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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Varieties and Synonyms of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 205 | O'Neill Henry | The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland |
London | 1863 | EUR 100.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 206 | MacLysaght Edward; Curtis Edmund; McDowell R.B.; Joyce P.W.; Banim John | 7 Books, including: Irish Life in the Seventeenth Century |
1939; 1950; 1943; 1871; 1875; circa 1910; 1865 | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | |
| 207 | The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
1951-1983; 1936 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 208 | Craig Maurice | Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size |
London | 1976 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 209 | Petition and Appeal of the Hibernian Bank and John Mouritz Cox |
1906 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
| 210 | Harding J. D.; Newenham R. O'C. | Picturesque views of the Antiquities of Ireland |
1826 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 211 | Champneys Arthur | Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture |
Dublin | 1910 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 212 | Four Days; A Memory of John F Kennedy Visit to Ireland |
Dublin | 1964; 1963 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 213 | Griffith Richard | Report on County Cess Ireland |
1836 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 214 | A New History of Ireland |
1976-2005 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 215 | Murphy Arthur | The Works of Cornelius Tacitus |
London | 1793 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 216 | D’Alton E. A. | The History of Ireland from the earliest Period to the Present day |
circa 1910 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 217 | Lecky William Hartpole | The History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century |
1916 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 218 | Armstrong E.C.R. | Irish Seal-Matrices and Seals |
1913 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown | |
| 219 | Lodge John; Archdall Mervyn | Lodge’s Peerage of Ireland |
Dublin | 1789 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 220 | Musgrave Richard | Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the Arrival of the English |
1801 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
| 221 | Sheil Richard Lalor; Mackenzie R. Shelton | Sketches of the Irish Bar |
1854 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 222 | Dublin Penny Journal |
Dublin | 1832-1836 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 223 | Larmine William | West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances |
1893 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 224 | ffolliott Rosemary | The Irish Ancestor |
Fethard, County Tipperary | 1978-1986 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 225 | Campbell John H. | History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland |
Philadelphia | 1892 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 226 | Jennings Brendan | Louvain Papers 1606-1827 |
Dublin | 1968 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 227 | Caspipina's Letters; The Life and Character of Wm Penn |
Dublin | 1792 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 228 | A report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivert for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 |
1746 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | 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