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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | William Trevor; Seamus Murphy; Chester G Anderson; Peter Somerville-Large; O B Duane; Seamus Heaney | Felicia's Journey; Stone Mad; James Joyce and his world; 1854-2004 The Story of thr National Gallery; Yeats Romantic Visonary; Soundings '72 |
1994; 1966; 1967; 2004; 1998; 1972 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 428 | Seamus Heaney | Sweeney Astray; Sweeney's flight |
London | 1983; 1992 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 275.00 |
| 429 | Seamus Heaney | From The Republic of Conscience; District and Circle; Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978; Human Chain; The Spirit Level; Seeing Things |
1985; 2006; 1980; 1996; 1991 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 430 | Seamus Heaney | The Riverbank Field |
2007 | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 400.00 | |
| 431 | Seamus Heaney; Thomas C Foster | The Spirit Level; Poems: Volume One; Poems: 4 Vol Boxed Set; Seamus Heaney |
1996; 1995; 1989 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 432 | Seamus Heaney; Thomas C Foster; Rand Brandes; Michael J Durkan | Finders Keepers; Seamus Heaney; Seamus Heaney- A Bibliography 1959-2003 |
2002; 2008 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 433 | Seamus Heaney | A Lough Neagh Sequence |
1969 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 434 | Seamus Heaney | N Books, including: The Government of the Tongue |
1988; 1991; 1996; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2004; 2006; 2010 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 212.50 | |
| 435 | Seamus Heaney | District and Circle; The Redress of Poetry; Electric Light; Selected poems, 1965-1975; New Selected Poems 1966-1987 |
2006; 1995; 2001; 1980; 1990 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 437 | Benedict Kiely | Counties of Contention; All The Way to Bantry Bay and other Irish Journeys; The Waves Behind Us; Drink to the Bird; Proxopera |
1945; 1999; 1991; 1987 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 438 | Sebastian Barry; Donal Ryan; James Ryan; Edna O'Brien | The Secret Scripture; The Spinning Heart; Home From England; Country Girl |
2008; 2013; 1995; 2012 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 439 | Enda O'Brien; Gus Smith; Des Hickey; Jennifer Johnston; Julie Parsons | Night; John B; How Many Miles to Babylon; Mary, Mary |
1972; 2002; 1974 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 440 | George Davis | What I Know about Foreign Securities |
New York, USA | 1957 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 62.50 |
| 441 | Myles Na Gopaleen (Brian O'NOLAN); Flann O’Brien | An Beal Boct; At Swim Two Birds |
Dublin, Ireland | 1942; 1960 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 442 | Andrew Donlevy; Rev Father Colmcille; Father Paul Mary; Michael Walsh; Dom Bede Camm; D.O. Hunter Blair; G.F. Hill; Thomas Burke | N Books, including: The Catechism, or Christian doctrine by way of question and answer |
1848; 1958; 1959; 1955; 1929; 1915 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 443 | L. Frank Baum | The New Wizard of Oz |
Indianapolis | 1903 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 |
| 444 | Michael D Higgins; Conor O'Callaghan; Neville Keery | Poetry: A collection of Booklets/Pamphlets |
1993; 1990; 2003; 2007 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 446 | F R Higgins | F R Higgins: The Dark Breed; Island Blood; The Gap of Brightness |
1927; 1925; 1940 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 447 | John M Synge; Sean Brophy; Thomas MacDonagh; Ternce Gray; John O' Donoghue | Irish Interest: Plays; Turning Points; Poems; Cuchulainn; In A Quiet Land |
1922; 2013; 1917; 1925; 1957 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 448 | James Clarence Mangan; Padraic O’Conaire; Padraig Colum | The Poets and Poetry of Munster; Field and Fair; Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan; The King of Ireland's Son |
circa 1870; 1897; 1930 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 449 | Kahlil Gibran | The Madman His Parables and Poems |
London, United Kingdom | 1919 | GBP 380.00 - 420.00 | Not Sold |
| 450 | Desmond Egan; Derek Mahon; Paul Durcan | Poetry: Posie Scelte; Selected Poems; The Art of Life |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 451 | Timothy Wharton; Nina Salaman; James Stephens; Thomas McGreevy; Robert Herring | The Coloured Kingdom; Songs of Many Days; Insurrections; T.S. Eliot; The Impecunious Captain |
1940; 1923; 1909; 1931; 1944 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 452 | Ernest Dowson; Arthur Symons; Aubrey Beardsley; William Rothenstein | The Poems of Ernest Dowson |
London | N/A | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 56.25 |
| 453 | Desmond O'Grady; Louis Le Brrocquy | The Gododdin |
1977 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 62.50 |
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