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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Colm Toibin | Nora Webster |
2014 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 251 | Michael Hartnett, Desmond Egan | Choice Rogha |
2023 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 252 | Phil Lynott | Songs for While I'm Away |
1974 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 5,000.00 | |
| 253 | Philip Lynott | Philip |
1977 | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 254 | John Banville | The Singularities |
2022 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 255 | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone |
2016 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 256 | Tom McCaughren | The Silent Sea |
1987 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 257 | Rosangela Barone | The Oak Tree and the Olive Tree. The True Dream of Eva Gore-Booth |
-1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 258 | John M Synge | In Wicklow and West Kerry |
1912 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 259 | Imelda May; A Lick and a Promise |
2021 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 260 | Brendan Behan | Hold Your Hour and Have Another |
1983 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 261 | Franklin W Dixon | The Hardy Boys, Hunting for Hidden Gold |
1951 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 262 | Irish Carnegie Libraries, A Catalogue & Architectural History |
1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 150.00 | ||
| 263 | Sebastian Barry | A Thousand Moons |
2020 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 264 | The Night Before Larry was Stretched |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 43.75 | ||
| 265 | Sally Rooney; Normal People |
2018 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 237.50 | ||
| 266 | Claire Keegan | Small Things like these |
2024 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 267 | Claire Keegan | Foster |
2022 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 268 | Nuala O'Faolain | Almost There -- An Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman |
2003 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 269 | Herman Melville | Moby Dick |
1930 | EUR 130.00 - 160.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 270 | Aleister CROWLEY, (ed. Jerry Kay) | The Book of the Law |
Los Angeles | 1970 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 150.00 |
| 271 | Brian Moore | (Irish Author Ten First Editions, First Prints) Coldhaven |
1983 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 272 | Mike McCormack | ALL SIGNED. Solar Bones |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 273 | Bulmer Hobson | Ireland Yesterday and Tomorrow |
1968 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 274 | Maura Laverty | Never No More |
1942 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 |
![<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")
