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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
Page Size: 617 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
350 An soisgeal do reir Naoimh Lucais (J. Goodman and J.E.H. Murphy)

An soisgeal do reir Naoimh Lucais. (The Gospel according to Saint Luke)

1886 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 162.50
351

Autographs: A collection of Autogrphs that include The original members of The Dubliners, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, John Sheehan and Ciaran Bourke

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
352

Collection of British First day Covers

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
353 sweetheart C

Scarce illustrated post card of a British soldier writing a card to his wife/sweetheart

1915 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 325.00
354

PostCards: Irish International Exhibition

Dublin 1907 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 400.00
355

PostCards Dublin: Collection of Black & White/Colour postcards depicting scenes such as Kingstown Harbour from Royal Marine Hotel, Pavilion Gardens, Kingstown, Howth, Greystones Beach and Bray Head plus 15 others

early 1900's EUR 100.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
356

Postcards Wicklow: A collection of Black& White/Colour postcards depicting scenes such as Entrance to Brittas Bay, Enniskerry with Sugarloaf Mountains in Background, Wicklow from N W, Bay and Harbour, Wicklow from West

1940's -1970's EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
357

Postcards Tipperary: A collection of mainly Black & White postcards depicting scenes such as Church St, General View of Rock of Cashel, Aherlow Castle, Manchester Martyrs, The Palace Cashel, West Gate from E Clonmel plus 17 others

1940's -1970's EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
358

Postcards: Collection of Irish interest postcards from the early to mid 1900's

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 50.00
359

Cathedral Church of the Holy and undivided Trinity in Waterford: Two plates

18th Century EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
360 Thomas Sherrard

[rare Irish map] A Survey of the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, , Dublin, belonging to The Dublin Society

1800 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
361 John Speed

Original coloured map of the province of Countie of Leinster dated 1610

1610 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,125.00
362

3 Maps for the Municipal Boundaries Commission (Ireland)

1880 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
363

Hayden Murphy: 'Here'

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
364

Three Stoney Road Press Broadsides on the Theme of Hope published in 2016

EUR 300.00 - 450.00 EUR 475.00
365 Neil McCafferty

Linewords - Broadside

Dublin 1981 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
366

Dublin Edition of 1911: Street Maps Surveyed in 1837

1837 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 87.50
367

Estate of F Hastings Toone, Esq of Ballincor

1845 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,750.00
368 Douglas Hyde

Print of this renowned Irish man

1938 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
369

Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook

1916 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 87.50
370 Marianne Gallagherndj

A Ballylanders Rebel. Liam Manahan 1916

Circa 1940 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
371 David Neligan

The Spy in the Castle

London 1968 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 350.00
372 John O'Leary

Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism

London 1896 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 125.00
373 Padraig de Burca and John F. Boyle

Free State Or Republic? Pen Pictures Of The Historic Treaty Session Of Dail Eireann

London 1922 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
374 Edited by Desmond Ryan

James Connolly, Labour and Easter Week 1916

1966 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: 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
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000