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
76		The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality Folio Society Facsimile William Blake & Edward Young		2005	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 187.50
77		Poems on Several Occasions Matthew Prior 1st Tonson Subscription Edition Matthew Prior		1718	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 175.00
78		Codex Sinaiticus: The Story of the World's Oldest Bible David Parker		2010	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 450.00
79	Alexander De Hales (Alexander Alensis)	INCUNABULA - Summa Theologica		Completed August 23rd, 1483	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,125.00
80	Harrington, James	The Oceana of James Harrington and his Other Works	London	1700	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 750.00
81	JOHNSON, Samuel	A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by examples from the Best Writers. To which are prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar	London	2006	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 312.50
82		The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq.	Glasgow	1785	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
83		The Complaint, and the Consolation; or NIGHT THOUGHTS YOUNG, EDWARD	London	1797	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
84		The Luttrell Psalter : A Facsimile	London	2006	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 687.50
85		The Great Book of Irish Genealogies - Edited	De Burca	2003	EUR 160.00 - 240.00	EUR 400.00
86	Allen, Michael J. B. & Muir, Kenneth	Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto: A Facsimilie Edition of Copies Primarily from Henry E. Huntingtons Library		1981	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 75.00
87	John Wyse Jackson and Hector McDonnell	Ireland's Other Poetry			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
88		The Book Of Common Prayer : and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England	London	1751	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 450.00
89	David Roberts	The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia	Hague	1855	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,000.00
90		CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT [ACT OF SETTLEMENT] An Act For the better Execution of His Majesties Gracious Declaration For the Settlement of His Kingdome of Ireland, and Satisfaction of the Several Interests of Adventurers, Soldiers, and other His Majesties Sub	Dublin	1662/1666	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,250.00
91		Italy By Lady Morgan. Complete In Two Volumes	London	1821	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 150.00
92		The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison Esq.	London	MDCCXXI (1721)	EUR 100.00 - 300.00	EUR 125.00
93		Dublin Printing: The Historical Part Of The Holy Bible or the Old and New testament, exquisitely and accurately described and engraven from designs of the Greatest Masters			EUR 250.00 - 450.00	EUR 500.00
94	Prideaux, John	Viginti-duae Lectiones De Totidem Religionis Capitibus, Praecipue Hoc Tempore controvertis, prout publice habebantur Oxoniae in Vesperiis	Oxoniae (Oxford)	1648	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 125.00
95		Paradise lost, a poem Milton, John		1770	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 250.00
96	John Baskerville	Editions of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd. Birmingham John Baskerville for J and R Tonson 1759		1759	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 650.00
97	Milton, John	Paradise Lost. A Poem In Twelve Books	London	MDCLXXXVIII (1688)	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 425.00
98	John Milton	Dublin Printing: Paradise Lost		1772	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
99		The works of John Milton, historical, political, and miscellaneous	London	1753	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 137.50
100	Milton, John	Paradise Lost		1906	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75

Heritage Auctions
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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.

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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.