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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Hall J.B. | Random Records Of A Reporter |
Dublin | 1928 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 270 | Cusack Mary Francis | Daily Steps to Heaven |
New York | 1872 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 271 | Francis de Sales | An Introduction to a Devout Life |
1741 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 272 | Ursuline Manual |
Cork | 1855 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 273 | Carleton William | Fardorougha the Miser or the Convicts of Lisnamona |
Dublin | 1846 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 274 | Donovan | The Council of Trent |
1967 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 275 | Bourke Edward; Corkery; MacLysaght; Danaher | 8 Books, including: Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 276 | Simon; Snelling | Simon’s Essay on Irish Coins and of the Currency of Foreign Monies |
Dublin; London | 1810; 1762 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 277 | Share Bernard; Bolger William; Mahon Brid | 7 Books, including: The complete Whoosh Series |
Dublin | 1964-1965; 1947 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 278 | Proposals For Raising a Million of Money out of the Forfeited Estates of Ireland |
London | 1694 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 279 | Eaton Richard | A Book of Rates, inwards and outwards |
Dublin | 1767 | EUR 180.00 - 320.00 | Unknown |
| 280 | Early Irish Farming |
1997 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 281 | Richardson; Sayles; Ronan; Colgan John; Ford; Fulton | 5 Books, including: The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages |
Oxford | 1952; 1937; 1959; 1987; 1991 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 282 | Wilson T.G. | The Irish Lighthouse Service |
Dublin | 1968 | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | Unknown |
| 283 | The Clans of Ireland |
Dublin | 1910 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 284 | Threlkeld Caleb; Nelson E. Charles; Synnott Donal | Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum |
Kilkenny | 1988 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 285 | Bennett Douglas | Irish Georgian Silver |
London | 1972 | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 286 | Mitchell John; Hyde Douglas | 10 Books, including: Folklore Ireland |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 287 | Larmour; Turpin | 9 Books, including: Free State Architecture |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 288 | Rowledge; Ferris; Barry | History of Railway. Ireland |
1995; 1922-23 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 289 | Wright Lewis | The Illustrated Book of Poultry |
London | 1880 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 290 | Hall F.G.; Curran C.P.; Hone Joseph; O Brien George | The Bank of Ireland 1783-1946 |
Dublin | 1949 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 291 | Joyce P. W. | Irish Names of Places |
c. 1922 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 292 | Young Ella | 12 Books, including: Celtic Wonder Tales |
1923 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 293 | Stuart Francis | Pigeon Irish |
London | 1932 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
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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.