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
326	Ferd. Warner	The History of the Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland		1767	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
327	James Ware	The Whole Works of James Ware concerning Ireland -- 2 vols	(Dublin	1745	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
328	Thomas Wright).	The History of Ireland from the earliest period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time. 7 vols complete.		No date	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
329	William Carrigan	History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4 vols		1905	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	Unknown
330	Samuel Lewis	Atlas Comprising the Counties of Ireland		1839	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
331	W. H. Maxwell, London	1798 Rebellion: History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 with Memoirs of the Union and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803		1845	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
332	Samuel Lewis	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland		1837	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
333	Wm Wenman Seward,	Topographica Hibernica or The Topography of Ireland, ancient and modern, giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom.	Dublin	1795	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
334	Thomas Moore.	Moore's Irish Melodies - Irish melodies with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson Mus.Doc. and Characteristic Words	Dublin:		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
335	JF Waller	Thomas Moore, Moores Irish Melodies Lalla Rookh National Airs, Legendary Ballads. Songs With A Memoir,	London	circa 1900.	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
336	King, Edward	OBSERVATIONS ON ANCIENT CASTLES	London,	1782	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
337	Richard Lovett	Irish Pictures		1888	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
338		The Parliamentary Gazetteer Of Ireland. Part IV; Part V and Part VIII (3)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
339	Fleming, J.S.	The Town Wall Fortifications of Ireland 1914: Medieval Moated Sited of S E Ireland Terence B Barry. British Archaeological Reports 35		1914	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
340	M Stokes	Early Christine Architecture in Ireland		1878	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
341	Atkinson George Francklin).	"Curry & Rice," On Forty Plates; or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India, second edition,	London:	circa 1860	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
342	edited by William G. Fitzgerald,	The Voice of Ireland A Memorial of Freedoms Day by the Foremost Leaders,	Dublin and London	1923	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
343	W G Wood-Martin,	Pagan Ireland.	London	1895	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
344	J. A. Froude,	The English In Ireland In The Eighteenth Century in 3 Volumes,	London	1872	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
345	Sir Charles Gavin Duffy,	A Birds Eye View Of The History Of Dublin. By the author with a manuscript letter inside the book.			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
346	Elenor Hull,	A History Of Ireland And Her People. 2 Volumes		circa 1903.	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
347	W G Wood-Martin,	Traces Of The Elder Faiths Of Ireland 2 Volumes		1902	EUR 80.00 - 180.00	Unknown
348	Eoin O'Kelly.	The Old Private Banks and Bankers of Munster. Bankers of Cork and Limerick Cities		1959	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
349	George Sigerson.	[Presentation copy from author] History of the land tenures and land classes of Ireland : with an account of the various secret agrarian confederacies	London :	1871	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
350	Shane Leslie.	Lough Derg in Ulster. 191. Tinted frontispiece of Lough Derg.		1922	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	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.