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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
575		Later Poems 1972-1982 (R.S. Thomas). Signed. Softback An Duanaire 1600 - 1900: Poems of the Dispossessed (Sean O Tuama and Thomas Kinsella).		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
576		William Trevor: Collection of titles		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
577		Irish Art. Great collection of approximately 55 individual catalogues on The Delighted Eye, Irish Painting of the Seventies; Felim Egan in dj; Mark O'Neill; various Irish Women Artists; etc. etc. colour. Wonderful visual archive		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
578	John Montague	Irish Titles- ALL SIGNED: Such as The Pear is Ripe	2007	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
579		Irish Interest: Collection of Irish titles mix of HB and PB- 2 boxes C 50		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
580		Fine and Decorative Bindings: Collection of titles with fine or decorative bindings (55)		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
581		Irish Interest: Collection of Irish titles- 2 boxes C 70		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
582	Robert C Simington	Collection of Civil Surveys and Books of Survey and Distribution		EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
583		Collection of De Burca, Sheppard's and Whyte's catalogues c 80		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
584	Charles Dickens	Collection of hardback titles such as 19 Volumes Charles Dickens daily news memorial edition half calf plus 16 others (35)		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
585		Collection of Irish and World Interest titles c50- 2 boxes		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
586		Collection of Irish and World Interest Titles c 50- 2 boxes		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
587		Good Collection Of Irish & World Interest Titles - 2 boxes		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
588		Large Collection of Irish And World Titles - 3 boxes		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
589	John McGahern	Irish Interest\|; A collection of titles such as Memoir	2005	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
590		3 Boxes of Irish and International fiction, Irish and International non-fiction. (50)		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
591		A large run of the Church of Ireland Directory dating from 1862 to 2009- not consecutive	1862 to 2009	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
592		(Modern and Vintage fiction) 3 Boxes of mostly first editions, mostly fiction, modern and vintage. (90)		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
593		3 Boxes of Irish and International fiction, Irish language, international fiction & non-fiction. (60)		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
594		Various boxes of Book Auction catalogues which may include Christies, Sotheby's, Mealys, de Burca Rare Books, Figgis, Whytes, Adams, Wheldon and Wesley, etc., etc. 3 Boxes		EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
595		Various boxes of Book Auction catalogues which may include Christies, Sotheby's, Mealys, de Burca Rare Books, Figgis, Whytes, Adams, Wheldon and Wesley, etc., etc. 3 Boxes		EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
596		Good Collection of Irish & World Interest Titles - 3 boxes		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
597		Large Collection of Irish And World Titles - 4 boxes		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
598		Irish/World Interest. A wonderful collection of titles 4 boxes		EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
599		Collection of Irish and World Interest titles c 120		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	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.