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
26	Stephen Gwynn	Dublin: Dublin Old & New		c1938	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
27	Peter Somerville-Large	Dublin: Dublin The First Thousand Years		1988	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
28		John Dalton History of the County of Dublin,	Dublin	1838	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
29	Christine Baker	Dublin: Swords Castle- Digging History: Excavations 2015-17		2022	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
30	Jacqueline O'Brien and Desmond Guinness	Dublin: Dublin A Grand Tour			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
31	Mary Rose Doorly	Dublin: Abbeville- The family home of Charles J Haughey			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
32		Official Transcript of the Judgement delivered Mr Justice Keogh on May 27th 1872 regarding the Galway County Election Petition.			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
33	J. Prunty & Paul Walsh.	Irish Historical Towns Atlas - Number 28 - Galway. R.I.A.		2016	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
34	Moran and Gillespie eds	Galway History and Society		1996	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
35	Tim Robinson.	Mapping South Connemara. Cashel, Carna, Cill Chiarain		1985	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
36	Joyce, Rev P. J.	John Healy Archbishop Of Tuam.	Dublin,	1931	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
37	Tim Robinson.	Mapping South Connemara. Cashel, Carna, Cill Chiarain		1985	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
38		Colaiste na bhFiann Rosmuc. Co. na Gaillimhe. Ardmhaistir Padraig S. O'Ceithearnaigh. An Piarsach: Ba Bhrea leis Rosmuc.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
39	Deirdre Raftery & Catherine Kilbride	Galway: The Benedictine Nuns & Kylemore Abbey- A History		2020	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
40	J. Fahey	History and Antiquities of Kilmacduagh.		1893	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
41	Mrs D. P. Thompson	Kerry Interest: A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the Change in Religious Opinion now taking place in Dingle and the West of the County of Kerry, Ireland		1846	EUR 300.00 - 450.00	Unknown
42	Thomas F. O'Sullivan,	Kerry Interest -- two books: Romantic Hidden Kerry -- Legendary, Antiquarian and Historical Associations; Political, Economic and Social Conditions, and Scenic Attractions of the Barony of Corkaguiny.		1931	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	Unknown
43	Fitzpatrick, O'Brien,	Archaeological Investigations in Galway City: 1987-1998.		1987	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
44	Peter Gosling;	Galway/Clare: Archaeological Inventory of County Galway compiled		1991	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
45	Weld, Isaac.	Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.	London,	1812	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
46	Catherine E. Foley.	Irish Traditional Step Dancing in North Kerry			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
47	Nolan and McGrath eds	Kildare History and Society		2006	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
48	Lieut. Alex Taylor ... 1783.	Kildare:m A Map of the County of Kildare		1983	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
49	Nolan and Whelan eds	Kilkenny History and Society		1990	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
50	Lane and Nolan eds	Laois History and Society		1989	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.