Purcell Auctioneers: Book Auction of c. 580 Lots to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from Three Private Libraries, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA etc, 51326, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | Frank Gallagher; Mitchell; O’Snodaigh; Padraic H. Pearse; F. X. Martin; Corish | Days of Fear; Irish political Documents 1916-1949; The Works of Padraic H. Pearse. St. Enda’s and its Founder; The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915; Radical, Rebels and Establishments |
1928 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 151 | Brendan Jennings; Dickson | The Four Masters. Michael O’Cleirigh and his Associates; The Life of Michael O’Dwyer with some account of his companions; In the Days of Owen Roe. Great Catholic Rebellio |
1936; 1944 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 152 | Ewan Butler; Kieran Sheedy; Laurence J. Kettle; Desmond Murphy | Barry’s Flying Column; Upon the Mercy of Government; Material for Victory. The Memoirs of Andrew J. Kettle; With the I.R.A. in the fight for freedom 1919 to the future; Derry, Donegal and Modern Ulster 1790 – 1921 |
1971; 1988; 1958; 1950; 1981 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 153 | Robert Mitchell Henry; I.O. | The Evolution of Sinn Fein; The Administration of Ireland 1920; Official Report. Debate on the Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, 1921 plus 2 others |
undated; undated; 1921 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 87.50 | |
| 154 | Rev Patrick S. Deneen; Rev Patrick S. Deneen; James Carney; Padraig O Riain; Rev. P. Power | Focloir Gaedhilge agus Bearla; A Smaller Irish-English Dictionary for the use of Schools; The Poems of Blathmac Son of Cu Breyyan together with The Irish Gospel of Thomas and A Poem on the Virgin Mary; Beatha Bharra, Saint Finbarr of Cork; Life of St. Dec |
1927; 1917 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 155 | Lamhleabhar, Druille Coise – Gach Armsheag |
1956 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 156 | Terence O'Hanlon | An Brannar; An Sioladoir; The Minstrel of Erinn; Inis Fail |
1919; 1919; 1919; 1920; 1920; 1925; 1925; 1925; 1925; 1920; 1930; 1928; 1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 150.00 | |
| 157 | L. Mc Cionnaith | Focloir Bearla/Gaeilge |
1935 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 158 | Padraic O Conaire; Maurice O'Sullivan; Mairtin O Direain; Liam Inglis; Seamus O hEochadha; Donnchadh O Liathain | Bairbre Ruad. Drama Ein-gnioma; Fiche Bliain Ag Fas; O MORNA AGUS DANTA EILE; Irish Writing, Gaelic Writers Special Issue; Cois na Bride; You may revive the Irish Language; Sceulta Mhicil Ui Mhuirgheasa ó'n Rinn; Abair Amran; Tomas O Flannghaile; Toruidh |
Beal Feirste | 1929; 1957; 1956; 1937; 1923; 1954; 1940; 1939 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 159 | Daithi O’hOgain; Daithi O’hOgain | The Hero in Irish Folklore; Bealoideas 2011; An File. Filiochta sa Traidisiun Gaelach le Daithi O’hOgain |
1985; 2011; c. 1970 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 160 | Eamon De Valera | Bunreacht na hEireann. [constitution of Ireland] |
1937 | GBP 80.00 - 140.00 | GBP 325.00 | |
| 161 | Douglas Hyde | Abrain Grada Cuige Connact; Michael Doyle - The Insurgent Captain of the Wicklow Mountains |
1931 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 162 | Douglas Hyde | Leabhar Sgeulaigeachta |
1889 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 163 | Tomas O Criomhthain; Colm O Labhra; Eoghan O Tuairisv; Douglac Hyde | N Books, including: AntOileanach |
1973; 1955; 1964; 1903; 1859 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 164 | Michael Hartnett; Mairtin O Direain; Sean O Curraoin; Louis De Paor; Cathal O Searcaigh; Michal Ozim; Gabriel Rosenstock; Micheal O Siadhail | N Books, including: O BRUADAIR |
1985; 1992; 1985; 1992; 2005; 1991; 1983; 1980; 1978 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 165 | Maire; Una Ni Mhaoileoin; Brian O Cuiv; Miceal O Maolain; Rev. M. Sheehan; Padraic Mac Piarais; Liam O’Flaithearta | N Books, including: Cioth is Dealan |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 166 | Donncha O Sulleabhain; Fionn Mac Chmhaill; Mairtin O Cadhain; Cyril O Ceirin; Eibhlin Bean Mhic Choisdealbha; Tomas O Cinneide; Nollaig Mac Congail; Art Mac Gregoir; Padraic Mac Piarais | N Books, including: Na Timiri |
1990; 1997; 1969; 1973; 1990; 1938; 1936; 1952 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 167 | Douglas Hyde | An Sgeuluidhe Gaedhealach. Sgealtsa as Connachta; Abhrain ata leagtha ar an Reachtuire or Songs ascribed to Raftery; Mise agus an Connradh |
Beal Atha Cliath | 1931; 1903; 1931 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 168 | Wm Wenman Seward | Topographica Hibernica or The Topography of Ireland, ancient and modern, giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom |
Dublin | 1795 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 169 | Eugene O’Curry | Lectures on The Ancient Irish Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History |
Dublin | 1861 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 93.75 |
| 170 | A Concise View of the Origin, Constitution and Proceedings of the Honourable Society of the Govenor of London of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the realm of Ireland, commonly called The Irish Society |
1842 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 171 | Antonia McManus; S J Connolly; R J Dickson; Patricj M Geoghegan; F S L Lyons | N Books, including: The Irish Hedge School and its Books 1695-1831 |
2002; 1992; 1966; 2002; 1890-1910 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 172 | Keogh & McCarthy | The Making of the Irish Constitution 1937 |
2007 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 100.00 | |
| 173 | Robert Lloyd Praeger; Sharon Gmelch; Pat Langan; George Gmelch | The Way That I Went- An Irishman in Ireland; Tinkers and Travellers |
1937; 1976 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 174 | Eugene O’Curry | Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish |
1873 | GBP 120.00 - 160.00 | GBP 250.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000