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
93		Ethel Mannin. Connemara Journal. 1947 Fine illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers. Fine in pictorial d.j. Original typed & signed letter from author to Patrick Byrne dated March 1964		1964	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
94		Local History- Various Counties: 21st West Cork Drama Festival, Anniversary Programme; 50 Years of Clonmel Scouting, 1929-1979; …		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
95		(Local History) Through the eye of the Bridge, Islandeady and Glenisland 2010.		2013	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
96	edited and signed by David Dickson,	The Georgeous Mask – Dublin 1700-1850,		1987	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
97	T. Crofton Croker.	Legends of Killarney		C. 1880	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
98	Frank Columb.	The Lough Gowna Valley by Frank Columb. [story of an Irish Midland region, from its geological formation to the present] ; …		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
99		The Glamour of Waterford by Downey. 1921; Ireland of the Welcomes by Kelleher; Leinster; Munster; Green and Silver by Rolt.		1968	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
100		Leinster local history from the Counties of Meath/Wexford/Westmeath/Meath/Carlow/Louth/Offaly (21)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
101		Munster/Connacht- Local History from the Counties of Limeric/Kerry/Sligo 15 Titles		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
102		Cork International Exhibition and South of Ireland Souvenir.		1922	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
103	John Banville, Eoin Colfer, Billy Roche and Colm Toibin.	WexFour -	Dublin, Ireland,	2014	EUR 160.00 - 180.00	Unknown
104		Passage East ([Kennedy (John F.)] – Padraic Fallon, Reprinted from the Irish Times, 25th November 1963. 'Passage East,'		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
105		POSTCARDS: An Fantastic Album of Vintage Black ad White and Some Colour irish Postcards		N/A	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
106		Sark etc. - An Album of Early Travel Photographs of Sark Island, Guernsey, Holyhead etc. c.80;		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
107		From the Library of T J Hurley: 150 Black & White Photographs of family and friends of this well known individual.		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
108		1903 Programme of Tours, Rail, Coach & Hotel- Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford, from May to October. Showing details oh 'Delightful Day Trips' and overnight excursions.		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
109	William Bedell	Leabhuir an tSean Tiomna –	Dublin,	1827	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
110	ed De Brun, O Riain and O Coilean,	Folia Gadelica, essays presented to RA Breatnach,	Cork	1983	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
111		Two Kerry Classics: Fiche Blian ag Fas (Muiris O Suileabhain, 1933 – reprint from first year of publication); …		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
111A		Aeriocht Na Feise	Baile Atha Cliath,	circa 1920	EUR 40.00 - 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.