Purcell Auctioneers: The W. B. Yeats Sale - The Libraries Of The Late Prof. Warwick Gould & His Wife Deirdre Toomey, both prominent Yeats scholars along with important works from select clients., 91626, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 16, 2026 - September 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | Cleland Jonathan | Fanny Hill |
1963 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 320 | Andersen Hans Christian | Fairy Tales |
1931 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 321 | Synge J M | Four Plays; Two Plays; The Aran Islands; In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara |
Dublin | 1911 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 322 | Synge J M | 9 Books, including: Deirdre of the Sorrows |
1911; 1912 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 323 | Joyce James | FINNEGANS WAKE |
1943 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 324 | Ellmam Richard; Sandulescu C George | 9 Books, including: Oscar Wilde at Oxford |
Washington; Monaco | 1984; 1993 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 325 | Pound Ezra | 8 Books, including: Patria Mia |
1950 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 326 | Somerville E; Ross Martin | All on the Irish Shore; In Mr Knox's Country |
London; New York | 1903; 1925 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 327 | Dickens Charles | The Uncommercial Traveller |
London | 1861 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 328 | Dickens Charles | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
London | 1870 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 329 | Wilde Oscar | Sebastian Melmoth |
London | 1905 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 330 | Stephens James | 7 Books, including: Insurrection |
1917; 1961 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 331 | O'Leary Margaret | LIGHTNING FLASH |
London | 1939 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 332 | MacManus D A; Belloc Hilaire; Mangan James Clarence; O'Byrne Dermot | The Middle Kingdom; The Emerald; Poems of James Clarence Mangan; Wrack and Other Stories |
London | 1959; 1926; 1922; 1918 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 333 | Barlow Jane | 5 Books, including: Irish Idylls |
1894; 1897; 1901 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 334 | Dudgeon Jeffrey; Murray Paul; Murray Christopher | 9 Books, including: Roger Casement The Black Diaries |
2002; 2004 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 335 | Lepper John Heron; Crossle Philip | History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland |
Dublin | 1925 | EUR 240.00 - 280.00 | Unknown |
| 336 | 11 Books, including: Gods and Heroes of the Celts |
Dublin | 1932 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 337 | Wagner W; Macdowall M W; Anson W S; Graves Alfred Percival | Asgard And The Gods; The Irish Fairy Book |
London | 1894 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 338 | Yeats William Butler | 17 Items, including: The Living Age |
1898; 1936; 1965 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 339 | O'Connor Eileen | Irish Lace Making |
Leicester | 1973 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 340 | Dickens Charles | Bleak House |
London | 1853 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 341 | Collis Maurice; Eagar F J | Map of part of the estate of Rev. Bartholomew O' Connor |
Dublin | c1840's | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 342 | Congested Districts Board For Ireland: Shantallow, County Galway |
1916 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | ||
| 343 | Birr, County Offaly |
c1840's | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
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Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Fine restoration binding in the style of the Queen’s binders.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Magnus Hundt, the elder. First edition of one of the earliest printed books with anatomical illustrations.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. First edition.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. First edition, presentation copy.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Geneva-Tomson-Junius. London: Robert Barker, [colophon 1612]/1611. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000. -
Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000.