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
325		Irish Interest: Life and Death of Roger casement			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
326		The Land and People of Killaloe		2008	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 137.50
327		Wendy Walsh: a lifetime of painting. A memoir and in conversation with Nick Wilkinson	Dublin	2007	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
328	Rachel Moss., editor	Medieval Ireland		2014	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
329		Twentieth Century: Art and Architecture of Ireland		2014	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
330	Kevin V. Mulligan and William Laffan	Russborough: A Great Irish House, its Families and Collections		2014	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
331	John Feehan	Farming in Ireland. History, Heritage and Environment		2003	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
332	[Wendy Walsh]	Trees of Ireland Native and Naturalized		1993	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.75
333		They Put the Flag a-Flyin': The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923 Kathleen Hegarty Thorne SIGNED			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
334	Alan G Thomas	Coffee Table Books: Great Books and Book Collectors		1984	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
335	J Poeschke	Italian Frescoes: The Age of Giotto		1280-1400	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
336		[Three standard County Clare Histories] History and Topography of County of Clare by James Frost; Diocese of Killaloe		1997	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 325.00
337		And Time Stood Still - A Pictorial History of Skibbereen and District			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
338		Fine and Decorative Bindings 39 titles (39)			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 200.00
339		Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
340		Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 475.00
341		Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 725.00
342		Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 4 boxes			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 81.25
343		Collection of Irish and or World Interest Books- 5 boxes			EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 75.00

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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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.