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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Robert Kirkman | (Unique copy with addition hand drawn signed sketch by Charlie Adlard) Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead Omnibus Volume 4 |
-2003 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Benedict Kiely | A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly |
1973 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 203 | J.G. Farrell | (The winner of The Lost Booker Prize) J.G. Farrell -- Troubles |
1983 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 204 | Michael Ondaatje | The English Patient |
London | 1992 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 93.75 |
| 205 | Brian Friel | SELECTED STORIES |
1979 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 206 | Signed by Bryan McMahon. Patsy-O and his Wonderful Pets |
1970 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 207 | John (1968) Black | A DEATH IN SUMMER |
2011 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 208 | Leonard Cyril Deighton | Len Deighton - AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE (complete with the 'Top Secret' In Transit Docket) |
London | 1967 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 209 | Annie Smithson | The Walk of a Queen & Sheila of the O'Beirnes |
1959 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 210 | John Healy | Nineteen Acres |
1998 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 211 | Patrick Kavanagh | Galway West 49 Journal |
1st July, 2001 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold | |
| 212 | John M. Synge | Deirdre of the Sorrows |
1911 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 213 | (Colm Toibin, First Editions, First Prints) The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction |
1999 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 214 | [Seamus Deane, general editor] | The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Vols I-III |
1991 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 215 | John McGahern | The Dark |
2005 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 216 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 240.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 217 | John (1919) May | John McGahern; That they may face the Rising Sun |
2002 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 218 | John McGahern | John McGahern; Memoir |
2005 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | John McGahern | John McGahern. Memoir |
2005 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 220 | John Banville; The Lock-Up |
2023 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 221 | (John Banville, Four UK First Signed Editions First Prints) Mefisto |
1986 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 222 | (John Banville. Five First Editions, First Prints) The Book of Evidence |
1989 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | ||
| 223 | John Banville | John Banville -- NIGHTSPAWN |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 380.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 224 | THE THIRD POLICEMAN O'Brien |
London | 1967 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 225 | [Sebastian Barry rarity] Time out of Mind and Strappado Square by Sebastian Barry |
1983 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 106.25 |
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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.