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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Wheeler H A; Craig M J | 10 Books, including: Remains of St Mary's Abbey Dublin |
Dublin | 1857; 1948 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 77 | Morgan Francis; Eyre Edmund W. | Rental Of The Estates of The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin |
Dublin | 1884 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | Irish Historic Towns Atlas |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | ||
| 79 | 3 Books, including: Irish Historic Town Atlas No. 11 Dublin Part I |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | ||
| 80 | International Eucharistic Congress, Dublin 1932 Programme |
Dublin | 1932 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 81 | Pigott Charles | The jockey club, or a sketch of the manners of the age |
Dublin | 1792/93 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 82 | Tom Corkery's Dublin |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 83 | Harkin William | Scenery & Antiquities of North-West Donegal |
Londonderry | 1893 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 84 | Floredice W.H. | MEMORIES OF A MONTH AMOUNG THE MERE IRISH |
London | 1881 | EUR 220.00 - 260.00 | Unknown |
| 85 | Quiggin E. C. | A Dialect of Donegal |
1906 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 86 | Coxhead Elizabeth; Smyth Colin | Lady Gregory - A Literary Portrait; A Guide to Coole Park, Home of Lady Gregory |
1961; 1983 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 87 | Hedderman Bridget; Burke Oliver J. | Glimpses Of My Life In Aran; The South Isles Of Aran |
Bristol; London | 1917; 1887 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 88 | Rynne Etienne; O’Riain; O’Cinneide; Brew | 3 Books, including: North Munster Studies |
1967 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 89 | Lyne Pat | Shrouded in Mist: Connemara Pony; Out of the Mist |
1984; 1990 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 90 | McHale John | An Irish Translation of the Book of Genesis; An Irish Translation of the Holy Bible |
Tuam | 1859; 1861 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 91 | Christies catalogue of the library of Castle Hackett |
1986 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 92 | Christies catalogue of the Library of Clonbrock |
1972 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | Unknown | ||
| 93 | Henry William; Spellissy Sean | 7 Books, including: Role of Honour- The Mayord of Galway City 1485-2001 |
2002; 1999 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 94 | Hall S C; Hall Mrs S C | The South of Killarney |
London | 1853 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | Barrington T J; O’Shea | 5 Books, including: Discovering Kerry |
1916-1921 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 96 | Mayo Earl of; Boulton W B | A History of the Kildare Hunt |
London | 1913 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 97 | Auction Catalogue for Kilkenny Castle |
Dublin; Kilkenny | 1935 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Unknown | |
| 98 | Prim John G A | Nooks and Corners of County Kilkenny |
1940; 1848 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 99 | Guckian Des | Deported: the story of Jimmy Gralton |
Mullingar | 1986 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | Dowd James; M'Kern G | Round About The County of Limerick; Tercentenary Commemoration of the Siege of Limerick; A Descriptive and Historic Guide Through St mary's Cathedral Limerick |
Limerick | 1896; 1887 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
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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