Purcell Auctioneers: Book Auction of c. 580 Lots to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from Three Private Libraries, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA etc, 51326, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Bernard Scale | Map of Ireland |
London | 1798 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 |
| 301 | 6 Maps, including: Killaloe County Clare |
1898; 1922; 1839, printed 1970; 1916; 1916; 185, reprinted 1971 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 302 | Irish National Committee for Geography | Atlas of Ireland |
1979 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 303 | Jim Fitzpatrick | The Art of Jim Fitzpatrick; Poster of Boann bru Na Boinne |
Dublin, Ireland | 1981 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 162.50 |
| 304 | Ennis Agricultural Society's Annual Show |
1936 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 150.00 | ||
| 305 | T Watson | Outline Charts of general history |
Birmingham | c. mid 19th Century | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 306 | Jill Freedman | Fleadh Cheoil Listowel 1981 |
1981 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 307 | Mael Coll Rua | A Word of Revenge |
1992 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 106.25 | |
| 308 | Catalogue of Preparations |
c.18th century | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 62.50 | ||
| 309 | Michael Hartnett | The Hag of Beare a Rendition of Old Irish |
1969 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 375.00 | |
| 310 | Lands of Annabeg |
1826 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | GBP 312.50 | ||
| 311 | Letter from Limerick to Douglas Corrigan |
1938 | GBP 120.00 - 140.00 | GBP 200.00 | ||
| 312 | Vladko Maček; Ilija Jukić | Hand signed personal card; Letter confirmation from Ilija Jukić |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 313 | Kilbarrack |
1974 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 250.00 | ||
| 314 | An Pilibin; Caitia Ni Chormaic; Colm O'Lochlainn | The Wisdom of the World: A Book of Wonder Tales |
1919 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 87.50 | |
| 315 | 6 Catalogues, including: Catalogue of Books Relating to Ireland |
1921; 1933 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 125.00 | ||
| 316 | An Address from the Independent Freeholders of the Province of Munster to Sir Richard Cox, Baronet |
Dublin | 1754 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 317 | Roy Thomas; Gil Kane | Conan the Barbarian #23 |
1973 | GBP 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | |
| 318 | Bob Oksner; Tony DeZuniga | Adventure Comics #428 |
1973 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 319 | Chris Claremont; John Buscema | Wolverine #1 |
1988 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 320 | Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; Dan Adkins | Marvel Premiere #1 |
1972 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 321 | Larry Hama; Dan Slott; Greg Luzniak; Scott Koblish | Venom: Sinner Takes All #3, The Bride of Venom |
Oct 10, 1995 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | N Books, including: Sub-Mariner #12 |
1969; 1968 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 323 | Steve Englehart; Herb Trimpe; Len Wein | N Books, including: Incredible Hulk #162 |
April 1973; January 1975 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 324 | N Books, including: Vintage Comics |
1976; 1975; 1977 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 |
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
