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
351	William Allingham.	Songs, Ballads and Stories.		1877	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
352		1798 Rebellion: a) Some Notes of an Irish Exile of 1798 (Miles Byrne, Maunsel and Co., n.d.); b) Memoirs of Miles Byrne, edited by his widow. (Irish University Press 1972 -- First published Paris 1863)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 200.00
353		Wexford Interest: Three anthologies by Wexford woman W.M. Letts: Songs from Leinster		1923	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
354	N Bailey.	Dictionarium Britannicum: Or a more CompleatUniversal Etymological English Dictionary Than any Extant	London	1736	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
355	Thomas Wrigh7	The History of Ireland, From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time			EUR 70.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
356		Lepper and Crosbie; History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Ireland with volumes 2, History of the Grand Lodge of Ireland			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 275.00
357	Alex Williams.	My Ireland of Dreams.		1985	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00
358	Crowley, Smyth and Murphy eds,	Irish Great Famine: Atlas of the Great Irish Famine		2012	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
359		Major-General Colby. Principal Lines of Spirit Levelling in Ireland.		1853	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
360	DR Claude Costecalde & Jack Gallagher,	Hunting in Ireland, A Noble Irish Tradition --	Dublin	2004	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
361	W. Beckford.	Thoughts on Hunting.		1809	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
362	J. Fairfax-Blakeborough.	30 Years a Hunt Servant being the Memories of Jack Molyneux.		1933	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
363	Wilde, William.	Lough Corrib: Its Shores and Islands; With Notices of Lough Mask	Dublin.	1867	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
364	Izaak Walton and C. Cotton.	The Complete Angler.		1870	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
365	Philip Geen.	What I Have Seen While Fishing.		1924	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
366		The Spectator -- A New Edition -- published 1808. Ten volumes, issues No. 1 (March 1		1710-1714	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
367	G.H. Orpen, ed.,	Song of Dermot and the Earl		1892	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
368	Justin McCarthy,	A History Of Our Own Times. 7 Volumes	London	1910	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
369		Report of the Poor Law Commissioners or The Medical Charities in Ireland.	Dublin.	1841	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 350.00
370	W.E.H. Lecky	History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century -- 5 vols COMPLETE		1892	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
371	R.R. Madden,	The United Irishmen -- Their Lives and Times	London	1842	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
372	Patrick Heffernan.	[scarce family History] The Heffernans and their Times. A Study in Irish History	London,	[1940]	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
373	George Westropp.	[Privately Printed Limited edition family history] . The Westropp Family 1250-2000.		2000	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
374	J.C. Walsh,	100 x J.C. Walsh, The Lament For John Mac Walter with notes on the history of the family of Walsh from 1170 to 1600.		1936	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
375		Onomatology: The Surnames of Ireland		1969	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50

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.