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
225	Alfred P. Graves, editor	Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The Poems of J.S.Le Fanu		1896	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
226	Susan L.M. Mitchell	Aids to the Immortality of Certain People in Ireland		1913	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 56.25
227	Dr. Peter Kavanagh	Patrick Kavanagh Country		1978	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
228	Austin Clarke	MNEMOSYNE LAY IN DUST		1966	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
229	Hayes (Maurice)ed.	The Flight Path		1996	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 100.00
230	Aidan Carl Mathews, editor	Immediate Man Cuimhni ar Chearbhall O Dalaigh		1983	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
231		Eavan Boland -- Limitations	New York	2000	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
232		The Whoseday Book in matching black Irish linen slipcase			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
233	John O'Donohue	Divine Beauty- The Invisible Embrace		2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
234	Eavan Boland	The War Horse	London	1975	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 162.50
235	Eavan Boland	Anna Liffey		1997	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
236		(Eavan Boland Related, Ten First Editions, First Prints) Object Lessons		1996	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
237		(Eavan Boland, 10 First Editions First Prints) New Collected Poems		2008	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 212.50
238		(Eavan Boland related, Ten First Editions) An Origin Like Water		1967 -- 1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
239	John McGahern	The Leavetaking		1974	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
240	John McGahern	The Leavetaking		1974	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
241	John Banville	The Ark		1996	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 375.00
242	Banville, John	The Sea	London, UK	2005	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 56.25
243	John Banville	Ghosts		1993	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
244	Edna O'Brien	The Country Girls		1960	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
245	Edna O'Brien	Girl		2019	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
246	Edna O Brien	Girls in Their Married Bliss		1964	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 187.50
247	Graham Greene	The Lawless Roads		1939	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 400.00
248	Graham Greene	Our Man in Havana		1958	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
249		George A Little - Malachi Horan Remembers	Dublin	1943	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 237.50

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.