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Purcell Auctioneers: June 2026 Book Auction of c.610 Lots to include Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA Interest, Irish Literature, Irish Railway Int etc.
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| Auction Name | June 2026 Book Auction of c.610 Lots to include Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA Interest, Irish Literature, Irish Railway Int etc. | Total Sales (EUR) | 34,812.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 27,435.00 |
| Sale Number | #61726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 42,735.00 |
| Total Lots | 602 | ||
| Sold Lots | 376.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 48,505.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 74,435.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 226 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.77% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | Law and Crime in Ireland, Accounts and Papers |
1880; 1881; 1882 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 900.00 | |
| 291 | 1871 Census |
1871 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 900.00 | |
| 32 | Madden Thomas More | Genealogical, Historical, and Family Records of the O’Madden’s of Hy-Many and their Descendants |
1893 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 424 | Hopkins Gerald Manley; Heuser A.; Peters W.; Thomas A.; Pick J. | N Books, including: Letters of G. M. H. to Robert Bridges |
1935; 1938; 1959; 1958; 1948; 1969; 1946 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 267 | Joynes J. L. | The Adventures Of a Tourist In Ireland |
1882 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 289 | 1881 Census |
1881 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 324 | Friel Brian; Donnelly Donal | Dancing at Lughnasa; The Loves of Cass McGuire; Philadelphia Here I Come!; Translations; Three Blind Mice; Irish Times Friel@80 tribute |
1990; 1965; 1963; 2009 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 513 | Le Sage; Coinde Madame | Historical, Genealogical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas |
1813 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 437.50 |
| 337 | Taylor Emily | The Irish tourist |
1837 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 425.00 |
| 167 | Bett’s Road & Railway Map of Ireland |
c. 1846 | EUR 180.00 - 240.00 | EUR 400.00 | |
| 388 | Burke Bernard | Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland |
1912 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 232 | Three Months in Ireland |
1827 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 350.00 | |
| 82 | Primary Valuation of the County of Cork |
1852 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | EUR 350.00 | |
| 413 | Rimmell E. | Book of Perfumes |
1865 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 302 | Rivers Elizabeth; Pye Patrick | Elizabeth Rivers Memorial Exhibition |
1966 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 325.00 |
| 23 | The Address of the Catholics of Dublin to the Hon. Henry Grattan at Francis Street |
1798 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 325.00 | |
| 555 | Victorian Advertising Mirror |
N/A | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 4 | Mescal Daniel | The Story of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island) |
1902 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 14A | Church of St. Peter Ballymodan |
1856 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 345 | Walford Thomas | The Scientific Tourist through Ireland |
1818 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 261 | Thackeray W.M. | The Irish Sketch-Book |
1843 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 38 | Programme for the 'Grand Vocal & Instrumental Concert at Thomastown' |
1894 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
| 386 | Cusack M.F. 1829-1899 | The History of the Irish Nation |
N/A | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 1 | Weir Hugh W L | Houses Of Clare |
1986 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 260 | Froude James Anthony | The English in Ireland in the 18th Century |
1872 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 225.00 |
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14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000