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
101	Sam Fleming	Donegal: Letterkenny Past and Present by Sam Fleming; Welcome to Bundoran		1981	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
102	J. Davison Cowan,	(Ulster, County Down Interest) An Ancient Irish Parish, past and present being the parish of Donaghmore County Down -		1914	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
103	Murphy and Roulston eds	Fermanagh History and Society		2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 87.50
104	Kenneth McNally --	the narrow streets,		1972	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
105	Olga Bonaparte-Wyse	Irish Interest: Breifny Antiquarian and Historical Society Journal 1927; The Issue of Bonaparte-Wyse- Waterford's Imperial Relations		2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
106	Dillon and Jefferies eds	Tyrone History and Society		2000	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 93.75
107	introduction by John Cole	Ulster: Downhill-A Scrapbook of People and Place		1996	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
108	Pat Nolan	GAA Wexford: The History of GAA in New Ross & Wexford's Glorious Hurling Years		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
109	Larry Byrne	GAA Wexford: St Mary's (Rosslare) GAA Club-No Hiding Place , An Unusual Club History		2022	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
110	Tim Horgan	GAA Cork: Cork's Hurling Story		2010	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
111	Sean Murphy.	Come on Ahane 'the Spuds are Boiling'.		2001	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
112		GAA Donegal: The Book of Donegal GAA Facts		2014 and 2020	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
113	Conor Curran	GAA Donegal: Fenagh- The GAA Story; Sport in Donegal A History		2010	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
114	James Laffey	GAA Mayo: The Road to 51- The making of Mayo Football		2011	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
115		GAA: Collection of County Football Programmes from the 1980's (22)		1980's	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
116	Tony Wall.	Hurling.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
117		GAA: Feile na nGael Programmes from the 1970's and 80's (12)		1970's and 80's	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
118		GAA: Collection of County GAA programmes from the 1970's. Including Leinster and Munster Ball Finals c 80		1970's.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,687.50
119		GAA: Collection of GAA Hurling and Football County Programmes from the 1960's,		1960's	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 1,937.50
120		GAA: Gaelic World- The Official GAA Monthly Magazine since 1979. 29 issues earliest 1979, latest 2004. Not consecutive		1979-2004.	EUR 40.00 - 81.00	Not Sold
121		GAA Donegal: History of the GAA in the Parish of Ardara 1921-2003.		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
122	Peter Keogh	Wicklow: Gateway to Glory- A GAA Story Rathdangan/Kiltegan 1886-1996		1997	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
123		Charles Mulqueen - Limerick's Rugby History, Privately Published, Limerick		1978	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
124		GAA: GAA Digest magazine 1948 X 2. 1949 and 1950; Gaelic Star Magazine '86 X 1 issue plus others (8)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
125	Conor Phelan	GAA Waterford: Waterford Institute of Technolgy GAA Club History 1981-2006		2007	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 325.00

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.