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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Laois GAA: Ninety Years of GAA in Laois-Insight into Laois GAA affairs 1884-1974 |
1975 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 127 | Clare GAA: History of Shannon Gaels 1887-1990 in the Parish of Kilmurry McMahon/ Labasheeda |
2001 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 128 | John Clarke | Offaly GAA: The Glorious Hundred- History of the Tullamore GAA 1888-1988 |
1988 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 129 | Brid Griffin | Sand In Our Boots- Origins and History of Beale GAA 1898-2014 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 130 | Gabriel M Brock | Fermanagh: The Gaelic Athletic Association in County Fermanagh |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 131 | Tom Mongey/Mick Mongey and Damien McBride | Meath GAA: Rathkenny GAA A History |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 106.25 | ||
| 132 | Jim McGovern | GAA Wexford: Coming of Age in Wexford GAA 1983-2004 |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 133 | Ryall, Tom Kilkenny | The GAA Story 1884-1984 |
Kilkenny | 1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 134 | Louth: The GAA in Louth- An Historical Record |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 135 | Longford GAA: The Story of Saint Patrick's GAA Club Ardagh 1889-1984 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | |||
| 136 | larry Meegan | Monaghan GAA: The Inniskeen Story- A History 1888-1955 |
1988 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 137 | GAA: 2 Volume set of History of the GAA in Skryne |
2012 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 138 | Joe O Muircheartaigh and T J Flynn | Princes of Pigskin- A Century of Kerry Footballers |
2007 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 139 | A Lifetime in Hurling |
London | 1955 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 140 | Munster GAA Story [ 1887-194] |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 141 | Liam P. O Caithnia | Sceal Na hIomana. O Thosach Ama Go 1884 |
Dublin | 1980 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 142 | Offaly GAA: Edenderry |
1997 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 143 | Timmy O'Neill | [signed by Michel O'Muircheartaigh and eminent players] Up the Well |
[1984] | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 144 | Willie D White | GAA Carlow: Kildavin GAA Club |
2013 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 145 | Senan Cooke | A History of the GAA in Kilmacow 1884-2010 |
2010 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 146 | Eddie Keher | GAA: The Rower-Inistioge |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | ||
| 147 | Michael Kelly and John Kenneally | The Shamrocks Story- History of the GAA in the parish of Ballyhale 1872-2022 |
2022 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 148 | Ultan Macken | Eddie Keher's Hurling Story-a biography of the famous Kilkenny hurler |
1978 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | Kellie -- Kellie Harrington & Roddy Doyle |
2022 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 150 | Ryall, Tom | SIGNED Kilkenny. The GAA Story 1884-1984 |
Kilkenny | 1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 43.75 |
![<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")
