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
276		Auction Catalogues H.O.K. Contents of Summerhill, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny 9th Sept 1992 Illustrated and A. Chawner. Fine Aert Auction 1		1992	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	Unknown
277	F. Scott Fitzgerald	The Great Gatsby,		1984	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Unknown
278		Irish Republicanism: Remnant of Falg from Republican Red Cross dressing Station- St Stephens Green , Easter 1916.		1916	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
279	Andy Warhol	Andy Warhol autograph signature.			EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
280		Irish Republicanism: Two flyers - 'To Members of I R A' and 'Irish Bishop Speaks' both printed c 1920's		c 1920's	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
281		Presidential Election 1945; Fold over flyer for Dr Patrick McCartan -National Candidate for this election			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
282	Alice Furlong:	Dublin, Easter 1916.		1916	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
283		Irish Nuclear Power: The Power That Corrupts- The Threat of Nuclear Power in Ireland published for the Irish Conservation Society		1976	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
284		Art: pack is a beautifully packaged set of playing cards designed in 2002 in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation and launched at the RHA gallery.			EUR 250.00 - 400.00	Unknown
285	Austin Kennan --	Thrasymachus, privately published.	Dublin.	1979	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
286		Cosaint Shibhialta. Bas Beatha.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
287		Padraig Pearse: Memorial card for General P H Pearse. 'Pray For the Souls of General P. H. Pearse and the Officers and Men of the Irish Republican Army'		1916	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
288		Thomas Ashe: Mourning Locket (sealed) believed to contain some of the hair of Thomas Ashe. White metal with B & W photograph of Ashe. Unique item.			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
289		Kevin Barry: Original Black & White photograph			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
290	Dermod O'Brien,	Catalogue of first exhibition of pictures, Limerick Municipal Art Gallery, Savoy Cinema Limerick 1937 which was opened	Dublin.		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
291		Amhrain Mhuighe Seola. Traditional Folksongs from Galway and Mayo. Eibhlin Bean Mhic Choisdealbha a chuir in eagar.		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
292	Mrs M. Ni Milleadha	From Swansea to Sliabh gCua a story of Poets and Dancers			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
293	Mrs. Costello.	Amhrain Mhuighe Seola. Traditional Folk-Songs From Galway And Mayo edited	London	1919	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
294	Rev. Timothy Hurley.	The Irish Crusade against Evil Literature	Dublin.	1913	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
295		Irish Curiosities a collection of Strange, Fascinating, Puzzling or Picturesque Oddities of Ireland, pictured and described in this new I.T.A. Book.	Dublin.	Circa 1920	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
296	Henry Harrison.	The Strange Case of the Irish Land Purchase Annuities. An Elucidation		1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
297		Education Widens The Gap Between The Sexes		c1975	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
298		Collection of Vintage Irish Interest Postcards. Variety of scenes and places including town views, social history, castles etc etc a large collection of approximately 300 individual postcards.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
299		Collection of general interest Vintage Postcards. Mostly unused, various themes especially ancient Rome. a very large collection of approximately 400 individual postcards.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
300	Lord Ashtown	Lord Ashtown Poems		1965	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.