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
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425 | (Eavan Boland, & Related) In a Time of Violence, |
1994 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 426 | Colum McCann: Letters to a Young Writer |
2017 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 427 | Rockwell Kent | Rockwell Kent -- a Birthday Book |
New York | 1931 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 428 | John Moriarty - | TURTLE WAS GONE A LONG TIME: Volumes I, II and III, published |
1996 -1998 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 429 | J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. | The Cuckoo's Calling, |
2013 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 430 | Eavan Boland | (Eavan Boland, Translations of her poems) The poet's own copies, with three inscribed to her from the translators; Italian, French and Arabic |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 431 | Synge, J. M. Sultan, Stanley ed. | The Playboy of the Western World. |
1970 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 432 | Jonathan Swift | Stella's Birth-Days |
EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 433 | Missale Momanum. Mechlinae. |
EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 | |||
| 434 | William Hogarth Rev John Trusler), | The Works of William Hogarth; in a Series of Engravings with Descriptions and a Comment on their Moral Tendency - |
1833 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 435 | A catalogue of the Bradshaw collection of Irish books in the University library, Cambridge together with five other volumes of Irish Bibliography |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 436 | Salman Rushdie -- Haroun and the Sea of Stories, published 1990. Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns, published 2007.Walter Mosley -- Devil in a Blue Dress, published 1990. ... |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 437 | S. Rosamund Praeger. | How They Went to School. |
c.1918 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 438 | S. Rosamund Praeger. | How They Came Home From School. |
1911 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 439 | Gerrit van Gelderen, | Irish Wildlife. The original illustrations and page layouts for the book to accompany a promotion for Jacobs biscuits from the early 1970s |
early 1970s | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 440 | John Huston. | An Open Book. |
1980 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 441 | Richard Murphy. and Richard Murphy. | Sailing To An Island. and The Battles of Aughrim. |
1963 and | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 442 | Oscar Wilde. | The Happy Prince and Other Tales.. |
1910 | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 443 | Oscar Wilde. | Oscar Wilde. Poems Oscar Wilde with The Ballad of Reading Gaol. |
1916 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 444 | Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake. | Boy. |
1985 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 475.00 | |
| 445 | W. B. Yeats. | The Tower. |
1928 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 446 | W. B. Yeats. | Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. |
1883 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 447 | Patrick Kavanagh. | A Soul for Sale - Poems. |
1947 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 448 | Patrick Kavanagh | Lough Derg - A Poem. |
1978 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 449 | Anne Madden. | Louis Le Brocquy - A Painter Seeing his Way. |
1994 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 125.00 |
