Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest, Irish Literature etc., 40826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026

Page Size: 120 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
21		Dublin: Dublin Through The Ages edited by Art Cosgrove, 1988; Victorian Dublin Revealed by Michael Barry, 2011 plus 12 others (14)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
22		The Politicians Catechisme – Peter Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin,	Dublin,	1925	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
23		Dublin: Dublin Burial Grounds & Graveyards by Vivien Igoe, 2001; Fingal and Its Churches by Robert Walsh, 1888 plus 12 others (14)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
24	J.D. Garry.	A Dublin Anatomist - Tom Garry 1884-1963..	Dublin.	1984	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
25		Dublin: The Story of Dublin City and Dublin c1960's; Dublin City and County- From Prehistoric to Present edited by FHA Alalen and Kevin Whelan, 1992 plus 12 others (14)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
26	Bonar Law, Andrew & Charlotte.	A Contribution towards a Catalogue of the Prints and Maps of Dublin City and County. Volume 1: Prints. Volume 2: Maps.	Dublin	2005	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
27		Dublin: Gerard, Francis; 'Picturesque Dublin, Old and New' - 1898		1898	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
28		Dublin: Eire Amateur Ballroom Dancing Championships 1945-46-Souvenir Programme May 1946 at the Metropole Ballroom, Full listing of Amateur Dancers; Dublin Official Guide		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
29	edited by Caroline McFadden;	Dublin: From Rope Walk to Bowhill- a history of Rugby in Balbriggan		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
30	J. Warburton J. Whitelaw and Robert Walsh.	History of the City of Dublin.		18	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
31	Frank Hopkins,	Dublin: Rare Old Dublin- Heroes, Hawkers & Hoors		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
32	Owen Tweedy.	The Dublin Tweedy - The Story of an Irish Family 1650/1882.		1956	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
33	Joseph Hone, Maurice Craig and Michael Fewer,	Dublin: The New Neighbourhood of Dublin		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
34		Folio volume in original box/slipcase. Sale of Hamilton Estate – Balbriggan.		1875	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
35		Galway: Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society,		earliest 1908	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
36		Parteen County Clare local history set. Pictures and Poets; Dialann Donall; Parteen GAA History 1984 and The History and Folklore of Parteen-Meelick.		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
37		Excursions and Sea Trips Programme. Galway, Inismurray and Aran Islands Hodges, Figgis.		1895	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
38		Galway: Ballinasloe- Inniu agus Inde- A Story of a Community over the pasr 200 years; The Parish of Ballinasloe by Rev Patrick Egan SIGNED, 1994;…		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
39	James Hardiman,	Galway: The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway		1958	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
40		Original, H. Louis Copeland's Woollen Factory for Sale, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare Sales Brochure, 1904 -		1904	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
41		The Great Earl of Kildare [Gerald Fitzgerald] [1456-1513] BRYAN,DONOUGH	dublin	1933]	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
42	Jeremiah Newman,	Kildare: Maynooth and Georgian Ireland		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
42A		Journal of The County Kildare Archaeological Society		1892-1986	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
43	Don Boyne.	[Rare in dust jacket]. I Remember Maynooth	London,	1938	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
43A		Kildare: An extensive collection with titles such as Nas na Riogh, illustrated history of Naas; …		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown

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.