Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Irish Histories, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, County & Parsh Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest, Classic Marvel Comics etc., 21826, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Power | A History of Clare Castle and Its Environs |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 2 | T. Clare | The History and Topography of The County of Clare from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the 18th Century |
circa 1910 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 3 | Michael Brennan | The War in Clare 1911-1921 |
1917 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 4 | Archaeological Inventory of County Cork |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 5 | F H Tuckey | Cork: The County and City of Cork Remembrancer |
1837 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 6 | Francis H. Tuckey | The County and City of Cork Remembrancer |
1998 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Townsend Rev Horatio | Statistical Survey of the County of Cork |
Dublin | 1810 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 425.00 |
| 8 | Guy's Cork Almanac and Directory 1925 |
1925 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 9 | Sean Pettit | The Streets of Cork |
1982 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 10 | Gobnait Naomhtha Bhaile Mhuirne. St. Gobnait of Ballyvourney. Michael J. O'Kelly & Francoise Henry |
1952 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 11 | Sean Sheehan | Cork: Jack's World-Farming on the Sheep's Head Peninsula 1920-2003 |
2007 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 12 | Ronan O'Rahilly | Cork: A History of the Cork Medical Schoo,1849-1949 |
1949 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 13 | Dublin -- 1641 Depositions Vol IV |
-2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 14 | Christiaan Corlett | Dublin: Antiquities of Old Rathdown |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Dublin University Football Club 1854-1954, the rugby union club of Trinity College Dublin |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 16 | V S Pritchett | Dublin Interest: Dublin A Portrait |
1967 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 17 | Dublin: Dublin Castle Exhumed : a Unionist regime and a coercion policy |
July, 1916 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 18 | Douglas Bennett | Dublin: The Encyclopaedia of Dublin |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 19 | W E Vaughan, editor | Trinity College Dublin: The Old Library-Trinity College 1712-2012 |
2013 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 20 | E R McC Dix | Dublin: Irish Bibliography |
1910 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 21 | edited by Conleth Manning | Dublin: Dublin and Beyond the Pale- Studies in honour of Patrick Healy |
1998 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 22 | J Fahey | The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh |
1986 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 23 | Kathleen Villers-Tuthill | Galway: History of Clifden 1810-1860 |
1938 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 | |
| 24 | Hardiman, James | The History of the Town & County of Galway from the earliest period to the present time, Embellished with several engravings (many folding) |
Galway | 1975 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 25 | Ethel Mannin | Connemara Journal |
1947 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 237.50 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.