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

Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	F. X. Martin, editor	Leaders and Men of the Easter Rising, Dublin 1916		1967	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
127	McInerney	Peadar O'Donnell Irish Social Rebel	Dublin	1974	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
128		Republican Interest: Roger Casement -- The Black Diaries		-2002	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 62.50
129		Irish Republicanism/Elections: Election Paper for Fr Paddy Ryan		1973	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
130		Library of T J Hurley: Military Service Pensions Act 1934		1916-1919	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 150.00
131		Pro Treaty Flyer: A flyer with the heading ' From any Soldier in the National Army to any old Comrade fighting with the Irregulars' Issued during the Irish Civil War 1921-23		1921-23	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
132		The Social Teachings of James Connolly	Dublin	1920	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
133	edited by Kerryman, Padraig O'Fiannachta	Irish Text of the Bible		1981	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.75
134		Scealaiocht Amhlaoibh i Luinse		1971	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
135		Irish Language: Tearmai Eaglarta- Ecclesiastical Terms		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
136		[Irish traditional stories, Seanchas]. Psailtir na Rinne. Grinnsheanchus Iolscoile na Mumhan le O'Cuirrrin		Circa 1930	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
137	edited by Padraig O Siochfhradha	Irish Language: Laoithe na Feinne		1941	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
138	Norma Borthwick	Ceachta Beaga Gaedhilge Irish Reading Lessons		1903-1906	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
139	Pierre-Leon Rivard	Tioma Nuadh ar Dtighearna agus ar Slanuigheora Iosa Criosd ar na Tharruig Go Firinneach as Greigis Go Gaoidheilg by Huilliam O'Domhnuill		1816	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
140		Maire -- Mo Dha Roisin		1942	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
141	L. Mc Cionnaith	Irish language. Gaeilge; Focloir Bearla/Gaeilge		1935	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
142		Focloir Gaedilge agus Bearla - An Irish-English dictionary Dinneen, Patrick S.		1927	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
143	Frank O'Connor	The Midnight Court, new translation	London	1945	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
144	Tomas O hAodha	An Salfa?tho?ir Gaedhealach, ceachtanna le haghaidh amhra?ineachta do mhu?ineadh i nGaedhilig ins na bun-scoilleannaibh ar an modh sion a tugtar an tonic sal-fa? air		1922	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
145	Cormac O Caolaig	Irish Language: Gnas na Gaeoilge...		1940	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
146	Eoghan O Neill	Irish Language: Gleann An Oir		1988	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
147	Richard Doyle	Richard Doyle & William Allingham 'In Fairyland'		-1875	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 275.00
148	Robert Atkinson	Irish Language: Royal Irish Academy-The Passions and the Homilies from Leabhar Breac		1887	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
149	Padraig Standun	Irish Language: Suil le Breith		1983	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
150	Rev G Keating	Irish Language: Tri bior Gaoite an bais- The Three Shafts of Death		1890	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.