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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Alfred P. Graves, editor | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The Poems of J.S.Le Fanu |
1896 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 226 | Susan L.M. Mitchell | Aids to the Immortality of Certain People in Ireland |
1913 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 227 | Dr. Peter Kavanagh | Patrick Kavanagh Country |
1978 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 228 | Austin Clarke | MNEMOSYNE LAY IN DUST |
1966 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 229 | Hayes (Maurice)ed. | The Flight Path |
1996 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 230 | Aidan Carl Mathews, editor | Immediate Man Cuimhni ar Chearbhall O Dalaigh |
1983 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 231 | Eavan Boland -- Limitations |
New York | 2000 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 232 | The Whoseday Book in matching black Irish linen slipcase |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |||
| 233 | John O'Donohue | Divine Beauty- The Invisible Embrace |
2003 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 234 | Eavan Boland | The War Horse |
London | 1975 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 235 | Eavan Boland | Anna Liffey |
1997 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 | |
| 236 | (Eavan Boland Related, Ten First Editions, First Prints) Object Lessons |
1996 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 237 | (Eavan Boland, 10 First Editions First Prints) New Collected Poems |
2008 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 212.50 | ||
| 238 | (Eavan Boland related, Ten First Editions) An Origin Like Water |
1967 -- 1987 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 239 | John McGahern | The Leavetaking |
1974 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 240 | John McGahern | The Leavetaking |
1974 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 241 | John Banville | The Ark |
1996 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 242 | Banville, John | The Sea |
London, UK | 2005 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 56.25 |
| 243 | John Banville | Ghosts |
1993 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 244 | Edna O'Brien | The Country Girls |
1960 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 245 | Edna O'Brien | Girl |
2019 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 246 | Edna O Brien | Girls in Their Married Bliss |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 247 | Graham Greene | The Lawless Roads |
1939 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 400.00 | |
| 248 | Graham Greene | Our Man in Havana |
1958 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 249 | George A Little - Malachi Horan Remembers |
Dublin | 1943 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 237.50 |
![<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")
![<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")
