Purcell Auctioneers: June 2026 Book Auction of c.610 Lots to include Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA Interest, Irish Literature, Irish Railway Int etc. , 61726, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weir Hugh W L | Houses Of Clare |
Whitegate | 1986 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 2 | ODonovan John; Curry Eugene | The Antiquities of County Clare |
County Clare | 1997 | EUR 40.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 3 | Paul Mary; Enrigh Sonny | 7 Books, including: The Old Friaries of Ennis and Quin |
Wexford | 1959 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 4 | Mescal Daniel | The Story of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island) |
1902 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 5 | Kierse Sean | Education in Parish of Killaloe |
Killaloe | 1997 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | ODonnabhain; ODonovan; Curry; Lenihan; Flynn | 6 Books, including: Birth of an Irish Parish |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Twigge; ONuallain | 13 Books, including: The Other Clare |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 8 | Marshall Howard; Taylor Ben | The Blind Piper of Inagh Out of Darkness |
2016 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Tuckey Frances H | The County and City of Cork Remembrancer or Annals |
Cork | 1837 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Lalor; Ni Chuilleanain; Foley; OSullivan; Miller | 6 Books, including: Cork Drawings |
Cork | 1977 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 11 | Caulfield Richard | The Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale from 1652 to 1800 |
1879 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Power Patrick; Twomey | 6 Books, including: Crichad an Chaoilli |
1932 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Tuckey Francis | The County and City Cork Remembrancer; or Annals of the County and City of Cork |
Cork | 1837 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 14 | McNamara T F; Cooke Richard T; Quinlivan Aodh; Cronin Joleen; Costecalde Claude; Gallagher Jack | 6 Books, including: Portrait of Cork |
1981; 1999; 2013; 2010; 2009 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 14A | Church of St. Peter Ballymodan |
1856 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 300.00 | ||
| 14B | Darling Lindsey | St. Mulrose Church, Kinsale. As it was, as it is, and as it ought to be |
1895 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 15 | Leach Gladys; Mould Daphne Pochin; Bowen Elizabeth | 4 Books, including: Cork: The First Hundred Years |
Cork | 1989; 2010-2011; 1991; 1998 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Holland Pat | The Stories of an Irish Hall: The Isaac Butt Hall Ballybofey |
Ballybofey | 2007 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891 |
1892 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 100.00 | ||
| 18 | McCullen John; Boylan Christy | The Phoenix Park; The Parks and Gardens of Dublin |
1880-1890 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Donnelly Nicholas | A Short History of Some Dublin Parishes |
Dublin | 1977-1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | O’Keeffe Peter; Simington Tom; Goodbody Rob; Boylan Christy; O’Donnell E.E.; Byrne Matthew; McLoughlin Padraig | 5 Books, including: Irish Stone Bridges: History and Heritage |
2016; 2025; 1993; 1987; 2007 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Smyth Alfred P. | Scandinavian York and Dublin |
1987 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 22 | Flood Finbarr | The Guinness Dublin Brewery |
1994 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 23 | The Address of the Catholics of Dublin to the Hon. Henry Grattan at Francis Street |
Dublin | 1798 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 325.00 |
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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