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
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

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.