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
326		Writer Stan Lee, Artist Jack Kirby. 3rd Cameo Appearance of Him & Origin, later known as Adam Warlock		1989	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
327		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 FCBD Edition 2009 25th Anniversary edition		2009	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
328	Jack B. Yeats	The Treasure of The Garden		1902	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 100.00
329	Paddy Brennan, editor	The Golden Era of Irish showbands		[1994]	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
330		Album of Irish Interest Autographs - Dr. Patrick J Hillery (with C.V.), Garret Fitzgerald, Jack Lynch, Liam Cosgrove, John Bruton, Micheal MacLiammoir and Brian Keenan			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
331		16 page brochure re Sale of Cregg House, Carrick-On-Suir County Tipperary, including 540 acres and Demesne in various lots on the 7th December 1920 and the following day		7th December 1920	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 375.00
332		Horses Are My Life, The Story of Ned Cash, King of the Horse Dealers by Des Maguire. Agri Books		1985	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 118.75
333		Griffith's Valuations: Clare, Union of Ballyvaghan and the Union of Corrofin, both 1855		1855	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
334		Griffith's Valuations: Kilkenny, City of Kilkenny and the barony of crannagh, both 1850		1850	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
335		1825: First and Second Report on the State of Ireland: Appointed to inquire into circumstances that led to Disturbances		23rd February-11th March 1825	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
336	Terence Philip Flanagan	S.B. Kennedy (foreword by Seamus Heaney)			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
337		(50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising) Ireland of the Welcomes Volume 16 Number 1 March-April 1966 -- Michael Gorman	Dublin	1966	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
338	Thomas Cook, after Paul Sandby	Old Castle and John's Bridge at Limerick		July 2nd, 1780	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
339		S. Rosamund Praeger. The Old Irish Rimes of Brian O'Linn		1901	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
340		S. Rosamund Praeger. The Tale of the Little Twin Dragons		1900	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
341	Sean P. O Riordain	ANTIQUITIES OF THE IRISH COUNTRYSIDE		1942	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
342		Horticulture and Bee-Keeping	Dublin	circa 1952	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
343	(James Joyce)	James Joyce on "James Clarence Mangan. 1902. St. Stephen's Anthology: Poetry and Short Stories	[Dublin]	1965	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
344		The Shannon Scheme and the Teaching of Science			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
345		Industry and Self-Culture: Lecture delivered by His Eminence Most Rev Patrick P Moran-Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, in the reading rooms of the Kilkenny Catholic Young Men's Society, 1885		1885	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
346		Four Felons in Chinese Communist Jails. John Casey, Parick Ronan, Owen O'Kane, Patrick Reilly, Columban Missionaries		1958	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
347		O'Malleys, Minors. Thomas O'Hagan, Esq. Q. C. on Behalf of William O'Malley, in Court of Chancery, November, 1858, in Matter of the O'Malleys, Minors...		November, 1858	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
348	H. Neville Roberts	Early Three Candles Press. Gauntlet being a series of open letters challenging certain eminent persons to mortal combat with realities		1934	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
349		Manual of Bugle Calls and Salutes 1956	Dublin	1974	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
350	Philip Dixon Hardy, M.R.I.A	The Holy Wells of Ireland an Account of Various Places of Pilgrimage and Penance Still Annually Visited by the Roman Catholic Peasantry with a Minute Description of Patterns and Stations	Dublin	1836	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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.