Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026

Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Clare History and Society		2008	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
2	Ignatius Murphy and Dal gCais	Father Michael Meehan and the Ark of Kilbaha		1978	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
3	W. L. Weir.	Historical genealogical architectural notes on some houses of Clare Hugh			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
4	Madden;	History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
5	E. MacLysaght, foreword by Rev. D. Flannery	East Clare 1916-1921		1954	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 137.50
6		Maps: County Clare. Recorded Monuments- Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Sheet 1-74.			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 112.50
7	James N. Healy,	Cork Interest: The Castles of County Cork -- 72 line drawings and 10 maps		1988	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 125.00
8		Cork Irish Language Newspaper: An Lochrann 1916-1919, Issues 1 -- 36.		1916-1919	EUR 180.00 - 240.00	EUR 750.00
9		Journals: Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society; (10)		1940-1947	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
10		Cork: Buttevant Co Cork- A Short History; Abbeystrewry _ A Parish Memoir ; Souvenir of Midleton		1989	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
11	P Power	Cork: Crichad An Chaoilli being the Topography of Ancient Fermoy		1932	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
12	Daniel Donovan	Cork: Sketches in Carbery		1979	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
13	Rev. C. A. Webster.	The Church Plate of the Diocese of Cork,		1909	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
14	O'Flanagan and Buttimer eds	Cork History and Society		1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
15	Eric Cross.	The Tailor and Ansty			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
16	Diarmuid O Murchadha	Cork: Family Names of County Cork		1985	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
17	Con Foley	Cork: Guide to the Cathedral Church of St Fin Barre; A History of Douglas		1991	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
18	Alicia St Leger	Cork: Silver, Sails & Silk-Huguenots in Cork		1991	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
19	Nolan, Ronayne and Dunlevy eds	Donegal History and Society		1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
20		Journals: Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society 1958/60/61-63/66-67/68/69/91; Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society 1947; ...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
21	Stephen Gwynn	Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim,	New York	1899	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
22		The Dublin Cemetries Prospect Glasnevin and Goldenbridge 1829-1906 with map of Glasnevin Cemetery.			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 118.75
23		Proceedings of the Natural History of Dublin (md 1850s).		md 1850s	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
24	David Harrel,	Standing orders and regulations for the government and guidance of the Dublin Metropolitan Police -	Dublin	1889	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 187.50
25	John Rocque	The City of Dublin.		1756	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 150.00

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.
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.