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
201	Robert Kirkman	(Unique copy with addition hand drawn signed sketch by Charlie Adlard) Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead Omnibus Volume 4		-2003	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
202	Benedict Kiely	A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly		1973	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
203	J.G. Farrell	(The winner of The Lost Booker Prize) J.G. Farrell -- Troubles		1983	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
204	Michael Ondaatje	The English Patient	London	1992	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 93.75
205	Brian Friel	SELECTED STORIES		1979	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 162.50
206		Signed by Bryan McMahon. Patsy-O and his Wonderful Pets		1970	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
207	John (1968) Black	A DEATH IN SUMMER		2011	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
208	Leonard Cyril Deighton	Len Deighton - AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE (complete with the 'Top Secret' In Transit Docket)	London	1967	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
209	Annie Smithson	The Walk of a Queen & Sheila of the O'Beirnes		1959	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 118.75
210	John Healy	Nineteen Acres		1998	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
211	Patrick Kavanagh	Galway West 49 Journal		1st July, 2001	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
212	John M. Synge	Deirdre of the Sorrows		1911	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
213		(Colm Toibin, First Editions, First Prints) The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction		1999	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
214	[Seamus Deane, general editor]	The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Vols I-III		1991	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
215	John McGahern	The Dark		2005	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
216	John McGahern	The Pornographer			EUR 200.00 - 240.00	EUR 300.00
217	John (1919) May	John McGahern; That they may face the Rising Sun		2002	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
218	John McGahern	John McGahern; Memoir		2005	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
219	John McGahern	John McGahern. Memoir		2005	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
220		John Banville; The Lock-Up		2023	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
221		(John Banville, Four UK First Signed Editions First Prints) Mefisto		1986	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 125.00
222		(John Banville. Five First Editions, First Prints) The Book of Evidence		1989	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
223	John Banville	John Banville -- NIGHTSPAWN			EUR 300.00 - 380.00	EUR 625.00
224		THE THIRD POLICEMAN O'Brien	London	1967	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 118.75
225		[Sebastian Barry rarity] Time out of Mind and Strappado Square by Sebastian Barry		1983	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 106.25

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.