Purcell Auctioneers: c.615 Lot Auction - to include Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions including Siged Seamus Heaney, Early Marvel Comics (Spiderman, Wolverine etc.), Republican Interest, GAA Interest, Antiquarian etc. , 121025, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025

Page Size: 617 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Thomas McGrath, editor	Carlow, History and Society		2008	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 137.50
2		Carlow: Cnoc Beag Centenary Year Book		1948	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
3	Art Kavanagh	Carlow: Battle of 1798 Series		2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
4		Carlow: The Carlow College Magazine		1869-1890	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
5	edited by Matthew Lynch and Patrick Nugent	Clare: History & Society		2008	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
6	Duthaighe Dail gCais	[In Dalcassian Territory] Cameos of Historic Clare [illustrated]		Circa 1935	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
7		The Horse in County Clare		2001/2006	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
8		County Clare interest			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
9	James Frost	Clare: The History and Topography of the County of Clare		1978	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
10	Patrick O' Flanagan, editor	Cork Interest: Cork History & Society		1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
11		Rev W Holland: History of West Cork and the Diocese of Ross		1949	EUR 180.00 - 280.00	EUR 400.00
12		Where Araglen so Gently Flows			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
13	Kathleen Keyes McDonnell	There is a Bridge at Bandon		1972	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
14	Charles Benson	The Dublin Book Trade 1801-1850		2021	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 37.50
15		The Irish Tourists Illustrated Hand Book		1852	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
16		Bolton Street Prospectus for 1923-24 & 1928-29		1923	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
17	Flora H. Mitchell	Vanishing Dublin		1966	EUR 280.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
18		A Book of Dublin, official handbook		1929	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
19	William Ridgeway	A Report of the Proceedings in Cases of High Treason at an adjournment of a commission of Oyer and Terminer held in and for the County and City of Dublin in the month of December 1795	Dublin	1796	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
20	Kevin Bright	Dublin: The Royal Dublin Society 1815-1845		2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
21		[Dublin] Warburton, Whitelaw & Walsh History of the City of Dublin		1818	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 300.00
22	James Hardiman	History of the Town & County of the Town of Galway		1926	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
23	R. C. Simington	The Transplantation to Connacht 1654-58		1970	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
24	Ethel Mannin	Connemara Journal		1947	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 175.00
25	William Henry	St. Clerans - The Tale of a Manor House		1999	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50

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.