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 | Unknown | |
| 251 | Michael Hartnett, Desmond Egan | Choice Rogha |
2023 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 252 | Phil Lynott | Songs for While I'm Away |
1974 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 253 | Philip Lynott | Philip |
1977 | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | Unknown | |
| 254 | John Banville | The Singularities |
2022 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 255 | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone |
2016 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 256 | Tom McCaughren | The Silent Sea |
1987 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 257 | Rosangela Barone | The Oak Tree and the Olive Tree. The True Dream of Eva Gore-Booth |
-1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 258 | John M Synge | In Wicklow and West Kerry |
1912 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 259 | Imelda May; A Lick and a Promise |
2021 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 260 | Brendan Behan | Hold Your Hour and Have Another |
1983 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 261 | Franklin W Dixon | The Hardy Boys, Hunting for Hidden Gold |
1951 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 262 | Irish Carnegie Libraries, A Catalogue & Architectural History |
1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 263 | Sebastian Barry | A Thousand Moons |
2020 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 264 | The Night Before Larry was Stretched |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 265 | Sally Rooney; Normal People |
2018 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 266 | Claire Keegan | Small Things like these |
2024 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 267 | Claire Keegan | Foster |
2022 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 268 | Nuala O'Faolain | Almost There -- An Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman |
2003 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 269 | Herman Melville | Moby Dick |
1930 | EUR 130.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 270 | Aleister CROWLEY, (ed. Jerry Kay) | The Book of the Law |
Los Angeles | 1970 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 271 | Brian Moore | (Irish Author Ten First Editions, First Prints) Coldhaven |
1983 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 272 | Mike McCormack | ALL SIGNED. Solar Bones |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 273 | Bulmer Hobson | Ireland Yesterday and Tomorrow |
1968 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |
| 274 | Maura Laverty | Never No More |
1942 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | 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.")
