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
201	Bas Beatha.	Cosaint Shibhialta.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
202	Realt Aodhain.	Wexford Private Press. An Ceolaire.		1954	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
203		Charlie Mackesy - An Buachaill, An Caochan, An Sionnach agus an Capall (The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse)		2022	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
204		20th-Century World Architecture: The Phaidon Atlas : The Phaidon Atlas Ibanez Lopez, Diana; Trafas, Zofia; Anderson, Richard; TERRAinteralia			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
205	Charle Cullen,	Nighttown. 10 photopolymer etchings.			EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
206	Thornton, Robert John.	The Temple of Flora: The Complete Plates		2008	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
207	Graziano, Antonio P; Rossi, Francesco	The Sistine and Pauline Chapels in the Vatican		1975	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
208		The Many Faces of America John Norton, Language: English	Cornwall, England	1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
209	Edgar vAllan Poe	. Tales of Mystery and Imagination,	New York	1933	EUR 160.00 - 250.00	Unknown
210	Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A C Benson,	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayya, translated into English verse	London		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
211	Geoffrey Chaucer,	The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer		1958	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
212	Tim Flach.	Equus. Photos of horses all over the world capturing their physique and spirit		2008	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
213	Moreri (Louis)	Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique	Paris	1759	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
214	John Speede.	The Province of Ulster		c.1610	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
215	John Speede.	The Province of Connaugh with The Citie of Galwaye described.		1610	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
216		Robert Emmet, The Trial of; Colour poster of Robert Emmet at his trial where he gave his inspirational speech from the Dock, which inspired later generations of Irish republicans.		c 1900's	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
217		Sea Charts Ireland: South West Coast including Crook Haven 1913, reprinted 1968; Old Head of Kinsale to Tuskar Rock 1979; Cork Harbour and approaches 1968, reprinted 1977;...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
218	Cornelius Dankert	Hand Coloured Map of England, Wales & East Coast of Ireland		c.1690	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
219		Irish Railway Plan - Holy Cross to Cahir and Donaghill North to Clonmel. With outline colouring.		1837	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
220		Sea Charts Ireland: Tralee Bay to Liscanor Bay1878, reprinted 1955; Tralee and Brandon Bay 1896, reprinted 1972; Dingle and Ventry Harbour 1861, reprinted 1976; ...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
221		Sea charts Ireland: Galway Harbour 1848, reprinted 1966; Approaches to Galway Bay, 1903, reprinted 1974; ...			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
222		Sea Charts UK: St Agnes Head to Dodman Point including the Isles of Scilly 1978; The Channel Islands and Adjacent Coast of France, 1979; ...			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
223	Bernard Scale.	County of Fermanagh. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
224	Bernard Scale.	County of Kilkenny. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
225	Bernard Scale.	County of Longford. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	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.