Purcell Auctioneers: Book Auction of c. 580 Lots to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from Three Private Libraries, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA etc, 51326, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Nancy Maude | The Little People |
London | 1910 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 87.50 |
| 352 | Small autograph book with numerous signatures and personalised messages |
1934 | GBP 100.00 - 180.00 | GBP 600.00 | ||
| 353 | An Teagask Creestye agus paidreagha na mainne agus an tranona |
Dublin | 1854 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 150.00 | |
| 355 | Blue & White Stamp Collecting book |
c. 1930 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 356 | John Broderick; Mary Lavin | N Books, including: The Pilgrimage |
1961; 1974; 1965; 1987; 1979; 1962; 1963; 1985; 1984; 1982; 1973; 1976; 1991 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 250.00 | |
| 357 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
1979 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 325.00 | |
| 358 | Charlotte Milligan Fox; Robert Dwyer Joyce; P W Joyce | Annals of the Irish Harpers; Ballads of Irish Chivalry |
1911 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 359 | Brinsley McNamara; Peadar O'Donnell | The Valley of the Squinting Windows; The Big Windows |
ND; 1953 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 360 | Lord Dunsany | The King of Elfland's Daughter; The Tents of the Arabs |
1924 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 361 | Flann O'Brien | N Books, including: At Swim-Two-Birds |
1960; 1968; 1968 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 137.50 | |
| 362 | Colm O Lochlainn | Wilde’s Loch Corrib; The Beauties of the Boyne |
1955; 1949 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 100.00 | |
| 363 | Frank O’Connor | Guests of the Nation |
1931 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 68.75 | |
| 364 | Benedict Kiely; Kate O'Brien; Honor Tracy | In A Harbour Green; The Ante-Room; Mind you, I've said nothing plus 5 others |
1949; 1934; 1953 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 56.25 | |
| 365 | Sean O'Faolain; Maurice Harmon | N Books, including: The Story of Ireland |
1946; 1979; 1976; 1994 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 366 | Oscar Wilde | The Soul of Man Under Socialism |
London | 1912 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 367 | Lady Gregory; W.B. Yeats | Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster; Sir William Gregory, K.C.M.G., Formerly Member of Parliament and Sometime Governor of Ceylon. An Autobiography |
London | 1903; 1894 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 137.50 |
| 368 | Elliott O’Donnell | Haunted Highways and Byways |
1914 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 369 | Lord Dunsany | Five Plays; The Donnellan Lectures |
1914; 1945 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 370 | Benjamin Black; John Banville | Christine Falls; Christine Falls |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 371 | B.M. Croker; John Charlton | Village Tales and Jungle Tragedies |
London | 1895 | GBP 120.00 - 160.00 | GBP 250.00 |
| 372 | Charles O'Malley | The Irish Dragoon by Charles O'Malley |
1841 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 373 | Conor Brady; Peter Harbison | N Books, including: Up With The Times |
2005; 1991 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 374 | John Broderick | The Fugitives |
1962 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 325.00 | |
| 375 | Patricia Lynch; Jack B. Yeats | The Turf-Cutter's Donkey: An Irish Story of Mystery and Adventure |
1934 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 376 | Frank McCourt; Colm Toibin; John McGahern; John Banville; Brian Moore | N Books, including: Teacher Man |
2005; 1996; 2000; 1994; 2024; 1997; 1997; 1990 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000