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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| 151 | John M. Synge | The Playboy of The Western World |
Boston | 1911 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 50.00 |
| 152 | CeliDe, Spiritual reform in Ireland 750 -- 900 -- Peter O'Dwyer |
1977 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 153 | edited by P J Corish and B Millett | Irish Interest: The Irish martyrs |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 154 | John M. Synge | W.B. Yeats Poems. 1929 and D.H. Greene & E.M. Stephens |
N.Y. | 1959 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | U. Bridge. W. B. Yeats and T. Sturge Moore - Their Correspondence 1901-1937 |
1901-1937 | EUR 150.00 - 170.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 156 | T. Sturge Moore | Armour For Aphrodite |
1929 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | Cuala Press: A Woman's Reliquary |
Churchtown, Dundrum | 1913 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 158 | W B Yeats | Cuala Press: Essays |
1937 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 159 | F R Higgins | Cuala Press: Arable Holdings: Poems |
1933 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 160 | William Butler Yeats | Cuala Press: The Words Upon The Window Pane: A Play in One Act, With Notes Upon The Play and Its Subject |
1934 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 161 | A Little Fleet. Jack B. Yeats |
London | 1902 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 162 | St Charles Borromeo's Instructions on Ecclesiastical Building, translated from the original Latin by George J Wigley |
1857 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 93.75 | ||
| 163 | A Short History of the Jews In Ireland. Shillman, Bernard |
Dublin. London | 1945 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 164 | History of Ireland : from the earliest times to the present day - complete in 6 volumes D'Alton, E. A. (Edward Alfred) (b. 1860) |
London | 1910 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 165 | Arthur Young | A Tour in Ireland. With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom |
1776-1779 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 166 | Irish Minstrelsy, or, Bardic remains of Ireland |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 112.50 | |||
| 167 | Histoire Du Concile De Trente De Fra Paola Sarpi |
Amsterdam | 1696 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 168 | The Statutes At Large Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland |
(1634-1662) | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 169 | Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200-1600 |
1974 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | EUR 81.25 | ||
| 170 | Edith Somerville and Martin Ross | A Patrick's Day Hunt |
Westminster | [1902] | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 171 | Haughton | The Silver Lining. Lady Heath. Kildonan - Golden Age of Flying |
2003 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 172 | Irish Midland Studies. Essays in commemoration of N. W. English |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 173 | editors Devoy, Cummins, Brunt, Bartlett, Kandrot | The Coastal Atlas of Ireland |
2021 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 174 | David Caron | Michael Healy, 1873-1941. An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer |
2023 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 175 | The Knights of Glin: Seven Centuries of Change |
2009 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 81.25 |
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Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.
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Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, 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. -