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
101	Sam Fleming	Donegal: Letterkenny Past and Present by Sam Fleming; Welcome to Bundoran		1981	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
102	J. Davison Cowan,	(Ulster, County Down Interest) An Ancient Irish Parish, past and present being the parish of Donaghmore County Down -		1914	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
103	Murphy and Roulston eds	Fermanagh History and Society		2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
104	Kenneth McNally --	the narrow streets,		1972	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
105	Olga Bonaparte-Wyse	Irish Interest: Breifny Antiquarian and Historical Society Journal 1927; The Issue of Bonaparte-Wyse- Waterford's Imperial Relations		2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
106	Dillon and Jefferies eds	Tyrone History and Society		2000	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
107	introduction by John Cole	Ulster: Downhill-A Scrapbook of People and Place		1996	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
108	Pat Nolan	GAA Wexford: The History of GAA in New Ross & Wexford's Glorious Hurling Years			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
109	Larry Byrne	GAA Wexford: St Mary's (Rosslare) GAA Club-No Hiding Place , An Unusual Club History		2022	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
110	Tim Horgan	GAA Cork: Cork's Hurling Story		2010	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
111	Sean Murphy.	Come on Ahane 'the Spuds are Boiling'.		2001	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
112		GAA Donegal: The Book of Donegal GAA Facts		2014 and 2020	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
113	Conor Curran	GAA Donegal: Fenagh- The GAA Story; Sport in Donegal A History		2010	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
114	James Laffey	GAA Mayo: The Road to 51- The making of Mayo Football		2011	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
115		GAA: Collection of County Football Programmes from the 1980's (22)		1980's	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
116	Tony Wall.	Hurling.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
117		GAA: Feile na nGael Programmes from the 1970's and 80's (12)		1970's and 80's	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
118		GAA: Collection of County GAA programmes from the 1970's. Including Leinster and Munster Ball Finals c 80		1970's.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
119		GAA: Collection of GAA Hurling and Football County Programmes from the 1960's,		1960's	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
120		GAA: Gaelic World- The Official GAA Monthly Magazine since 1979. 29 issues earliest 1979, latest 2004. Not consecutive		1979-2004.	EUR 40.00 - 81.00	Unknown
121		GAA Donegal: History of the GAA in the Parish of Ardara 1921-2003.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
122	Peter Keogh	Wicklow: Gateway to Glory- A GAA Story Rathdangan/Kiltegan 1886-1996		1997	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
123		Charles Mulqueen - Limerick's Rugby History, Privately Published, Limerick		1978	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
124		GAA: GAA Digest magazine 1948 X 2. 1949 and 1950; Gaelic Star Magazine '86 X 1 issue plus others (8)			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
125	Conor Phelan	GAA Waterford: Waterford Institute of Technolgy GAA Club History 1981-2006		2007	EUR 50.00 - 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.