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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | John M. Synge | The Playboy of The Western World |
Boston | 1911 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 152 | CeliDe, Spiritual reform in Ireland 750 -- 900 -- Peter O'Dwyer |
1977 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 153 | edited by P J Corish and B Millett | Irish Interest: The Irish martyrs |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 154 | John M. Synge | W.B. Yeats Poems. 1929 and D.H. Greene & E.M. Stephens |
N.Y. | 1959 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | U. Bridge. W. B. Yeats and T. Sturge Moore - Their Correspondence 1901-1937 |
1901-1937 | EUR 150.00 - 170.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 156 | T. Sturge Moore | Armour For Aphrodite |
1929 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | Cuala Press: A Woman's Reliquary |
Churchtown, Dundrum | 1913 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 158 | W B Yeats | Cuala Press: Essays |
1937 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 159 | F R Higgins | Cuala Press: Arable Holdings: Poems |
1933 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 160 | William Butler Yeats | Cuala Press: The Words Upon The Window Pane: A Play in One Act, With Notes Upon The Play and Its Subject |
1934 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 161 | A Little Fleet. Jack B. Yeats |
London | 1902 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 162 | St Charles Borromeo's Instructions on Ecclesiastical Building, translated from the original Latin by George J Wigley |
1857 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 93.75 | ||
| 163 | A Short History of the Jews In Ireland. Shillman, Bernard |
Dublin. London | 1945 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 164 | History of Ireland : from the earliest times to the present day - complete in 6 volumes D'Alton, E. A. (Edward Alfred) (b. 1860) |
London | 1910 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 165 | Arthur Young | A Tour in Ireland. With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom |
1776-1779 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 166 | Irish Minstrelsy, or, Bardic remains of Ireland |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 112.50 | ||
| 167 | Histoire Du Concile De Trente De Fra Paola Sarpi |
Amsterdam | 1696 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 168 | The Statutes At Large Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland |
(1634-1662) | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 169 | Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200-1600 |
1974 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | EUR 81.25 | ||
| 170 | Edith Somerville and Martin Ross | A Patrick's Day Hunt |
Westminster | [1902] | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 171 | Haughton | The Silver Lining. Lady Heath. Kildonan - Golden Age of Flying |
2003 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 172 | Irish Midland Studies. Essays in commemoration of N. W. English |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 173 | editors Devoy, Cummins, Brunt, Bartlett, Kandrot | The Coastal Atlas of Ireland |
2021 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 174 | David Caron | Michael Healy, 1873-1941. An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer |
2023 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 175 | The Knights of Glin: Seven Centuries of Change |
2009 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 81.25 |
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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.