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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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
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.