Purcell Auctioneers: c.615 Lot Auction - to include Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions including Siged Seamus Heaney, Early Marvel Comics (Spiderman, Wolverine etc.), Republican Interest, GAA Interest, Antiquarian etc. , 121025, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas McGrath, editor | Carlow, History and Society |
2008 | EUR 100.00 - 160.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 2 | Carlow: Cnoc Beag Centenary Year Book |
1948 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 118.75 | ||
| 3 | Art Kavanagh | Carlow: Battle of 1798 Series |
2003 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 4 | Carlow: The Carlow College Magazine |
1869-1890 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 5 | edited by Matthew Lynch and Patrick Nugent | Clare: History & Society |
2008 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 6 | Duthaighe Dail gCais | [In Dalcassian Territory] Cameos of Historic Clare [illustrated] |
Circa 1935 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 7 | The Horse in County Clare |
2001/2006 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 8 | County Clare interest |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |||
| 9 | James Frost | Clare: The History and Topography of the County of Clare |
1978 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 10 | Patrick O' Flanagan, editor | Cork Interest: Cork History & Society |
1993 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 11 | Rev W Holland: History of West Cork and the Diocese of Ross |
1949 | EUR 180.00 - 280.00 | EUR 400.00 | ||
| 12 | Where Araglen so Gently Flows |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |||
| 13 | Kathleen Keyes McDonnell | There is a Bridge at Bandon |
1972 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 14 | Charles Benson | The Dublin Book Trade 1801-1850 |
2021 | EUR 30.00 - 50.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 15 | The Irish Tourists Illustrated Hand Book |
1852 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 16 | Bolton Street Prospectus for 1923-24 & 1928-29 |
1923 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 17 | Flora H. Mitchell | Vanishing Dublin |
1966 | EUR 280.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | A Book of Dublin, official handbook |
1929 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 19 | William Ridgeway | A Report of the Proceedings in Cases of High Treason at an adjournment of a commission of Oyer and Terminer held in and for the County and City of Dublin in the month of December 1795 |
Dublin | 1796 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 20 | Kevin Bright | Dublin: The Royal Dublin Society 1815-1845 |
2004 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 21 | [Dublin] Warburton, Whitelaw & Walsh History of the City of Dublin |
1818 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 300.00 | ||
| 22 | James Hardiman | History of the Town & County of the Town of Galway |
1926 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 23 | R. C. Simington | The Transplantation to Connacht 1654-58 |
1970 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 24 | Ethel Mannin | Connemara Journal |
1947 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 25 | William Henry | St. Clerans - The Tale of a Manor House |
1999 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")