Purcell Auctioneers: The W. B. Yeats Sale - The Libraries Of The Late Prof. Warwick Gould & His Wife Deirdre Toomey, both prominent Yeats scholars along with important works from select clients., 91626, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 16, 2026 - September 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jephson Maurice Denham | An Anglo-Irish Miscellany. Records of Jephsons of Mallow |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 2 | Roche; O'Carroll; Horgan | 5 Books, including: The Ford of the Apples |
1988 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 3 | Galvin | 9 Books, including: The Wild Heather |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 4 | Census Of Ireland 1881 For The County and City Of Cork |
1881 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5 | Townsend Horatio | General And Statistical Survey Of The County Of Cork |
1815 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 6 | A Pictorial and descriptive guide to Killarney, Kerry Coast, Glengariff, Cork and South-west of Ireland |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 7 | Wayman Patrick | Dunsink Observatory, 1785-1985: A Bicentennial History |
Dublin | 1987 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 8 | 17 Books, including: Histories of Fingal |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 9 | Stephen E. M. | Dublin Civic Week 1929 Handbook |
1929 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 10 | Mitchell G. F.; Heffernan T. F.; Liddy Pat | 3 Books, including: Archaeology and Environment in Early Dublin |
1987; 1988 | EUR 90.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 11 | Liddy Pat | Dublin Be Proud: In Celebration of Dublin's Millennium Year 1988 |
1987 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 12 | Bacon's Large Scale Plan Of Dublin |
Dublin | c.1926 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 13 | Hardy Philip Dixon | The Dublin Penny Journal |
1834 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | Little George A. | Dublin Before The Vikings |
1957 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 15 | 4 Catalogues, including: Luttrellstown Castle, Dublin. Sale of the Library of Books |
1983; 2003; 2009 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 16 | Joyce St. John; Chart; Chiang Yee; Handcock; Bernard | 6 Books, including: Neighbourhood of Dublin |
1912; 1907; 1953; 1877; 1903; 1938 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Mahony; Spellissy | 8 Books, including: Saint Fechin of For the Apostle of Connemara |
1915; 1979 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 18 | Nas na Riogh From Poorhouse Road to the Fairy Flux an Illustrated History of Naas |
Naas | 1990 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | |
| 19 | Ballantyne R. M. | The Lakes of Killarney |
London | 1869 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 20 | Caball; McCarthy; O'Carroll | 4 Books, including: The Fall of the Fitzmaurices |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | Larner Bill; Kissane Noel | Killarney History & Heritage; Kerry in Maps |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 22 | Costello | 5 Books, including: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Clane |
Dublin | 1894 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 23 | Mulqueen | 5 Books, including: Limerick’s Rugby History |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 24 | 11 Books, including: Chapel on the Hill |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 25 | McKeown Miceal | A Sketchbook of Dundalk. Past & Present |
1988 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
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Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.