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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
575		Later Poems 1972-1982 (R.S. Thomas). Signed. Softback An Duanaire 1600 - 1900: Poems of the Dispossessed (Sean O Tuama and Thomas Kinsella).	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
576		William Trevor: Collection of titles	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 200.00
577		Irish Art. Great collection of approximately 55 individual catalogues on The Delighted Eye, Irish Painting of the Seventies; Felim Egan in dj; Mark O'Neill; various Irish Women Artists; etc. etc. colour. Wonderful visual archive	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
578	John Montague	Irish Titles- ALL SIGNED: Such as The Pear is Ripe	2007	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
579		Irish Interest: Collection of Irish titles mix of HB and PB- 2 boxes C 50	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
580		Fine and Decorative Bindings: Collection of titles with fine or decorative bindings (55)	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
581		Irish Interest: Collection of Irish titles- 2 boxes C 70	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
582	Robert C Simington	Collection of Civil Surveys and Books of Survey and Distribution	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
583		Collection of De Burca, Sheppard's and Whyte's catalogues c 80	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
584	Charles Dickens	Collection of hardback titles such as 19 Volumes Charles Dickens daily news memorial edition half calf plus 16 others (35)	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
585		Collection of Irish and World Interest titles c50- 2 boxes	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
586		Collection of Irish and World Interest Titles c 50- 2 boxes	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 137.50
587		Good Collection Of Irish & World Interest Titles - 2 boxes	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 106.25
588		Large Collection of Irish And World Titles - 3 boxes	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
589	John McGahern	Irish Interest\|; A collection of titles such as Memoir	2005	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
590		3 Boxes of Irish and International fiction, Irish and International non-fiction. (50)	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
591		A large run of the Church of Ireland Directory dating from 1862 to 2009- not consecutive	1862 to 2009	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 350.00
592		(Modern and Vintage fiction) 3 Boxes of mostly first editions, mostly fiction, modern and vintage. (90)	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
593		3 Boxes of Irish and International fiction, Irish language, international fiction & non-fiction. (60)	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
594		Various boxes of Book Auction catalogues which may include Christies, Sotheby's, Mealys, de Burca Rare Books, Figgis, Whytes, Adams, Wheldon and Wesley, etc., etc. 3 Boxes	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 300.00
595		Various boxes of Book Auction catalogues which may include Christies, Sotheby's, Mealys, de Burca Rare Books, Figgis, Whytes, Adams, Wheldon and Wesley, etc., etc. 3 Boxes	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 375.00
596		Good Collection of Irish & World Interest Titles - 3 boxes	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
597		Large Collection of Irish And World Titles - 4 boxes	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
598		Irish/World Interest. A wonderful collection of titles 4 boxes	N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
599		Collection of Irish and World Interest titles c 120	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	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.