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
76	the Rev R H Hyland	The History, Topography And Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford with an account of the present State of the Peasantry of that part of the South of Ireland	London	1824	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
77	Dr Henry Cotton/Rev James Leslie/Rev W H Rennison	Irish Diocesan Interest: Clergy of Waterford, Lismore and Ferns		2008	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
78	Maurice J Wigham	Waterford: Newtown School Waterford- A History 1798-1998		1998	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
79		Waterford:Official Guide Waterford City and County, with folding map		c1950's	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
80		Co. Waterford: The Issue of Bonaparte-Wyse, Waterford's Imperial Relations		2004	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
81		Wexford -- 1641 Depositions Vol VII		-2023	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
82	Billy Colfer	Wexford Coffee Table Books: The Hook Peninsula		2004	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
83	Rev Patrick Murphy	Wexford: Our Lady's Island in History & Legend		1900	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
84	edited by D O Muirithe	Wexford: Folklore of County Wexford		1999	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
85	John Duffy	Wexford: River Slaney from source to sea		2006	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
86	P Donovan	Wexford: The Christian Brothers in New Ross 1849-1947		1952	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
87	Laffan and Mulligan	Russborough A Great Irish House, It's Families and Collections		2014	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
88	John M. Synge	[early book illustrated by Jack B. Yeats] In Wicklow West Kerry and Connemara		1911	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	EUR 93.75
89		Bray County Wicklow: An extensive collection of Bray post cards from very early 20th century on wards, showing the notable landmarks of the time		early 20th century	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
90	Editors A J Hughes and W Nolan	Armagh: History & Society		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
91		Armagh Clergy and Parishes - Reverend James Leslie		1911	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
92		A bundle of eight Ulster Interest books, including The Printed Word and the Common Man		-1987	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
93	Peadar Livingstone	The Monaghan Story. A Documented History of the County Monaghan from earliest times to 1976		1980	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 325.00
94	P. Richard	In Praise of Ulster -- Richard Hayward	London	1938	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 175.00
95	Rev James Coyle	Irish Interest: The Antiquities of Leighlin			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
96		A bundle of eight Ulster Interest publications, including Macartney in Ireland 1768-72		-1978	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
97	Henry Glassie	Ulster Interest: Passing the Time- Folklore and History of an Ulster Community		2018	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
98		Armagh, Louth & Monaghan -- 1641 Depositions Vol I		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
99		Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone -- 1641 Depositions Vol III		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
100		Cavan & Fermanagh -- 1641 Depositions Vol II		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25

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.
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.