Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Irish Histories, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, County & Parsh Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest, Classic Marvel Comics etc., 21826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
251	Seamus Heaney	Tollund		1994	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 650.00
252	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; After Summer	Engelland	1978	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 425.00
253	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; Electric Light		2001	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
254	Brandes and Durcan	Seamus Heaney. A Bibliography 1959-2003		2008	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
255	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; Diary of one who Vanished		1999	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
256	Seamus Heaney	Stepping Stones. Interviews with Seamus Heaney		2009	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
257	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; The Burial at Thebes		2004-03-01	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
258	Seamus Heaney	Seamus Heaney; Slack, A poem specially commissioned for the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts October 2009		2009	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
259	Derek Mahon	Derek Mahon; The Hudson Letter		1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
260	Michael Hartnett	Michael Hartnett; Prisoners		1977	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
261	Mairtin O Direain	Mairtin O Direain;Four Poems		1980	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 106.25
262	G. Apollinaire	G. Apollinaire. ZONE		1972	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
263	Paul Durcan	Paul Durcan; Sam's Cross		1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
264	Padraic Colum.	Padraic Colum. Wild Earth and Other Poems	N.Y.	1932	EUR 75.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
265	Brendan Kennelly & Rudi Holzapfel	Brendan Kennelly & Rudi Holzapfel; Cast a Cold Eye		1959	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
266	John M. Synge	Poems and Translations	New York	1909	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
267	Lord Dunsany	The Tent of the Arabs		1965	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
268	Colm Toibin	(Irish Fiction, Ten First Editions, First Prints) Colm Toibin -- The Magicians		2021	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
269	George Birmingham	[illustrated by Jack B. Yeats] Irishmen All		1913	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
270		Irish Interest: All in a Life Autobiography of Garret FitzGerald, 1991		1991	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
271	John Marlow	Irish Interest: Captain Boycott and The Irish		1973	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
272	S J Connolly	Irish Interest:Priests and People in Pre-famine Ireland 1780-1845		1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
273	Maurice Manning	Irish Interests: The Blue Shirts		1970	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
274	edited by C A Snyder	Irish Interest: Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland-an encyclopedia		1348	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
275	Michael Wheatley	Nationalism and the Irish Party- Provincial Ireland 1910-1916		2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.