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
550 Michael Swift

Irish Interest: Historical Maps of Ireland

1999 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
551 Sybil Connolly

Irish Coffee Table Books: In An Irish House edited

1988 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
552 Paul Kelly

Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Return to Sender-Revisting John Hinde's ireland

2019 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
553 patrick and Maura Shaffrey

Irish Coffee Table Books: Irish Countryside Buildings

1985 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
554 JacquelineO'Brien and Peter Harbison

Irish Coffee Table Books: The Big House in Ireland by Valerie Pakenham; Ancient Ireland

1996 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
555 J Anthony Gaughan

Irish Interest: The Knight of Glin

1978 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
556

Irish Interest: Collection of Irish related to titles c25

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
557

Books Ireland-The World Of Irish Books c110 issues of this well known magazine,which supports the Irish book industry.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
558

Journal of the Kerry Archaeological And Historical Society (30) and The Kerry Magazine (8)

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
559 T J Hurley

T J Hurley; Archive material. TJ Hurley was closely connected to Austin Stack and Constance Markievicz and other notables from the revolutionary period.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
560

Good Collection Of Irish Language Titles - c.45+

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
561

Complete set of Archaeology Ireland from issue 1 to present issue.

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
562 Bannerman, David Armitage; George E Lodge illustrator.

'The Birds of the British Isles'.

Edinburgh and London 1953 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
563

Irish Interest: Collection of mainly Irish related to titles c27

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
564

Meascan de leabhair i nGaeilge, idir sean is nua, ina measc (c.40 titles)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
565

History Ireland: A comprehensive collection of this renowned magazine from 1997 to 2017 (not complete) with 8 History Ireland Green folders containing the magazine .

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
566

Brian Moore: Wonderful collection of titles

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
567

A Collection Of irish And world Interest Books

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
568

Mallow Field Club Journal containing local history and archaeological club for Mallow and surrounds,

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
569

Folio Society: The Folio Shakespeare Collection, 36 Volumes .

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
570

Maps:3 Michelin Map of the British Isles, No 27 Clifden-Galway; No 28 Dublin-Birr; No 29 Limerick-Dingle; Ordnance Survey Ireland Sheet 13.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
571 John Peck

Irish Interest: Collection of Irish Polotical related titles such as Dublin From Downing Street

1978 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
572

The Masonic Lodge Research for Ireland . A large collection of historical transactions spanning from the 1920s to 1980s.

1920s to 1980s. EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
573

Studio Hibernica: Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore. Vol 1-23

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
574

Fear: Trump in the White House (Bob Woodward) Hardback in DJ. 1st Edit. 2018. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920 - 33 (Joseph Roth) Hardback in DJ. 2003...

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 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.