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
476	Sean P O'Riordain	Irish Interest: Antiquities of the Irish Countryside		1942	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
477	John Bowman, editor	Irish Interest: Ireland -The Autobiography		2016	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
478	Taylor, Jeremy	Eniautos. A Course of Sermons for all the Sundays of the year... With a supplement of ten Sermons preached since his Majesties Restauration...		1668	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
479	Sir Charles Gavan Duffy	Irish Interest: Young Ireland- A Fragment of Irish History 1840-1845 and Young Ireland Part II 1845-1849		18841887	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
480	M O'C Bianconi and S J Watson	Irish Interest: Bianconi -King of the Irish Roads		1962	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
481	Thomas MacDonagh	Irish Interest: Literature in Ireland		1916	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
482	Rev Dr Healy	Irish Interest: The Life and Writings of St Patrick		1905	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
483	James McConnell	A large beautiful Oblong folio dedicated album to Assheton Biddulph and his wife dated 23rd June, 1898 designed and illuminated by James McConnell, 41 Lower Sackville St., Dublin	Dublin	23rd June, 1898	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 937.50
484	Seumas MacManus	Irish History: The Story of the Irish Race		1990	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
485	Henry F Berry	Irish Interest: A History of the Royal Dublin Society		1915	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
486	Donald Harman Akenson	Irish Interest: The Church of Ireland -Ecclesiastical Reform and Revolution 1800-1885		1971	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
487	P W Joyce	Atlas and History of Ireland-a comprehensive description of each county with coloured maps		1867	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 50.00
488	Onomasticon Goedelicum	Locorum et Tribuum Hiberniae	Dublin	1910	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
489		Irish Interest: The Nun of Kenmare -An Autobiography, 1888		1888	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
490		Paul Cullen and His Contemporaries with Their Letters from 1820-1902		1820-1902	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
491	John J O'Meara	Irish Interest: The Voyage of Saint Brendan translated from the Latin		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
492	Nancy E Metzgar	Thesis: The History and Devolpment of the Irish Crosier with Five Examples		1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
493	Henry Martin	Stories of Irish life	London	1878	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
494		IMC, S.Pender, A Census of Ireland c1659 with supplementary mterial from the Poll, Money Ordinances (1660-1661)		1939	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
495	Dermot Keogh	Irish Interest: The Vatican, The Bishops and The Irish Politics 1919-39		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
496	Phillips, W. A.	History of the Church of Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Present Day		1933-1934	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
497		Maynooth Bindings]. De Synodo Diocesana		1823	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 250.00
498		Report on Salmon Fisheries (Ireland)		1885	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
499	Archbishop Patrick F. Moran	Historical Sketch of the Persecution in Ireland Suffered by the Catholics under Cromwell and the Puritans		1907	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
500	M.F. Cusack	Women's Work in Modern Society	Kenmare	1874	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 118.75

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.