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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.

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Auction Name	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.	Total Sales (EUR)	50,631.25
Auction Date	February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,475.00
Sale Number	#21826	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	56,793.00
Total Lots	584
Sold Lots	508.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	42,465.00
% of Lots Sold	86.99%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	68,493.00
Unsold Lots	76	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	73.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
290	Leonard Griffith Brammer (British, 20th century),	Four Etchings - Burslem; A Street Scene, Five Towns; The Sytel, Burslem; and The Factory On The Hill	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,187.50
89		Bray County Wicklow: An extensive collection of Bray post cards from very early 20th century on wards, showing the notable landmarks of the time	early 20th century	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
483	James McConnell	A large beautiful Oblong folio dedicated album to Assheton Biddulph and his wife dated 23rd June, 1898 designed and illuminated by James McConnell, 41 Lower Sackville St., Dublin	23rd June, 1898	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 937.50
187	Alan Garner	The Owl Service	1967	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 875.00
30		St Kiernans College Kilkenny: Manuscript Book	1782-1936	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
251	Seamus Heaney	Tollund	1994	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 650.00
223	John Banville	John Banville -- NIGHTSPAWN	N/A	EUR 300.00 - 380.00	EUR 625.00
289	Leonard Beaumont	The Cooperage , and an Engraving To Malcolm C Salaman, signed; and another titled The Vathedral at Funchal, Madeira	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 600.00
7	Townsend Rev Horatio	Statistical Survey of the County of Cork	1810	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 425.00
252	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; After Summer	1978	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 425.00
458		An Oblong folio volume with morocco label Sketches in Ireland 1840	1840	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 400.00
578		Good Irish collection. Temple Lane novels, some in djs, circa 70 books, mostly hardback	N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 400.00
331		16 page brochure re Sale of Cregg House, Carrick-On-Suir County Tipperary, including 540 acres and Demesne in various lots on the 7th December 1920 and the following day	7th December 1920	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 375.00
548	Kohl, J. G.	Travels in Ireland, 1844	1844	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00
282		Pacata Hibernia. History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Taken from the Original Chronicles	1820	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 350.00
371		T K Whitaker: Programme for Economic Devolopment	1958-11-01	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 350.00
453		The Sporting Magazine	1839	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 350.00
508	J. Sterling Coyne & M. Willis	The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland	C. 1835	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
93	Peadar Livingstone	The Monaghan Story. A Documented History of the County Monaghan from earliest times to 1976	1980	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 325.00
250	Seamus Heaney	An Open Letter	1983	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 325.00
361	Eavan Boland	AUTUMN ESSAY	1963	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 325.00
514	Sir Bernard Burke	Royal Descents and Pedigrees of Founders Kin	1858	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 325.00
537		The Post Chaise Companion: Or, Traveller's Directory through Ireland	1786	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 325.00
574		Lloyd's natural history: A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera - Complete in 5 Volumes	1896	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 325.00
178		Calendar of Papal Registers	1896 and 1960	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 300.00

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.