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
426

Three works on Irish History including The History of Mayo and Marmon's Maritime Ports of Ireland

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 54.05
427 Padraic O'Farrell

Irish Interest: Mainly Kildare Related: A History of County Kildare

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
428 Bernard Share,

Irish Interest:Irish Lives-biographies of fifty famous Irish men and women

1971 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 34.75
429 Charles M Doughty.

Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence ;

London: 1936 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.63
430 Ronan Kelly

Irish Interest: Bard of Erin-the Life of Thomas Moore

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 33.46
431 John Bowman

De Valera and the Ulster Question, 1917-973

1982 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
432

King James's Irish Army List

1689 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 39.89
433 Rev. J. B. Leslie.

Raphoe Clergy & Parishes

EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 12.87
434

[Dail Eireann and the War of Independence]. Dail Eireann, Official Report. August 1921 to June 1922.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.74
435 by R W M Strain

Ulster Interest: Belfast and Its Charitable Society

1961 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 12.87
436 by Colin Rynne

Irish Coffee Table Books: Industrial Ireland 1750-1930 - An Archaeology

EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 46.33
437

MacDonald's Irish Directory and Gazetteer.

1938 & 1939 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
438 HUGH BOULTER, D.D.

LETTERS WRITTEN by HIS EXCELLENCY

1769/1770. EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 52.76
439 Conor O'Callaghan:

Seatown. Gallery

1999 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 96.52
440 Tarkington, Booth

Claire Ambler

Garden City, NY 1928 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.74
441 by Walter Magnes Teller

The Search for Captain Slocum-a biography

1959 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
442 J. H. Ashworth.

The Saxon in Ireland or The Rambles of An Englishman in Search of a Settlement in the West of Ireland.

1852 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 97.80
443 FOWLES, John

The Magus

London 1966 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
444 Mervyn Wall,

A Flutter of Wings.

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
445 William Carlos Williams.

Paterson Books

1974 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
446 by D L Campbell

Pigeon Racing: Pigeon Racing

1952 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 20.59
447 Tony O'Malley

Brian Lynch

Dublin, 2004 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
448

Dramatic Works of Shakespeare incorporating 4 plays : Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor and The Merchant of Venice.

1802 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 84.94
449 Shakespeare

The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Four works including King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet and Othello.

1802 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 38.61
450 by Gray, Albert A.

Atlas of Otology : illustrating the normal and pathological anatomy of the temporal bone with numerous black and white images

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