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
425	Rev. E. A. D'Alton	History of Ireland from Earliest Times to Present Day	London		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
426	J. F. Waller	Moore's Irish Melodies Lalla Rookh, National Airs, Legendary Ballads, Songs etc.		Circa 1880	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 56.25
427	Maurice Denham Jephson	An Anglo-Irish Miscellany		1964	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 150.00
428	Edward O'Reilly	An Irish-English Dictionary with copious quotations, obscure word		1864	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 162.50
429	Edited by Smith, Ohlmeyer , Kelly and Thomas Bartlett	Cambridge History of Ireland			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 212.50
430	edited by Jacques Chuto etc...	The Collected Works of James Clarence Mangan 1832-1912		1996/2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00
431	Kennedy	The Birds of Ireland; An Account of the Distribution Migration and Habits as Observed in Ireland		1954	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
432	John O'Hanlon, M.R.I.A.	Lives of Irish Saints, with Festivals, Commemorations of Holy Persons from Calendars, Martyrologies, and Various Sources, relating to Ancient Church History of Ireland		[1875]	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 300.00
433	Margaret Atwood	(Ten Fiction titles in Hardcover)		1989	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
434	Brendon Deacy	A Life in Relief'			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 250.00
435		The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College		1974	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
436		Atlas of Ireland	Dublin	1979	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
437		Ledger: Ledger sectioned by the alphabet			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
438	Edmund Spenser	The Faerie Queene			EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
439	(Bartlett, William Henry) Willis, N.P, & J. Stirling Coyne	The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
440		The Image of Irelande with a Discoverie of Woodkarne Derricke, John. Adam and Charles Black		1883	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
441		Pacata Hibernia; or, a History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth	Dublin	1810	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
442		Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield	London	1810	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
443	(Marcus)	The XII Books of Marcus Aurelius Antonius The Emperor Aurelius Antonius	London	1898	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
444		Sketches of Irish character	London	1842	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
445	Dawe	[Clonmel Literary Society]. The Life of George Morland	London	1807	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
446	Lever, Charles, editor	OUR MESS: TOM BURKE OF "OURS"		1844	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
447	Struve, Burckhard Gotthelf, 1671-1738	Antiquitatum Romanarum Syntagma sive de Sacrorum Caeremoniis Systema Absolutius	Ienae (Jena, Germany)	1707	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
448	Moore, John	A Journal During a Residence in France	Dublin	1793	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
449	Temple (Sir John)	The Irish Rebellion or A History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion, raised within the Kingdom of Ireland upon the three and twentieth day of October 1641	Dublin	1713	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	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.