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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505 | Thomas Sheridan | A Course of Lectures on Elocution: Together with Two Dissertations on Language: and Some Other Tracts Relative to Those Subjects |
1798 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 506 | Charles Lindbergh; J. Lecornu | ‘we’ by Charles Lindbergh. Famous Flier’s own story of his Life and Transatlantic Flight, with his Views on the Future of Aviation; Les Cerfs-Volants |
New York; Marseille | 1927; 1902 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 237.50 |
| 507 | Richard Chenevix Trench | Gustavus Adolphus Social Aspects of the Thirty Years' War |
1865 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 508 | Baron Rogniat | Considerations sur L’Art de la Guerre |
Parsi | 1816 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 509 | N Books, including: The Stuart Papers |
London | 1847; 1872 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 510 | The Journal of the Stated Preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse, in the City of New-York, for the Year of Our Lord 1811 |
New York | 1812 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 511 | Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries |
Dublin | 1796 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 512 | J Roderick O'Flanagan | Impressions At Home and Abroad or A Year of Real Life |
London | 1837 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 237.50 |
| 513 | Rev James O'Haire | Recollections of Twelve Years’ Residence...in the Western District of the Cape of Good Hope |
Dublin | 1877 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 514 | B Disraeli | Coningsby or, the New Generation |
London | 1844 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 515 | Raphael (Robert Cross Smith) | The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; or, the Master Key of Futurity and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy |
London | 1825 | GBP 100.00 - 180.00 | GBP 212.50 |
| 516 | Sir Archibald Alison | Alison's History of Europe: from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 |
Edinburgh; London | 1853 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 517 | V T H & D R Delany; Ruth Dealny; Ruth Delany | N Books, including: The Canals of the South of Ireland |
1966; 1987; 2008 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 518 | Edward McLysaght; Patrick Shaffrey | N Books, including: Irish Families |
1957; 1989; 1975 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 519 | Pauline Bewick; Anne Crookshank; Paula Murphy; Adrian Le Harivel | N Books, including: Pauline Bewick- The South Seas & A Box of Paints |
Dublin | N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 520 | N Books, including: Undiscovered Ireland- The Third Largest Island in Europe |
2013; 1998 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 521 | David Carrier | David Carrier - Sean Scully; Sean Scully - Glorious Dust; Sean Scully – HOME |
2004; 2007; 2015 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.50 | |
| 522 | The Knight of Glin; James Peill; Robert O'Byrne; Anne Crookshank; The Knight of Glin | N Books, including: Irish Furniture |
2007; 2008; 1978 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 237.50 | |
| 523 | Louis Le Brocquy; Dorothy Walker; John Russell; Knuttel; John Behan; Richard Gorman; Anne madden; T. P. Flanagan; Bernadette Kiely; Bernadette Kiely; Cecily Brennan; Gary Long; GEMMELL; Barbara Warren | N Books, including: Louis Le Brocquy – Dorothy Walker & John Russell |
1981; 1971 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 93.75 | |
| 524 | Colin Breen; Mark Bence-Jones; Jeremy Williams | N Books, including: Dunluce Castle- History and Archaeology |
2012; 1996; 1994 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 525 | Louis le Brocquy; Dorothy Walker; John Russell; Anne Crookshank; the Knight of Glin; Bruce Arnold | Irish Coffee Table Art Books: Louis le Brocquy by Dorothy Walker with an introduction by John Russell, 1981; Ireland's Painters 1600-1940 by Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin, 2002; Jack B Yeats by Bruce Arnold, 1998 plus 4 others |
1981; 2002; 1998 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 526 | J.Langtry-Lynas | Psychological Satyr or The Hounds of Hell |
London | 1928 | GBP 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 527 | Daithi O hOgain; Randal MacDonnell | Coffee Table Books: Historic Ireland- 5000 Years of Ireland's Heritage by Daithi O hOgain, 2001; The Lost Houses of Ireland- a chronicle of great houses and the families who lived there by Randal MacDonnell plus 3 others |
2001 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 528 | Michael Swift; Jacinta Prunty; H.B. Clarke; Liam Kennedy; Paul S. Ell; E.M. Crawford; L.A. Clarkson; John Andrews | N Books, including: Historical Maps of Ireland |
Dublin, Ireland | 1999; 2011; 1999; 1961; 1936; 1962 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 529 | Robert O’Byrne; Turtle Bunbury; Turtle Bunbury; Michelle P. Brown; Joseph McArdle; Peter Zoller | N Books, including: The Great Georgian Society, A Celebration |
2008; 2015; 2014; 2007; 1997 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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 -
Forum Auctions
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