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
26		Account of Ruins of Queen's County & Kildare' (1899-1902)		(1899-1902)	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
27		Maynooth Monographs 6 -- The Celebrated Antiquary Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c. 1600-1671) His Lineage, Life and Learning		-1996	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
28		Maynooth College: Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Management and Governmeny of the College of manooth, Part 1 , 1855		1855	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
29	Rev John Healy	Maynooth College: The Visit of Pope John Paul II to Maynooth College, booklet contining A Vigil of Prayer and Adoration and the Celebration of the Eucharist with his Holiness		1895	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
30		St Kiernans College Kilkenny: Manuscript Book		1782-1936	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 650.00
31		Kilkenny: Kilkenny: History and Society (Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county)	Templeogue	1990	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 75.00
32		County Kilkenny Interest: Statistical Observations Relative to the County of Kilkenny, Made in the years 1800 & 1801		1998)	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 75.00
33		Kilkenny Interest: Saint Kieran's College, Kilkenny by Birch		1951	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
34		Castlecomer Connections, Exploring History Geography and Social Evolution in North Kilkenny Environs, - Tom Lyng	Kilkenny	1984	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
35	P. M. Egan	The Illustrated Guide to the City & County of Kilkenny		1885	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
36		Hunting in County Kilkenny by Corballis		1998	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
37	edited by Whelan & Nolan	Kilkenny: History & Society		1990	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
38	edited by Thomas O'Loughlin	Offaly: Offaly Tombstone Inscriptions issue 1/3/4		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
39	Laois (Queen's County) & Offaly (King's County)	1641 Depositions Vol VI		-2020	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
40		Kerry Interest. Ciarraighe 1941 [history of the county in Gaelic]	Edinburgh	1886	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
41	Pierce Leslie Pielou	The Leslies Of Tarbert County Kerry And Their Forebears		1935	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 106.25
42		Laois/Offaly Interest: The Landscape of Clonmacnoise	(Feehan)	-2014	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 68.75
43		The Old Limerick Journal		March, 1980	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
44	Rev. John Fleming	Reflections, historical and Topographical of Ardpatrick, County Limerick		1978	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
45	Gerard Curtin	West Limerick. Crime, Popular Protest and Society 1820-1845		circa 2000	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 125.00
46	Thomas Toomey and Greensmyth	An antique and storied land: history of Parish of Donoughmore, Knockea, Roxborough and environs in County Limerick		1991	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
47	John Archdeacon Begley	Limerick: The Diocese of Limerick, from 1691 to the Present Time		1938	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
48		Limerick Clothing Factory: The Story of LCF 1850-1950		1950	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
49	Mainchin Seoighe	Dromin Athlacca the Story of a Rural Parish in County Limerick		1978	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
50	D. Stewart	Kilmurry Church Limerick	Ballysimon	1955	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75

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.