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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505 | Thomas Sheridan | A Course of Lectures on Elocution: Together with Two Dissertations on Language: and Some Other Tracts Relative to Those Subjects |
1798 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 506 | Charles Lindbergh; J. Lecornu | ‘we’ by Charles Lindbergh. Famous Flier’s own story of his Life and Transatlantic Flight, with his Views on the Future of Aviation; Les Cerfs-Volants |
New York; Marseille | 1927; 1902 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 237.50 |
| 507 | Richard Chenevix Trench | Gustavus Adolphus Social Aspects of the Thirty Years' War |
1865 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 508 | Baron Rogniat | Considerations sur L’Art de la Guerre |
Parsi | 1816 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 509 | N Books, including: The Stuart Papers |
London | 1847; 1872 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 510 | The Journal of the Stated Preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse, in the City of New-York, for the Year of Our Lord 1811 |
New York | 1812 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 511 | Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries |
Dublin | 1796 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 512 | J Roderick O'Flanagan | Impressions At Home and Abroad or A Year of Real Life |
London | 1837 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 237.50 |
| 513 | Rev James O'Haire | Recollections of Twelve Years’ Residence...in the Western District of the Cape of Good Hope |
Dublin | 1877 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 514 | B Disraeli | Coningsby or, the New Generation |
London | 1844 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 515 | Raphael (Robert Cross Smith) | The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; or, the Master Key of Futurity and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy |
London | 1825 | GBP 100.00 - 180.00 | GBP 212.50 |
| 516 | Sir Archibald Alison | Alison's History of Europe: from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 |
Edinburgh; London | 1853 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 517 | V T H & D R Delany; Ruth Dealny; Ruth Delany | N Books, including: The Canals of the South of Ireland |
1966; 1987; 2008 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 518 | Edward McLysaght; Patrick Shaffrey | N Books, including: Irish Families |
1957; 1989; 1975 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 519 | Pauline Bewick; Anne Crookshank; Paula Murphy; Adrian Le Harivel | N Books, including: Pauline Bewick- The South Seas & A Box of Paints |
Dublin | N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 520 | N Books, including: Undiscovered Ireland- The Third Largest Island in Europe |
2013; 1998 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 521 | David Carrier | David Carrier - Sean Scully; Sean Scully - Glorious Dust; Sean Scully – HOME |
2004; 2007; 2015 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 137.50 | |
| 522 | The Knight of Glin; James Peill; Robert O'Byrne; Anne Crookshank; The Knight of Glin | N Books, including: Irish Furniture |
2007; 2008; 1978 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 237.50 | |
| 523 | Louis Le Brocquy; Dorothy Walker; John Russell; Knuttel; John Behan; Richard Gorman; Anne madden; T. P. Flanagan; Bernadette Kiely; Bernadette Kiely; Cecily Brennan; Gary Long; GEMMELL; Barbara Warren | N Books, including: Louis Le Brocquy – Dorothy Walker & John Russell |
1981; 1971 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 93.75 | |
| 524 | Colin Breen; Mark Bence-Jones; Jeremy Williams | N Books, including: Dunluce Castle- History and Archaeology |
2012; 1996; 1994 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 525 | Louis le Brocquy; Dorothy Walker; John Russell; Anne Crookshank; the Knight of Glin; Bruce Arnold | Irish Coffee Table Art Books: Louis le Brocquy by Dorothy Walker with an introduction by John Russell, 1981; Ireland's Painters 1600-1940 by Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin, 2002; Jack B Yeats by Bruce Arnold, 1998 plus 4 others |
1981; 2002; 1998 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 526 | J.Langtry-Lynas | Psychological Satyr or The Hounds of Hell |
London | 1928 | GBP 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 527 | Daithi O hOgain; Randal MacDonnell | Coffee Table Books: Historic Ireland- 5000 Years of Ireland's Heritage by Daithi O hOgain, 2001; The Lost Houses of Ireland- a chronicle of great houses and the families who lived there by Randal MacDonnell plus 3 others |
2001 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 528 | Michael Swift; Jacinta Prunty; H.B. Clarke; Liam Kennedy; Paul S. Ell; E.M. Crawford; L.A. Clarkson; John Andrews | N Books, including: Historical Maps of Ireland |
Dublin, Ireland | 1999; 2011; 1999; 1961; 1936; 1962 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 529 | Robert O’Byrne; Turtle Bunbury; Turtle Bunbury; Michelle P. Brown; Joseph McArdle; Peter Zoller | N Books, including: The Great Georgian Society, A Celebration |
2008; 2015; 2014; 2007; 1997 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 62.50 |
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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 -
