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Purcell Auctioneers: Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc.., 601579, Birr

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 05, 2026 - January 05, 2026
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226

Irish Nationalism: A flyer with the heading ' From any Soldier in the National Army to any old Comrade fighting with the Irregulars' Issued during the Irish Civil War.

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 110.67
227 Miles, William

A LETTER TO HENRY DUNCOMBE, ESQ. MEMBER FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE VERY EXTRAORDINARY PAMPHLET, LATELY ADDRESSED MR. BURKE, TO A NOBLE LORD. THE SECOND EDITION

London 1796 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
228

Tipperary Related Plates: Ardfinan Castle/Holy Cross/Burncourt Pl./Roscrea Castle plus 5 others (9)

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 30.89
229

Hibernia (periodical) Orange and Green, Six Counties In Search Of A Nation, November

1948 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
230

Broadside ballad featuring score and lyrics for 'He taught us how to die', concerning the death of Terence MacSwiney

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
231

Broadside ballad featuring score and lyrics for 'He taught us how to die', concerning the death of Terence MacSwiney

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
232

Tain bo Mhic Fhionngaile : Fighting Larry Ginnell'

1945 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
233 Rev. John Gwynn.

The Present Position of Protestantism And An Afterword

Dublin: . 1911 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 52.76
234 C. Lehane.

Ireland's Burden Under British Boards

Dublin: 1905 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 12.87
235

Irish Rebellion Austin Stack related: Expense form request from Lizzie Slattery

1918 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 72.07
236

Irish Constitution: Dail Eireann Constitution of Saorstat Eireann Bill which was for the implementing of the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland

1921 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
237

Report to His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon Arklow Harbour

1886 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
238

WWII: Free Europe Newspaper-Central and east European Affairs. Vol 1 No 9

1940 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 12.87
239

Collection of George 111 Regis Acts to alter or amend existing Acts C 20

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
240

Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Blueprint Drawing for a 20 Ton Tank Wagon For Conveyance of Crude Benzol, Loading and Discharge Arrangement

1945 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
241

Film Posters: Large Front of House Folded Poster from the 1960's

1960's EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
242

Film Posters: Large Front of House Folded Poster from the 1960's

1960's EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
243 Jack B. Yeats.

Rune of Hospitality. A hand-coloured early Cuala Broadside, ,with illustration

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 72.07
244

Irish Nationalism: A collection of booklets/Magazine publications such as Resistance Calendar 1975- Twelve months of Defiance'

1975 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 19.30
245

Co. Kilkenny - Two 18th Century Framed Engravings - Blackabbey x 2 and Co. Galway - Athenry Abbey

18th Century EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 38.61
246

Freemasons Ireland: Lodge of Research-Meeting Freemasons Hall Dublin, April 1930.

1930 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 33.46
247

Irish Republicanism: Original Irish Republican Poster Bloody Sunday 10th Anniversary March. Organised by Sinn Fein ,...

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 78.50
248

Elvis Presley: Two newspapers- Memphis Press-Scimitar and The Commercial Appeal both from Memphis Tennessee both covering the death of the King of Rock and Roll-ELVIS

1977 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
249 Conor Cruise O'Brien:

Conor Cruise O'Brien: Opening Statemement by Dr O'Brien in a debate with Mr Tomas Mac Giolla-President of Sinn Fein

1971 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
250 Oscar Wilde.

Das Sternenkind.

1958 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
  • Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…, Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…, Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy, Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. The Birds of Great Britain, London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…, Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…, Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). Prima parte di architetture e prospettive, (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000