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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Donal McCartney | Dublin: UCD- A National Idea |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 402 | Margaret Murphy and Mathew Stout, editors | Irish Interest: Agriculture and Settlement in Ireland |
2015 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 403 | Dr George A Little | Irish Saints: Brendan The Navigator |
1946 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 404 | Irish Interest: A Century of Scholarship- Travelling Students of the National University of Ireland |
2008 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 237.50 | ||
| 405 | David Murphy | Irish Interest: The Irish Brigades 1685-2006 |
2007 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 406 | Brendan O'Donoghue SIGNED | Irish Interest: Activities Wise and Otherwise-Career of Sir Henry Augustus Robinson 1898-1922 |
2015 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 407 | Rev J Knowles | St Brigid-Patroness of ireland |
1907 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 212.50 | |
| 408 | Rev M Kelly | Dissertations chiefly on Irish Church History |
1864 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 409 | Tim Severin SIGNED | Irish Interest: The Brendan Voyage |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 410 | Eamon De Valera | Eamon De Valera: Peace and War- Speeches by Mr De Valera on International Affairs |
1944 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 411 | Caitriona Clear | Irish Interest: Nuns in Nineteenth Century Ireland |
1987 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 412 | Robert E Burns | Irish Interest: Irish Parliamentry Politics in the Eighteenth Century |
1990 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 413 | (Folklore, memoir and local History) Bibeanna, Memoirs from a corner in Ireland |
2007 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 414 | Eriu - The Journal of the School of Irish Learning, Dublin |
1904 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 415 | (Irish Poetry, some signed) Austin Clarke -- the son of learning |
1964 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 416 | Jonathan Beningto | Roderic O'Connor |
1992 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 417 | Rev Alban Butler | The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 418 | P W Joyce | Irish Interest: An Illustrated History of ireland |
1923 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 419 | John Barrow | A Tour Round Ireland Through The Sea Coast Counties in the Autumn of 1835 |
1936 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 420 | Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) | The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh, Tanist of Carbery, Maccarthy Mor |
1867 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 421 | Seamus Mac Call | And So Began The Irish Nation |
1931 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 422 | Irish Traditional Music: Carolan -- The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper |
2001 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 106.25 | ||
| 423 | P Egan | The Irish Bishop in Penal Times |
1993 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 424 | Amelia Stein | Photographs, RHA 2009 |
Dublin | 2009 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 43.75 |
| 425 | Virgil | (Vintage Poetry) The works of Virgil |
1820 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
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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.