Purcell Auctioneers: Truly Exceptional Sale Of The Library Of An Irish Gentleman and Other Very Important Clients to include the World Renowned First Edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle (July, 1493) and Other Incunabula , 112625, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 344 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
275	La Tragedie Di M.	Gio Battista Giraldi Cinthio, Nobile Ferrarese	Venice	MDLXXXIII (1583)	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
276		The Irish Militia 1793-1816			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
277	[BUCKLEY, Sir Richard]	Animadversions on the Proposal for Sending Back the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland	London	1690	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 325.00
278	Hahnemann, Samuel; Devrient Charles H. trans.	The Homoeopathic Medical Doctrine, or, "Organon of the Healing Art"	Dublin	1833	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 525.00
279		Co. Wicklow Interest: The Works Of Mr. Edmund Spenser In Six Volumes	London	1715	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
280		Irish Interest: Reminiscences Justin McCarthy	London	1899	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 137.50
281		The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, As Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library		1808/1811	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 425.00
282		Maynooth Bindings: Essays Chiefly Theological by the Re. Patrick Murray, D.D.	Dublin	1850	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
283		The Ladies Diary or, the Woman's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1710			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 275.00
284		The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire	Dublin	1781	EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,062.50
285		Swift's Works	London	1747	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 250.00
286		Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire	Dublin	1796	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
287		The Folio Society: A collection such as The Canterbury Tales		1974	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
288	John Turpin	History of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
289	Ultan Cowley	The Men who built Britain		2001	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
290	P. W. Joyce	A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of Government, Religion, Law, military system, Art, Trade, Manners and Customs	Dublin	1920	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
291		The Folio Society: A collection such as The Bayeux Tapestry and The Norman Invasion		1973	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
292		The Folio Society: A collection such as The Best After-Dinner Stories selected by Tim Heald		2003	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
293		The Folio Society: A collection such as Anna Karenia		1975	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
294		[Ailbhe O'Monachain, illustrator and Irish-language activist] Dublin		1932	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
295		[famous County Limerick trial and satire] No. III. Or, the Nosegay	Dublin	1816	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
296	John Montague	A Slow Dance	DUBLIN	1975	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 81.25
297	Liam O'Flaherty	The Pedlar's Revenge and Other Stories		1976	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 137.50
298	James Anthony Froude	THE ENGLISH IN IRELAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE)	London	1882	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 175.00
299		The Folio Society: A collection such as Poems by Thomas Hardy, 1979			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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