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
325		Krakow Poetry Seminar booklet for Meetings of Poets		2003	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
326	Patrick Pearse	Robert Emmet an address delivered at an Emmet Commemoration in New York City on March 9th,1914			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
327		The Speech of Doctor Dromgoole, a Physician	Belfast	1813	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
328	Dawn and Afterglow	(Limerick Interest) May Morton	Belfast	1936	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
329		Eavan Boland -- EMIGRANT SUITE		2002	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 250.00
330		Eigse Eireann mna na hEorpa women of Europe, a celebration by Irish women poets' patron & guest of honour		1992	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
331		Council of Knight Masons and Degree of Knight Masonry	Dublin	No date, circa 1890	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
332		Irish Theatre: Collection of Irish Theatre Programmes from the Gaiety, Olympia, Abbey, Theatre Royal and Gate Theatre		1956	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
333		Coloured Engravings: 11 coloured engravings (2 in vintage frames)		Early 19th century	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
334	M. McD. Bodkin K.C.	Hunt The Hare - A Humorous Play	Dublin	1926	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
335		(Trinity College Interest) The Athanasian creed, PROTESTS of certain of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into it, Rubrics, Orders and directions for regulating the course and conduct of public worship		Grafton Street Dublin	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
336	E. J. Hoare	The Legion of Honor	Dublin	1883	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
337		Irish Newspapers: Dublin Evening News		May 4 1916	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
338	Michael Longley	The Shack		2015	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
339	Michael Hartnett	The Oat Woman		1973	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
340	P Dizzy	Waterboys -- Don't look back		1986	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
341		SKID ROW - Alive And Kicking, produced in 1976			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
342	Harry Kernoff	Rare program for a concert titled 'Erin Through the Ages: A Pageant of Irish History' which featured designs			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
343	William Butler Yeats	The Player Queen	London	1922	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 150.00
344		Reconstruction Pamphlets: No. 7, June 1919: The Fundamentals of Citizenship	Washington, D.C.	1919	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
345		The Christmas Songs of Luke Wadding	Dublin	1960	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
346	Captain Peadar Cowan	Dungeons Deep		1960	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
347	Francis Sheehy Skeffington	The Prodigal Daughter. A comedy in One Act	Dublin	1915-04-01	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 93.75
348		Memoir Of the Lady Freemason, the Memoir of Honourable Elizabeth Aldworth of Newmarket Court, Co. Cork, who was initiated into the Ancient Order of Freemasonry at Doneraile House, Co. Cork			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
349	James Joyce	POMES PENYEACH	Paris	1927	EUR 180.00 - 240.00	EUR 225.00

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.