Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026
Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
500 Samuel Pufendorf,

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGDOMS AND STATES OF EUROPE --

London 1697 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
501

Exploring The History and Heritage of Irish Landscapes -- Patrick J Duffy. Irish Ghosts -- Peter Underwood. Magical Tales -- R.J. Stewart. Advanced magical arts --...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
502 P.W. Joyce,

Ballads of Irish Chivalry

circa 1900 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
503

The Dolmen Press. A Celebration.

Dublin.: 2001 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
504 James Morrissey

Hot Whiskey

Tralee 1989 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
505 Brown, V.R.Balfour.

The Stalking Letters and Sketches (limited edition)

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
506 Kazuo Ishiguro

The Unconsoled, published

UK 1995 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
507

Anglo-Irish Coins John-Edward II lovely copy in dj; Shipwrecks mapped in Irish Waters; The Irish famine a documentary history; Photography in Ireland...

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 43.75
508 Francis Plowden

Irish Interest: The History of Ireland from its Union with Great Britain Vol 1-2.

1811 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
509 Janet Sinclair,

(Vintage Children's) The Patchworth Quilt --

1917 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
510

Journals: The Journal of tge Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

1905-2000 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
511

Journal: North Munster Antiquarian Journal:

1969 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 56.25
512

Journals: Irish Georgian Society;

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
513

The Irish Bee Keeper - An Deacaire , a collection of issues dating from the 1940s and 1950s (18)

1940s and 1950s EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 56.25
514 GEOFF GRANDFIELD

Graham Greene: The Great Novels - Brighton Rock ; The Power and the Glory ; The Heart of the Matter ; The End of the Affair ; The Quiet American ; A Burnt Out Case (Six Volume Set) ILLUSTRATED

London 1997 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
515 Carroll, Lewis

Folio Society: Through the Looking-Glass & Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Two volumes)

1993 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
516 translated byCarroll, Lewis Arthur Golding, edited by Madeline Forey

Folio Society edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses: Ovid- Metamorphoses,

EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 175.00
517 Louis MacNiece

Louis MacNiece: Wonderful collection of titles, many of which are 1st Editions (15)

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.00
518

(Nine signed First Editions, First Prints) Michael Cox - The Meaning of the Night. Signed and numbered limited edition. Rebecca Levene - Smiler's Fair: Book 1 of the Hollow Gods. ...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
519 Arthur Machen -

The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen,

1923 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
520

Irish Interest ALL SIGNED: The Ulick O'Connor Dieries 1970-1981

2001 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
521 Vicaire, Georges;

Manuel de l'Amateur de Livres du XIXe siecles (1801-1893).

EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
522 John Leech:

The Folio Society: R S Surtees with colour plates

1951 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 93.75
523 Timothy O'Neill,

Life and Tradition in Rural Ireland --

1977 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
524 Kim McCone.

Pagan Past and Christian Present

1990 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000