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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
301 J.R.R.Tolkien -

Smith of Wootton Major,

London 1967 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 200.00
302 Michael Wm. Selby Bruce

Songs from the Saddle: A Collection of Rhymes and Songs

Dublin 1917 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 112.50
303 Mr. John Levy, Barrister,

Important and admirable pamphlet consisting of a series of letters to the Irish Times,

Dublin, 1867 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
304 James Joyce -

POMES PENYEACH, Published

Paris 1927 EUR 120.00 - 240.00 EUR 187.50
305 Lord Byron --

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. A Satire,

1809 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 37.50
306 Julius Vindex -

Antidotes to cure the catholicophobia and ienephobia: efficacious to eradicate the horrors against Catholics and Irishmen, early instilled prejudices,

Dublin 1804 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 250.00
307

Dublin and South Eastern Railway Pocket Time Table. October 1917 and until further notice.

1917 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
308 Seamus Heaney.

Seamus Heaney. Illustrated photograph of "The Tollund Man". 1994 with letter from Seamus Heaney on reverse

1994 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
309

Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann- Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Ennis May 1956, Souvenir Programme; Ceol- A Journal of Irish Music, April 1968; Welsh Rugby Union, Wales V Ireland Match Programme April 1987 (3)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
310 Seumas O'Sullivan.

[Harry Clarke] Editor's Choice. Little Anthology of Poems Selected from Dublin Magazine

1944 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
311 Darrell Figgis

The Gaelic State in the Past & Future.

1917 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
312 Thomas MacDonagh.

Pagans: A Modern Play in two Conversations

Dublin, 1920 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
313 Darrell M. Figgis.

A Short Plot - A Sidelight on Political Expediency

1918 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
314 Rev. Richard S. Devane S. J.

The Imported Press a National Menace -- some Remedies

1950 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
315 Caitia ni Chormaic,

[Early Candles Press]. Here Beginneth the Wisdom of the World: a Book of Wonder Tales told by An Philibin illustrated

1919 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 125.00
316

The book of constitutions comprising the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland, To which are appended the old charges, prayers and forms to be used in lodges, and the book of clothing and insignia. Published by aut

Dublin, 1910 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
317

1798 Rebellion: The History of the Irish Rebellion in the year 1798 ...

1808 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 325.00
318 Thomas Lacy

Assorted Bundle (7) of Irish interest books: Home Sketches on Both Sides of the Channel

1852 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 175.00
319 Rev. James Gordon,

1798 Rebellion: History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the year 1798 containing an impartial account of the proceedings of the Irish revolutionists, from the year 1782 till the suppression of the Rebellion.

Dublin 1801 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 425.00
320 Charles Hamilton Teeling,

1798 Rebellion: History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 -- A Personal Narrative

n.d. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
321 Sir Richard Musgrave,

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the arrival of the English

Dublin 1801 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 175.00
322 Edmund Borlase,

The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion Traced from many Preceding Acts to the Grand Eruptions the 23 of October 1641 and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement MDCLXII [1662].

London 1680 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 237.50
323 Francis Plowden

An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, 3 vols.

1803 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
324 Eugene O'Curry

Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols

1873 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
325 Richard Blackmore

Association Copy. Prince Arthur -- An Heroic Poem in Ten Books

1696 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 EUR 200.00
  • 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