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
450	Lord Dunsany.	The Year.		1946	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
451	Lord Dunsany.	The Sirens Wake		1940	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
452	Boland, Eavan,	In Her Own Image,		1980	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
453	Barry, Sebastian;	Time out of Mind and Strappado Square.		1983	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
454	Yeats, W. B.	Sories Of Red Hanrahan And The Secret Rose.		1927	EUR 80.00 - 180.00	EUR 200.00
455	Yeats, W. B..	The Winding Stair and Other Poems.		101	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 775.00
456	Yeats, W. B..	The Tower.	New York -	1928	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 93.75
457	Yeats, W. B..	The Cutting of an Agate.	London:	1919	EUR 180.00 - 280.00	EUR 525.00
458	Adams, Douglas.	The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.		1979	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 225.00
459	Danny Sugerman -	WONDERLAND AVENUE, Tales of Glamour and Excess,	London	1989	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
460	Dennis Wheatley -	The Prisoner in the Mask,	London	1947	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
461	Bayley, D. and Furze-Morrish,	The Birth of a Nation and its Destiny -	London, United Kingdom	1932	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	Not Sold
462		Irish Authors: Collected Poems			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
463	John McGahern	The Pornographer		1979	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 62.50
464	McGahern, John	The Dark	New York	1966	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
465		Irirh Authors ALL SIGNED: SongDogs		1995	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
466	John McGahern:	John McGahern: A wonderful collection of titles some of which are First Editions, such as The Pornographer; Getting Through; Memoir and others			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 162.50
467		The Catholic Scout Volume 2 March 1938 - February 1934.	Dublin	1934	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 400.00
468		A Byron Library A Catalogue of Printed Books Manuscripts and Autograph Letters - George Gordon Noel, Baron Byron, Thomas James Wise, Ethel Colburn Mayne (introduction),	London	1928	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 137.50
469		ALL SIGNED Titles: Ghost Light Joseph O'Connor 2010; The Factory Facts Luc Sante 1998; Two Moons Jennifer Johnston 1998 plus 6 others (9)6 HB			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
470		Chamber's Memoranda for 1899, containing handwritten entries from a unnamed Irish Civil Servant, possibly attached to the department of Agriculture/Finance.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
471	Monk Gibbon	Monk Gibbon: Seventeen Sonnets.	London	1932	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
472	P.J.McCall -	Selected Ballads and Poems,	Wexford	1955	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
473		The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton - The Hakluyt Society other travel and early English texts (13)			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
474	Sir R. F. Burton.)	Rare Erotica) The Perfumed Garden, For the soul's Delectation, Translated from the Arabic of THE SHAYKH NAFZAWI (XV Saec.). The First of Three Volumes. "This is no baby's book."	PARIS and BENARES,	1907	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 106.25

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.