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
151	Seamas O'Beara	GAA Wexford\|: St Anne's GAA Club-History of Rathengan Gaelic Games	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
152	Donal A Murphy/PJ Maxwell/Nancy Murphy	GAA Tipperary: A Central Culture Gaelic Sport in Nenagh Vol 1-3	2014-2021	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
153		Munster Hurling Championship 28th July 1940. Team Sheet from programme and images of both teams	1940	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
154		All-Ireland Hurling Final 1963, GAA Programme. Kilkenny V Waterford, 8vo	1963	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 150.00
155		GAA: Leinster Senior Football Semi Final 1957, Wicklow V Dublin. Played at St Conleths Park, Newbridge	1957	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
156		All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final 1952. Cork V Galway.	1952	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 106.25
157		GAA: Munster Hurling Final 1951 Cork V Tipperary Match Programme.	1951	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
158		GAA: Munster Hurling Final 1952 Cork V Tipperary Match Programme.	1952	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
159		GAA: Munster Hurling Final 1954 Cork V Tipperary Match Programme.	1954	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
160		GAA: All Ireland Hurling Final 1969 Kilkenny V Cork.Match Programme	1969	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
161		GAA: All Ireland Hurling Final 1970 Cork V Wexford. Also Meath V Offaly Leinster Football Final July 1970 (2)	1970	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 162.50
162		GAA: All Ireland Football Final 1969 Match Programme, Cork V Derry; Kerry v Offaly	1969	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
163		All-Ireland Football Final 1964, GAA Programme. Kerry V Galway	1964	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
164		GAA: All Ireland Hurling Final Match Programme 1953, Cork V Galway	1953	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 100.00
165		GAA: All Ireland Hurling Final Match Programme 1959, Kilkenny V Waterford with match ticket for corner stand	1959	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
166		GAA: Munster Hurling Final 1965, Match programme, Cork V Tipperary	1965	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
167		GAA: All Ireland Football Final 1953, Armagh V Kerry, Match Programme	1953	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 137.50
168		GAA: All Ireland Football Final 1970, Match Programme Kerry V Meath	1970	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 225.00
169		GAA: Munster Hurling Final 1953 Cork V Tipperary Match Programme.	1953	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
170		GAA: Munster Hurling Championshio Semi Final 1955, Match Programme, Clare V Tipperary	1955	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 137.50
171		Birr Hurling Club. Concert programme held 26th November 1955 in the Marian Hall. Condition poor	1955	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
172		Club Hurling Programmes: Tipperary Senior Hurling Final	1959	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 162.50
173		GAA: Inter Co Club Senior Hurling Tournament and Massed Band Parade May 1959. Glen Rover-Cork County Champs V Sarsfield- Tipperary County Champs. Match programme	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
174		National Hurling League Quarter-Final at Semple Stadium, Clare V Kilkenny, March 1985; Limerick V Kilkenny c1974	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
175	Bill O'Brien,	Kilcommon My Home - Mountainy People At Play - Hurling, Football, Athletics, Handball, Music, Song & Dance.	N/A	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold

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.