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
450 Lord Dunsany.

The Year.

1946 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
451 Lord Dunsany.

The Sirens Wake

1940 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
452 Boland, Eavan,

In Her Own Image,

1980 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
453 Barry, Sebastian;

Time out of Mind and Strappado Square.

1983 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
454 Yeats, W. B.

Sories Of Red Hanrahan And The Secret Rose.

1927 EUR 80.00 - 180.00 EUR 200.00
455 Yeats, W. B..

The Winding Stair and Other Poems.

101 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 775.00
456 Yeats, W. B..

The Tower.

New York - 1928 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 93.75
457 Yeats, W. B..

The Cutting of an Agate.

London: 1919 EUR 180.00 - 280.00 EUR 525.00
458 Adams, Douglas.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

1979 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 225.00
459 Danny Sugerman -

WONDERLAND AVENUE, Tales of Glamour and Excess,

London 1989 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
460 Dennis Wheatley -

The Prisoner in the Mask,

London 1947 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
461 Bayley, D. and Furze-Morrish,

The Birth of a Nation and its Destiny -

London, United Kingdom 1932 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
462

Irish Authors: Collected Poems

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
463 John McGahern

The Pornographer

1979 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 62.50
464 McGahern, John

The Dark

New York 1966 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 112.50
465

Irirh Authors ALL SIGNED: SongDogs

1995 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
466 John McGahern:

John McGahern: A wonderful collection of titles some of which are First Editions, such as The Pornographer; Getting Through; Memoir and others

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 162.50
467

The Catholic Scout Volume 2 March 1938 - February 1934.

Dublin 1934 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 400.00
468

A Byron Library A Catalogue of Printed Books Manuscripts and Autograph Letters - George Gordon Noel, Baron Byron, Thomas James Wise, Ethel Colburn Mayne (introduction),

London 1928 EUR 100.00 - 140.00 EUR 137.50
469

ALL SIGNED Titles: Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010; The Factory Facts Luc Sante 1998; Two Moons Jennifer Johnston 1998 plus 6 others (9)6 HB

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
470

Chamber's Memoranda for 1899, containing handwritten entries from a unnamed Irish Civil Servant, possibly attached to the department of Agriculture/Finance.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
471 Monk Gibbon

Monk Gibbon: Seventeen Sonnets.

London 1932 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 62.50
472 P.J.McCall -

Selected Ballads and Poems,

Wexford 1955 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
473

The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton - The Hakluyt Society other travel and early English texts (13)

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 93.75
474 Sir R. F. Burton.)

Rare Erotica) The Perfumed Garden, For the soul's Delectation, Translated from the Arabic of THE SHAYKH NAFZAWI (XV Saec.). The First of Three Volumes. "This is no baby's book."

PARIS and BENARES, 1907 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 106.25
  • 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