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 | Unknown | |
| 226 | Susan L.M. Mitchell | Aids to the Immortality of Certain People in Ireland |
1913 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |
| 227 | Dr. Peter Kavanagh | Patrick Kavanagh Country |
1978 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 228 | Austin Clarke | MNEMOSYNE LAY IN DUST |
1966 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 229 | Hayes (Maurice)ed. | The Flight Path |
1996 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 230 | Aidan Carl Mathews, editor | Immediate Man Cuimhni ar Chearbhall O Dalaigh |
1983 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 231 | Eavan Boland -- Limitations |
New York | 2000 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 232 | The Whoseday Book in matching black Irish linen slipcase |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |||
| 233 | John O'Donohue | Divine Beauty- The Invisible Embrace |
2003 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 234 | Eavan Boland | The War Horse |
London | 1975 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 235 | Eavan Boland | Anna Liffey |
1997 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 236 | (Eavan Boland Related, Ten First Editions, First Prints) Object Lessons |
1996 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 237 | (Eavan Boland, 10 First Editions First Prints) New Collected Poems |
2008 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 238 | (Eavan Boland related, Ten First Editions) An Origin Like Water |
1967 -- 1987 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 239 | John McGahern | The Leavetaking |
1974 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 240 | John McGahern | The Leavetaking |
1974 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |
| 241 | John Banville | The Ark |
1996 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Unknown | |
| 242 | Banville, John | The Sea |
London, UK | 2005 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 243 | John Banville | Ghosts |
1993 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 244 | Edna O'Brien | The Country Girls |
1960 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 245 | Edna O'Brien | Girl |
2019 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 246 | Edna O Brien | Girls in Their Married Bliss |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 247 | Graham Greene | The Lawless Roads |
1939 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 248 | Graham Greene | Our Man in Havana |
1958 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 249 | George A Little - Malachi Horan Remembers |
Dublin | 1943 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
