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 535 | Robinson | Caricature and the Irish. Printes1780-1850 edited |
EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 536 | Claudia Kinmouth, | Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950 |
1993 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 537 | R. O'Floinn. Editor) | Franciscan Faith : Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750. |
EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 538 | Ida Delamer and Conor O'Brien | . 500 Years of Irish Silver |
2005 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 539 | James Fennell. | The Irish Country House; The Knigh of Glin and James Peil. |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 200.00 | ||
| 540 | Mark Bence Jones. | Burke's Guide to Country Houses Ireland |
London, | 1978 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 541 | The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison. |
1989 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 542 | Nicola Gordon Bowe | Harry Clarke -- The Life & Work |
2012 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 543 | Number 51 The Mungret Annual. Limerick. |
1905 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 200.00 | ||
| 544 | Louis Moreri- | Le grand Dictionnaire Historique ou le Melange Curieux de Histoire Sacree et Profane Vol 1-6. |
1732 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 545 | The Illustrated London News Vol 59, July to December 1871. |
1871 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 112.50 | ||
| 546 | J K Rowling | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 547 | The House of Ireland -- Brian de Breffny & Rosemary Ffollion, published 1973.The New Neighbourhood of Dublin -- Joseph Hone, Michael Fewrer & Maurice Craig, inscribed |
EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |||
| 548 | Patrick Shaffrey | Irish Interest: The Irish Town-an approach to survival |
1975 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 549 | Irish Coffee Table Book: In Ruins-The Once Great Houses of Irelandby Duncan McLaren |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 237.50 |
![<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.")