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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 475 | J. M. Barrie | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
1906 | EUR 160.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 476 | Carolan: The Life, Times, and Music of an Irish Harper Donal O'Sullivan |
London | 1958 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 477 | Lord Dunsany. Tales of War |
1919 | EUR 40.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | ||
| 478 | John O'Toole | The O'Tooles -Ancient Lords of Powerscourt Fertire and Imale |
C. 1870 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 479 | Lady Ferguson | Sir Samuel Ferguson in the Ireland of His Day |
London | 1896 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 480 | Deutsche Lieder aus 7 Jahrhunderten: German Songs of seven centuries |
Baile Atha Cliath, Dublin | 1943 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 481 | B. McCullough | The Shamrock or Erin Set Free |
Chicago | C. 1910 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Unknown |
| 482 | Brown | Historical Ballad Poetry of Ireland by Brown |
1912 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 483 | Helen Allingham & E. Baumer Williams | Letters to William Allingham |
1913 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 484 | Lord Dunsany | The Travel Tales of Joseph Jorkens |
1931 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |
| 485 | Fraser James | Guide Through Ireland |
Dublin | 1838 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 486 | Francis MacManus, The Greatest of These, 1943 |
19-11-'43 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | ||
| 487 | Robin Flower | The Western Island or The Great Blasket |
1945 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Unknown | |
| 488 | Dorothy Macardle | Earthbound |
Dublin | 1924 | EUR 360.00 - 420.00 | Unknown |
| 489 | Ireland on Ten Pounds |
Sydney | 1938 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 490 | M.C. Ferguson | The Story of the Irish Before the Conquest |
1861 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 491 | Joseph Adams | The Angler's Guide to the Irish Fisheries by Joseph Adams 'Corrigeen' |
1924 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 492 | William Molyneux | The Case of Ireland Being Bound by Irish Parliament in England Stated |
Dublin | 1725 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 493 | Patrick O'Connor | People Make Places. The Story of the Irish Palatines |
early 18th century | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 494 | The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donel, Earl of Tyrconnel |
Dublin | 1868 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 495 | P. W. Joyce | A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of Government, Religion, Law, Art, Trade, Manners and Customs |
Phoenix | 1913 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 496 | the Late Lombe Atthill | Recollections of an Irish Doctor |
London | 1911 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 497 | Lord Dunsany | Tales of Wonder |
1916 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 498 | Henry Parnell, M. P. | A History of the Penal Laws against the Irish Catholics from Treaty of Limerick to the Union |
Dublin | 1808 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 499 | Maryann Gialanna Valiulis | Almost a Rebellion. The Irish Army Mutiny of 1924 |
1985 | EUR 50.00 - 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.")
