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
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | 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 | Total Sales (GBP) | 48,543.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 27,820.00 |
| Sale Number | #51326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 45,541.00 |
| Total Lots | 556 | ||
| Sold Lots | 422.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 36,940.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.90% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 59,671.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 134 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.35% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Poor Law Commissioner's Report 1847 |
1847 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 2,750.00 | |
| 497 | Sylvanus Morgan | Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 687.50 |
| 352 | Small autograph book with numerous signatures and personalised messages |
1934 | GBP 100.00 - 180.00 | GBP 600.00 | |
| 488 | James Dawson | Canal Extensions in Ireland recommended to the Imperial Legislature as the Best Means of Promoting The Agriculture- Draining the Bogs - and Employing the Poor of Ireland |
1819 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 550.00 |
| 106 | John Mathews | N Books, including: Drogheda Board of Guardians Election pamphlet |
1925 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 475.00 |
| 56 | Thomas Osborn Springfield | Handwritten diary for the year 1881 |
1881 | GBP 180.00 - 200.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 168 | Wm Wenman Seward | Topographica Hibernica or The Topography of Ireland, ancient and modern, giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom |
1795 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 499 | Victor Bouton | Nouveau Traite de Blason ou Science des Armoiries |
1863 | GBP 80.00 - 140.00 | GBP 450.00 |
| 350 | W H Lizars | New Road Map of Ireland with all the Lines of Railway, Canals &c c. 1842 |
c. 1842 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | GBP 425.00 |
| 425 | W B Yeats | The Wild Swans at Coole |
1919 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 412.50 |
| 430 | Seamus Heaney | The Riverbank Field |
2007 | GBP 350.00 - 450.00 | GBP 400.00 |
| 309 | Michael Hartnett | The Hag of Beare a Rendition of Old Irish |
1969 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 459 | John Keegan; J. Canon O'hanlon; D. J. O’Donoghue | Legends and Poems by John Keegan |
1907 | GBP 300.00 - 360.00 | GBP 375.00 |
| 416 | Jacob Poole; William Barnes | A Glossary With Some Pieces Of Verse Of The Old Dialect Of The English Colony In The Forth And Bargy County Of Wexford Ireland Formerly Collected By Jacob Poole |
1867 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 350.00 |
| 160 | Eamon De Valera | Bunreacht na hEireann. [constitution of Ireland] |
1937 | GBP 80.00 - 140.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 271 | Bernard Scale | Map of County of Dublin |
1798 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 357 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
1979 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 374 | John Broderick | The Fugitives |
1962 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 310 | Lands of Annabeg |
1826 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | GBP 312.50 | |
| 426 | William Butler Yeats | Selected Poems |
N/A | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | GBP 312.50 |
| 77 | Allen and Townsend | Catalogue of contents of Shelton Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow |
1950 | GBP 250.00 - 400.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 237 | Thomas Lacy | Sights and Scenes of Our Fatherland |
1863 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 377 | Ernest Hemingway | THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA |
1952 | GBP 280.00 - 320.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 464 | Joseph Mary Plunkett; H. Neville Roberts; Peter Fallon; Maurice Wilkins | The Circle and the Sword; sonnets sombre but serene; A Garland for Robert McGlynn; The Seeker |
1911; 1963; 1984; 1960 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 300.00 |
| 482 | Charles Darwin | The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs |
1874 | GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | GBP 300.00 |
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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
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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 -
