Purcell Auctioneers: Superb July 2026 Book Auction of c.580 Lots to include an Important Manuscript Book of Early Gaelic, Irish History Covering the 12th to the 21st Centuries, 1,000's of Vintage Irish Postcards etc. etc., 71526, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427A | Holzapfel Rudi; Holzapfel Rudolf Melander | The Thives of Dream; The Autobiography of Rudolf Melander Holzapfel |
2003; 1992 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 428 | O'Higgins Brian | Easter 1916 – The Story of the Rising; The Soldier’s Story of Easter Week |
ND; 1966 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 429 | Hillen Sean; Egan Bowes; McCormack Vincent | Melancholy Witness Images of the Troubles; Burntollet; Massacre at Derry |
London | 2013; 1969; 1972 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 430 | O'Liathain Annraoi | Glun na Buaidhe. Five Glorious Days in the G. P. O. 1916 |
1941 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 431 | Fitzgerald William G. | The Voice of Ireland, A Memorial of Freedom’s Day |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 432 | Heaney Seamus; O'Neill Tim | Columcille the Scribe |
Dublin | 2004 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 433 | Heaney Seamus | New Selected Poems 1966-1987 |
1966-1987 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 434 | Heaney Seamus | The Redress of Poetry - Oxford Lectures |
1995 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | Unknown | |
| 435 | Heaney Seamus | Finders Keepers. Selected Prose 1971-2001 |
2002 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 436 | Ormsby Frank; Heaney Seamus; Longley Michael; Agee Chris; Flynn Leontina | The Blackbird's Nest - An Anthology of Poetry from Queens University, Belfast |
Belfast | 2006 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 436A | Heaney Seamus | Death of a Naturalist |
1973 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 437 | Joyce James | Ulysses |
Washington | 1998 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 437A | Rudi Holzapfel | A Smile Dies; The Light of Loss |
1978; 1987 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 438 | Sheehy Jeanne; Coffey Brian; Devlin Denis | 6 Books, including: Walter Osborne |
1975; 1930 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 438A | Robert Mahony; Richard Ellmann | 9 Books, including: The Irish Identity |
1995; 1983; 1988 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 439 | Milton John | Paradise Lost - A Poem in Twelve Books |
Dublin | c. 1790 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 439A | Brendan Kennelly; Temple Lane; Michael Kane | 12 Books, including: New and Selected Poems |
1976; 1946 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 440 | Joly John | Reminiscences and Anticipations |
1920 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Unknown | |
| 440A | Austin Clarke | The Bright Temptation |
1932 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 441 | Blyton Enid | The Land of Far-Beyond |
London | 1942 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 441A | Ewart Milne | Letter from Ireland |
Dublin | 1940 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 442 | Schrodinger Erwin | My View of the World |
London | 1964 | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 442A | John Montague; Brian O'Higgins; Sybil Le Brocquy | 13 Books, including: A New Siege |
1970; 1931; 1962 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 443 | Updike John; O’Hara John | 10 Books, including: John Updike |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 443A | T. S. Eliot | The Letters of T. S. Eliot |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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