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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | Burney Frances | The Wanderer; or, Female difficulties |
London | 1814 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 497 | Blake William | The Prophetic Books Of William Blake - Jerusalem |
London | 1904 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 498 | Crabbe George | Tales of the Hall |
London | 1819 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 499 | O Flanagan J.R. | An Arcadian Tour Through North Wales With My Wife |
1884 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 500 | Kant Immanuel | Critique of Pure Reason |
1848 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 501 | Bullen A.H. | 7 Books, including: Davisons Poetical Rhapsody |
London | 1889; 1890 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 502 | Tolstoy Leo | War and Peace |
London | N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 503 | Goblet D'Alviella | The Migration of Symbols |
1894 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 504 | Read C. Rudston | What I Heard, Saw, And Did at the Australian Gold Fields |
London | 1853 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 505 | Prado Y Tovar Don Diego de | New Light on the Discovery of Australia |
London | 1930 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 506 | Sinistrari d’Ameno Louis-Marie | De La Demonialite Et Des Animaux Incubes Et Succubes |
Paris | 1875 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 507 | Floyer John; Baynard Edward | Psychrolousia: or The History of Cold-Bathing both Ancient and Modern |
1715 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 508 | Catullus Caius Valerius; Flaubert Gustave | The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus; The First Temptation of Saint Anthony |
1894; 1915 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 509 | George Stefan | Die Bucher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte; Hymen Pilgerfahr Ten Algabal |
1899 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 510 | Hugel Friedrich Freiherr von | The mystical element of religion as studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and her friends |
London | 1923 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 511 | Flaubert Gustave | The Temptation of Saint Anthony |
London | 1895 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 512 | Byron George Noel Gordon | The Works of Lord Byron |
1840 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 513 | Birnatz J.M. | Afbeeldingen Van Het Heilge Land |
Amsterdam | 1839 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 514 | Blake William | 9 Books, including: Robert Blair's The grave |
1982; 1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 515 | Simmonds Posy | 6 Books, including: Tamara Drewe |
2007; 2017; 1999; 2012; 2003 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 516 | Blake William | 6 Books, including: Blake as an Artist |
1977; 1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 517 | Clarke Harry; Wilde Oscar; Doyle Bill | 11 Books, including: Harry Clarke, His Graphic Art |
1983; 2000; 1999 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 518 | Yeats Jack Butler | 15 Books, including: Jack Yeats |
1998; 1993 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 519 | Beardsley Aubrey | 15 Books, including: Under The Hill and other Essays in Prose and Verse |
1921; 1998 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 520 | 6 Books, including: County Donegal Railways Companion |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | 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.