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
450	W.B. Yeats	The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Yeats		1957	EUR 750.00 - 950.00	EUR 875.00
451		A 1972 edition of 'The History of the Olympic Games in Thirteen Posters'	Texaco		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
452	Pauline Bewick	Kelly reads Bewick		2001	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
453	Wendy Walsh	A Lifetime of Painting	Dublin	2007	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
454		Twelve Irish Artists	Dublin	1940	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
455	William Conor	The Irish Scene		1944	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
456		The Painters of Ireland c, 1660-1920			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
457	Thomas Bodkin	Hugh Lane and his Pictures		1932	EUR 300.00 - 320.00	Not Sold
458	Richard Lovett	Irish Pictures Drawn by pen and Pencil	London	1888	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
459		The Knights of Glin: Seven Centuries of Change		2009	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 100.00
460		White Heat - Marco Pierre White	London	1990	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
461	John Feehan & Grace O'Donovan	The Bogs Of Ireland - an Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands		1996	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 200.00
462	HB, Callaway	Sean & Oisin Scully; Jack the Wolf		2023	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
463	Rene Goscinny	Asterix, First Eight English translated Editions and First Prints		1970 and 1979	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
464	John Hunt	Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200 to 1600			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 106.25
465	Anne Crookshank	Irish Art: The Painters of Ireland c1660-1920			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
466		A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland		1837	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
467		Francis Grose - The antiquities of Ireland		1982	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
468	W Henry Bartlett	Ireland: The Scenery and antiquities of Ireland illustrated from drawings		c1850	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
469	Jacqueline O'Brien and Peter Harbison	Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Ancient Ireland- from orehistory to the middle ages			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
470	Sir Edward Sullivan	Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: The Book of Kells described		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
471		Snaffles- Two rare first editions			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 187.50
472	Somerville and Ross	A Patrick's Day Hunt			EUR 120.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
473		Somerville and Ross- seven volumes by and about these authors of the Irish R.M.			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
474	Edward Fitzgerald	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam	London	1913	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75

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.