Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026

Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Bernard Scale.	County of Wexford. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
227	Bernard Scale.	County of Leitrim. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
228	Bernard Scale.	Cavan. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
229	Bernard Scale.	Westmeath. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
230	Bernard Scale.	The Province of Connaught. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
231		A New and Accurate Map of the Kingdom of Ireland made from Actual Surveys		1778	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
232		Vintage Newspapers-1914-1927. North American newspapers with Irish related headlines, Such as The Toronto Globe April 25 1916 'Attempted Landing of arms in Ireland Fails'; ...			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
233		Irish Newspapers: Collection of mainly Irish printed newspapers covering the 1960's and 1970's.		1960's and 1970's	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
234	Liam MacGabhann.	Rags Robes and Rebels	Dublin,	Circa 1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
235		Cuimhne na bPaiarsach. Memories offhte Brotgers pears.		1958	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
236	A. E. [George Russell].	The Inner and the Outer Ireland		1921 and 1934	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
237	[Frank Ryan].	Has Franco killed Him. The Volunteer for Liberty. Journal of the International Brigade Association. Jarama Anniversary 1944.		1944	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
238		The 1916 Song Book. Songs written by Leaders of the Rising. Sung in the G.P. O. and other Garrisons. Songs sung in the Camps and Prisons. Songs of Hope and Defiance.		1916	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
239	P.H. Pearse Study Group.	An economic programme for the Irish Free State : being a set of principles suitable to serve as a basis for an Irish social and industrial policy proposed		1922	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
240		The 1916 Song Book. Foggy Dew etc etc. Irish Book Bureau [Joseph Clarke]. circa 1925; Ballad Poems of Irish History; Songs and Ballads of Arthur Griffith; ...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
241		Saorstat Eireann Official Handbook		1932	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
242		James Kelly -- Orders for the Captain, published 1971. John O'Leary, a study in Irish separatism -- Marcus Bourke, published 1967....		the author	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
243	[Lord Ashtown].	The Unknown Power Behind the Irish Nationalist Party : its present work and criminal history.	London.	1907	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
244	James Gleeson.	Bloody Sunday.		1962	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
245	R M Fox.	History of the Irish Citizen Army	Dublin:	1945	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
246	Tim Crowley,	The Local Cost Of Freedom An Illustrated History Of The War Of Independence And Civil War In Clonakilty, Rossmore, Timoleague and Barryroe. The West Cork People, Commemerative Edition on the unveiling of the Michael Collins memorial statue on the 80th ann			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
247	Fr. Denis Faul & Fr. Raymond Murray,	The Sleeping Giant, Irish Americans and Human Rights in N.Ireland		1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
248		Commandant Hugh Maguire -- After Easter 1916. Cuimhneachan 1916. aisling 1916 -- 1976. ...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
249	Maurice Manning.	[dedication from author]. The Blueshirts		1970	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
250		With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom 1919 to the Truce. The Red Path of Glory.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: 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
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [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.