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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Journal of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society |
1899; 1911; 1912; 1915 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 127 | Browne Frank | Prospectus for St Peter's College, Wexford |
Wexford | 1939 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 128 | Collection of Antiques and library of books, property of the late Sir Alfred Chester Beatty |
1968 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | ||
| 129 | Clarke Michael | Wicklow Parish- A History of the Development of the Present Catholic Parish |
1944 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 130 | Irish Historic Towns Atlas Nos 7, 9 & 32 |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 131 | OBrien R. Barry; Doran Arthur L. | The Children's Study, Ireland; Bray and Environs |
1897 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 132 | Brett C. E. B.; Gillespie Raymond; Maguire W.A. | Georgian Belfast, 1750-1850, Maps, Buildings and Trades |
2004 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 133 | Belfast Literary Society 1801-1901 Historical Sketch |
Belfast | 1902 | EUR 40.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 134 | Adams William | Dalriada or North Antrim |
Coleraine | 1906 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 135 | Phillips Thomas | Londonderry and the London Companies 1609-1629 |
Belfast | 1928 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 136 | Russell Nicholas | Place-names of Beanna Boirrche |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | |
| 137 | OHegarty P. S. | Ulster - A Brief Statement of Fact |
1919 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 138 | MacDermot Frank; McCarthy Justin; Shahan Thomas J. | 8 Books, including: The Dublin Chamber of Commerce and the Government of Ireland Bill 1920 |
1920; 1936; 1886; 1904 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 139 | OBrien Jacqueline; Guinness Desmond; Lalor Brian; Quinn Edward; Britton Barry | 4 Books, including: Dublin A Grand Tour |
1994; 1981; 2017; 2018 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 140 | Fewer T N; Cooney Declan | 7 Books, including: Liber Primus Kilkenniensis |
1931; 2001; 1947-1997 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 141 | Simington Robert C. | The Civil Survey 1654-1656, Vol VIII; The Civil Survey A D 1654-1656, County of Meath Vol V |
1952; 1940 | EUR 40.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 142 | Hickey Elizabeth; Reid Nano | I Send my Love along the Boyne; Leaves of History; Ardgillan Castle and the Taylor Family |
1966; 1930 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 143 | 1970 All Ireland Hurling Final Match Programme |
1970 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 144 | 1971 All Ireland Hurling Final Programme |
1971 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 145 | 1972 All Ireland Hurling Final Programme |
1972 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 146 | All Ireland Hurling Final Programme 1973 |
1973 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 147 | All Ireland Hurling Final Programme 1974 |
1974 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 148 | The Official Opening of Roger Casement Park, Belfast |
Belfast | 1953 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 149 | THE BILLIES, Ballymanus G.A.A. Club history 1886 – 1986 |
1988 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 150 | Stuart Francis | Racing for Pleasure and Profit in Ireland and Elsewhere |
Dublin | 1937 | 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