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
176		An Irish Florilegium		1983	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	EUR 112.50
177		Statutes of the Irish Parliament		N/A	EUR 750.00 - 1,250.00	Not Sold
178		Calendar of Papal Registers		1896 and 1960	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 300.00
179	John O'Donohue	Conamara Blues: A Collection of Poetry		2000	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 62.50
180	Kevin Barry	(Kevin Barry, Signed First Edition's, First Prints) Kevin Barry -- City of Bohane		2011	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
181	Edgar Allan Poe	Edgar Allan Poe - The Popular Tales	Glasgow	1886	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
182	Agatha Christie	Murder on the Orient Express		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	EUR 68.75
183	L. How	How Green was my Valley -- Richard Llewellyn	London, United Kingdom	1960	EUR 350.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
184	Claire Keegan	Small things like these, First Printing of the gift edition		2023	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
185	C.S.Lewis	The Screwtape Letters		1942	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 275.00
186	Kevin Barry	(Irish Fiction, All First Editions, First Prints. Some Signed) Kevin Barry - That Old Country Music		2015	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
187	Alan Garner	The Owl Service	London	1967	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 875.00
188	Pat Boran (ed)	Shine On (Irish writing in support of those affected by mental ill health)	Dublin	2011	EUR 200.00 - 240.00	EUR 237.50
189		Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories		1983	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
190	J. Harry	J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		2017	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
191	J. Harry	J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone		1997	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
192	Terry Jones	Terry Jones -- The Lady and the Squire	London	2000	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
193	Maura Laverty	Maura Laverty - The Queen of Aran's Daughter		1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
194	Stephenie Meyer	(Rare Twilight UK Edition in first state jacket design) Stephenie Meyer - The Twilight Saga		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
195		Sinead O'Connor -- Remenberings		2021	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
196	Charlie Fox	Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse	London	2019	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 37.50
197		Eavan Boland -- Anna Liffey, Poetry Ireland Pamphlets, 1997		1997	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.75
198		(From Eavan Boland's own library) Against Love poetry, scarce proof copy with card inscribed to Eavan Boland, from the president of her American publisher, Norton		2014	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
199		The Poetry of Eavan Boland: A Postcolonial Reading (Irish Research) - Pilar Villar-Argaiz	Dublin	2007	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
200	T. Weston	Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Chris Weston - The Absolute Authority (Volume Two)		2003	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold

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.