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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
276		Douglas Hyde. Print of this renowned Irish man	1938	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 87.50
277		Puck With Fairies bookplate		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
278		9 Weekly Cartoon from Irish Weekly Times 1880-1903	1880-1903	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
279	Liam Swords	Irish Interest: A Dominant Church- The Diocese of Achonry 1818-1960	2014	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
280	edited by Mary Daly and Margaret O' Callaghan	Irish Nationalism: 1916 in 1966- Commemorating the Easter Rising	2007	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
281	Julia O'Faolain	Irish Interest: The Obedient Wife	1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
282		Pacata Hibernia. History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Taken from the Original Chronicles	1820	EUR 250.00 - 500.00	EUR 350.00
283	George Cunningham	Tipperary: An Fiolar-Golden Jubilee Issue, 1958	1958	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
284	Rev Reginald Heber	Irish Interest: The Life of the Right Rev Jeremy Taylor	1828	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
285		Irish Interest: Micheal O Muircheartaigh	2006	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
286		Two Stoney Road Press Broadsides on the Theme of Hope published in 2016 by the following writers	2016	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 300.00
287		Graphic Studio Broadsides (a pair)		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
288	Michael Hartnett	The Oat Woman	1973	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
289	Leonard Beaumont	The Cooperage , and an Engraving To Malcolm C Salaman, signed; and another titled The Vathedral at Funchal, Madeira		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 600.00
290	Leonard Griffith Brammer (British, 20th century),	Four Etchings - Burslem; A Street Scene, Five Towns; The Sytel, Burslem; and The Factory On The Hill		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,187.50
291	Robert (1871) Spencer	Robert Spencer (British, 1871-1964), Four Etchings		EUR 60.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
292	Edward McKnight Kauffer	Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) - Abstract Lithograph		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
293		Etchings/Engravings - The Outskirts Of Dubrovnik	1918	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
294	Benvenuto Disertori	Engraved Bookplate of Vittorio Pica (Italian art critic and writer)	c.1919	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
295		Etchings/Engravings - The Sussex Downs-Bignor Hill , signed Nelson Dawson; one of men cutting felling a tree signed Helen Robinson, 1929	1929	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
296	D Smith	Etchings/Engravings/Prints - a selection of pieces, The Lacemaker		EUR 60.00 - 160.00	EUR 50.00
297	George Overbury Hart	The Gamblers ; Sunday Picnic On The Hudson ; Market Gossips Santa Domingo ; and Santa Domingo Cock Fight		EUR 80.00 - 180.00	EUR 62.50
298	George Overbury Hart	Soft Ground and Dry Point, Sandpaper used also		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
299	George Overbury Hart	Nudes - Dry Point, etchings etc. - Dance Of The Centaurs with description; Bathers ; Sea Wolves ; The Brook ; Cup Of Tea ; and Sea Waves		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 56.25
300	George Overbury Hart	Sandpaper Mezzotint - Roulette Wheel & Dry Point. From my water colour Tahiti 1903	1903	EUR 80.00 - 180.00	EUR 50.00

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.