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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425 | Rev. E. A. D'Alton | History of Ireland from Earliest Times to Present Day |
London | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 426 | J. F. Waller | Moore's Irish Melodies Lalla Rookh, National Airs, Legendary Ballads, Songs etc. |
Circa 1880 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 427 | Maurice Denham Jephson | An Anglo-Irish Miscellany |
1964 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 150.00 | |
| 428 | Edward O'Reilly | An Irish-English Dictionary with copious quotations, obscure word |
1864 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 429 | Edited by Smith, Ohlmeyer , Kelly and Thomas Bartlett | Cambridge History of Ireland |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 212.50 | ||
| 430 | edited by Jacques Chuto etc... | The Collected Works of James Clarence Mangan 1832-1912 |
1996/2002 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
| 431 | Kennedy | The Birds of Ireland; An Account of the Distribution Migration and Habits as Observed in Ireland |
1954 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 432 | John O'Hanlon, M.R.I.A. | Lives of Irish Saints, with Festivals, Commemorations of Holy Persons from Calendars, Martyrologies, and Various Sources, relating to Ancient Church History of Ireland |
[1875] | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 433 | Margaret Atwood | (Ten Fiction titles in Hardcover) |
1989 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 434 | Brendon Deacy | A Life in Relief' |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 250.00 | ||
| 435 | The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College |
1974 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 436 | Atlas of Ireland |
Dublin | 1979 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 437 | Ledger: Ledger sectioned by the alphabet |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |||
| 438 | Edmund Spenser | The Faerie Queene |
EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 439 | (Bartlett, William Henry) Willis, N.P, & J. Stirling Coyne | The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland |
EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 440 | The Image of Irelande with a Discoverie of Woodkarne Derricke, John. Adam and Charles Black |
1883 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 441 | Pacata Hibernia; or, a History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth |
Dublin | 1810 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 442 | Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield |
London | 1810 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 443 | (Marcus) | The XII Books of Marcus Aurelius Antonius The Emperor Aurelius Antonius |
London | 1898 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 444 | Sketches of Irish character |
London | 1842 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 445 | Dawe | [Clonmel Literary Society]. The Life of George Morland |
London | 1807 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 446 | Lever, Charles, editor | OUR MESS: TOM BURKE OF "OURS" |
1844 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 447 | Struve, Burckhard Gotthelf, 1671-1738 | Antiquitatum Romanarum Syntagma sive de Sacrorum Caeremoniis Systema Absolutius |
Ienae (Jena, Germany) | 1707 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 448 | Moore, John | A Journal During a Residence in France |
Dublin | 1793 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 449 | Temple (Sir John) | The Irish Rebellion or A History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion, raised within the Kingdom of Ireland upon the three and twentieth day of October 1641 |
Dublin | 1713 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 225.00 |
![<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")
