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
425		(Eavan Boland, & Related) In a Time of Violence,		1994	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
426		Colum McCann: Letters to a Young Writer		2017	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
427	Rockwell Kent	Rockwell Kent -- a Birthday Book	New York	1931	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
428	John Moriarty -	TURTLE WAS GONE A LONG TIME: Volumes I, II and III, published		1996 -1998	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 118.75
429	J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith.	The Cuckoo's Calling,		2013	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
430	Eavan Boland	(Eavan Boland, Translations of her poems) The poet's own copies, with three inscribed to her from the translators; Italian, French and Arabic			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
431	Synge, J. M. Sultan, Stanley ed.	The Playboy of the Western World.		1970	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
432	Jonathan Swift	Stella's Birth-Days			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
433		Missale Momanum. Mechlinae.			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 118.75
434	William Hogarth Rev John Trusler),	The Works of William Hogarth; in a Series of Engravings with Descriptions and a Comment on their Moral Tendency -		1833	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
435		A catalogue of the Bradshaw collection of Irish books in the University library, Cambridge together with five other volumes of Irish Bibliography			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
436		Salman Rushdie -- Haroun and the Sea of Stories, published 1990. Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns, published 2007.Walter Mosley -- Devil in a Blue Dress, published 1990. ...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
437	S. Rosamund Praeger.	How They Went to School.		c.1918	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
438	S. Rosamund Praeger.	How They Came Home From School.		1911	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
439	Gerrit van Gelderen,	Irish Wildlife. The original illustrations and page layouts for the book to accompany a promotion for Jacobs biscuits from the early 1970s		early 1970s	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
440	John Huston.	An Open Book.		1980	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
441	Richard Murphy. and Richard Murphy.	Sailing To An Island. and The Battles of Aughrim.		1963 and	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 50.00
442	Oscar Wilde.	The Happy Prince and Other Tales..		1910	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 187.50
443	Oscar Wilde.	Oscar Wilde. Poems Oscar Wilde with The Ballad of Reading Gaol.		1916	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
444	Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake.	Boy.		1985	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 475.00
445	W. B. Yeats.	The Tower.		1928	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
446	W. B. Yeats.	Irish Fairy and Folk Tales.		1883	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
447	Patrick Kavanagh.	A Soul for Sale - Poems.		1947	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
448	Patrick Kavanagh	Lough Derg - A Poem.		1978	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
449	Anne Madden.	Louis Le Brocquy - A Painter Seeing his Way.		1994	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 125.00

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.