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
550	Michael Swift	Irish Interest: Historical Maps of Ireland		1999	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
551	Sybil Connolly	Irish Coffee Table Books: In An Irish House edited		1988	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
552	Paul Kelly	Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Return to Sender-Revisting John Hinde's ireland		2019	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
553	patrick and Maura Shaffrey	Irish Coffee Table Books: Irish Countryside Buildings		1985	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
554	JacquelineO'Brien and Peter Harbison	Irish Coffee Table Books: The Big House in Ireland by Valerie Pakenham; Ancient Ireland		1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
555	J Anthony Gaughan	Irish Interest: The Knight of Glin		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 300.00
556		Irish Interest: Collection of Irish related to titles c25		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 87.50
557		Books Ireland-The World Of Irish Books c110 issues of this well known magazine,which supports the Irish book industry.		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
558		Journal of the Kerry Archaeological And Historical Society (30) and The Kerry Magazine (8)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
559	T J Hurley	T J Hurley; Archive material. TJ Hurley was closely connected to Austin Stack and Constance Markievicz and other notables from the revolutionary period.		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 875.00
560		Good Collection Of Irish Language Titles - c.45+		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
561		Complete set of Archaeology Ireland from issue 1 to present issue.		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 187.50
562	Bannerman, David Armitage; George E Lodge illustrator.	'The Birds of the British Isles'.	Edinburgh and London	1953	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 162.50
563		Irish Interest: Collection of mainly Irish related to titles c27		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 125.00
564		Meascan de leabhair i nGaeilge, idir sean is nua, ina measc (c.40 titles)		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
565		History Ireland: A comprehensive collection of this renowned magazine from 1997 to 2017 (not complete) with 8 History Ireland Green folders containing the magazine .		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 118.75
566		Brian Moore: Wonderful collection of titles		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
567		A Collection Of irish And world Interest Books		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
568		Mallow Field Club Journal containing local history and archaeological club for Mallow and surrounds,		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
569		Folio Society: The Folio Shakespeare Collection, 36 Volumes .		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
570		Maps:3 Michelin Map of the British Isles, No 27 Clifden-Galway; No 28 Dublin-Birr; No 29 Limerick-Dingle; Ordnance Survey Ireland Sheet 13.		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
571	John Peck	Irish Interest: Collection of Irish Polotical related titles such as Dublin From Downing Street		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
572		The Masonic Lodge Research for Ireland . A large collection of historical transactions spanning from the 1920s to 1980s.		1920s to 1980s.	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 600.00
573		Studio Hibernica: Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore. Vol 1-23		N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
574		Fear: Trump in the White House (Bob Woodward) Hardback in DJ. 1st Edit. 2018. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920 - 33 (Joseph Roth) Hardback in DJ. 2003...		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	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.