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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gerrard Richard; Faulkner Patsy | The Naomh Mhuire Story: 1946-1994 |
Drogheda | 2004 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 27 | Curtayne Alice | Croagh Patrick: An account of the Great National Pilgrimage |
Dublin | 1934 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 28 | Wood-Martin William Gregory | History of Sligo |
Sligo | 1990; 1882 | EUR 100.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 29 | Gallagher Fiona; Legg Marie-Louise; Timoney Martin A. | Sligo: Irish Historic Towns Atlas No 24; Thirty-Four Essays on Sligo's Past; Sligo coloured calender |
2012 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 30 | Marnane Denis | 4 Books, including: Land and Settlement. A History of West Tipperary to 1660 |
2003 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 31 | 9 Books, including: Irish Sketches of Florence Vere O'Brien |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 32 | O’Grady Peter; Merrick P. J. | Ballynamrossagh Ambush |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 33 | Stokes G. T.; Burgess | Athlone, the Shannon and Lough Ree. Guide to History, Scenery, Antiquities |
1897 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown | |
| 34 | 3 Books, including: Golden Vale Railtour. Souvenir Brochure |
2013; 1991; 1958 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 35 | Patterson; Flanders | 5 Books, including: Donegal's Railway Heritage. South Donegal |
1997; 1991 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 36 | Whitehouse; Newham; Shepherd | Tralee and Dingle Railway; the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway; Reflections on Munster railways; Waterford, Limerick & Western railway |
circa 1960; 1984 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 37 | Synge; Pinter; MacLiammoir; Shakespeare; Coward; O’Casey; Leonard | Irish theatre programmes |
1941-1980s | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 38 | Williams Guy St John | Winner all right, 100 Years of Irish Racing & Breeding; The Cheltenham Gold Cup Immortals |
1999; 2003 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 39 | Fitzpatrick Bernard | Irish Sports and Sportsmen |
Dublin | 1878 | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 40 | Cronin; Smith | 9 Books, including: A Rebel Hundred celebration of Cork's 100 all-Irelands |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 41 | Programme, Official Opening of New Hogan Stand in the 75th Year of the Gaelic Athletic association |
1959 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 42 | Three Church Martyrs during the war of independence |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | ||
| 43 | Kehoe | 11 Books, including: Lifeboats of Rosslare and Wexford |
1789-1989 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 44 | Bardon Jonathan | Belfast, An Illustrated History |
1982 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 45 | Carmody; Rogers | 5 Books, including: Guide to Belfast and adjacent counties |
1874; 1926; 1930; 1934; 1967 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 46 | Hillen Sean; Egan Bowes; McCormack Vincent; Cronin Sean | Melancholy Witness Images of the Troubles; BURNTOLLET; The Rights of Man |
London; Dublin | 2013; 1969; 1964 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 47 | Diarmuid O'Donnabhain Rossa. Souvenir of the funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery |
1913 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | Unknown | ||
| 48 | Luby; McCourt; Silke; Fox; Corr; Allingham William | 7 Books, including: Life of Daniel O'Connell |
1880; 1967; 1970; 1967 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 49 | Henry Robert Michael | The Evolution of Sinn Fein |
Dublin | circa 1925 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 50 | Gaughan | 8 Books, including: Constable Jeremiah Mee |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 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.