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
500	Samuel Pufendorf,	INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGDOMS AND STATES OF EUROPE --	London	1697	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
501		Exploring The History and Heritage of Irish Landscapes -- Patrick J Duffy. Irish Ghosts -- Peter Underwood. Magical Tales -- R.J. Stewart. Advanced magical arts --...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
502	P.W. Joyce,	Ballads of Irish Chivalry		circa 1900	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
503		The Dolmen Press. A Celebration.	Dublin.:	2001	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
504	James Morrissey	Hot Whiskey	Tralee	1989	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
505	Brown, V.R.Balfour.	The Stalking Letters and Sketches (limited edition)			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
506	Kazuo Ishiguro	The Unconsoled, published	UK	1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
507		Anglo-Irish Coins John-Edward II lovely copy in dj; Shipwrecks mapped in Irish Waters; The Irish famine a documentary history; Photography in Ireland...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
508	Francis Plowden	Irish Interest: The History of Ireland from its Union with Great Britain Vol 1-2.		1811	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
509	Janet Sinclair,	(Vintage Children's) The Patchworth Quilt --		1917	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
510		Journals: The Journal of tge Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland		1905-2000	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
511		Journal: North Munster Antiquarian Journal:		1969	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
512		Journals: Irish Georgian Society;			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
513		The Irish Bee Keeper - An Deacaire , a collection of issues dating from the 1940s and 1950s (18)		1940s and 1950s	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
514	GEOFF GRANDFIELD	Graham Greene: The Great Novels - Brighton Rock ; The Power and the Glory ; The Heart of the Matter ; The End of the Affair ; The Quiet American ; A Burnt Out Case (Six Volume Set) ILLUSTRATED	London	1997	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
515	Carroll, Lewis	Folio Society: Through the Looking-Glass & Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Two volumes)		1993	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
516	translated byCarroll, Lewis Arthur Golding, edited by Madeline Forey	Folio Society edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses: Ovid- Metamorphoses,			EUR 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
517	Louis MacNiece	Louis MacNiece: Wonderful collection of titles, many of which are 1st Editions (15)			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
518		(Nine signed First Editions, First Prints) Michael Cox - The Meaning of the Night. Signed and numbered limited edition. Rebecca Levene - Smiler's Fair: Book 1 of the Hollow Gods. ...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
519	Arthur Machen -	The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen,		1923	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	Unknown
520		Irish Interest ALL SIGNED: The Ulick O'Connor Dieries 1970-1981		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
521	Vicaire, Georges;	Manuel de l'Amateur de Livres du XIXe siecles (1801-1893).			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
522	John Leech:	The Folio Society: R S Surtees with colour plates		1951	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
523	Timothy O'Neill,	Life and Tradition in Rural Ireland --		1977	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
524	Kim McCone.	Pagan Past and Christian Present		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	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.