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
475		Maurice Walsh -- The Quiet Man, the book of the film, published 1964. Gerry McNee -- In the footsteps of The Quiet Man, the inside story of the cult film, published 2008. ...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 325.00
476	John Stieber -	Against the Odds: Survival on the Russian Front 1944-45		1995	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
477	Peter Ure,	'Yeats The Playwright' A commentary on the character and design in the major plays 1st edition and Ian d'Alton 'Protestant Society And Politics In Cork' 1812-1844			EUR 60.00 - 70.00	EUR 87.50
478		Patrick Gallagher ("Paddy the Cope") My Story..		c.1940	EUR 40.00 - 50.00	EUR 37.50
479	Sir Egerton Brydges	Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron -		1824	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 175.00
480	Edna O'Brien	A Pagan Place		1970	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
481		(Irish Author's First Edition, First Printings all signed) Sebastian Barry -- All God's Time. Peter Sheridan - Big Fat Love; ...			EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 56.25
482	Michael Smith,	I am just Going outside, Captain Oates, Antarctic Tragedy --		2002	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
483	T E Lawrence:	Seven Pillars of Wisdom		1935	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
484	Dorothy Macardle	The Irish Republic: Chronicle of the Anglo-Irish Conflict and the Partitioning of Ireland 1916-1923		1999	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
485	Robert Curzon.	Visits to the monasteries of the Levant -		1850	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
486		The Catholic Emancipation Centenary Record 1829-1929,		1929	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
487	Pope Francis -- Oonagh Stransky,	The Name of God is Mercy, A conversation with Andrea Tornielli, translated into English	London.	2016	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 81.25
488		31st International Eucharistic Congress 1932'. Pictorial Record.	Dublin		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
489		Pictorial Record The International Eucharistic Congress		1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
490		Irish Country Furniture; Irish College Rome; St. Patrick's College Maynooth; Fota House; Malahide Castle; Mount Usher; Irish Gardens; Swift's Ireland; Irish Birds; ...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
491	Maurice O'Sullivan -	Twenty Years a-growing,		1933	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
492		As a Matter of Fact. and Beyond the Myths. collected works of Michael O'Riordan		2011 and 2012	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
493	Emily Hickey.	Emily Hickey. Poet, Essayist - Pilgrim. A Memoir - Enid Dinnis [ Emily Hickey],	London	1927	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
494	Harriet Beecher Stowe -	Uncle Tom's cabin,		1909	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
495	Mortimer Menples	India		1905	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
496	Virginia Woolf	FLUSH		1933	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
497	George Coffey	Royal Irish Academy Collection: A Guide to the Celtic Antiquities of the Christian Period preserved in the National Museum, Dublin -	Dublin	1909	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
498	Micheal O'Siadhail	Micheal O'Siadhail -- Collected Poems		2013	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
499	Katharine Tynan -	THE NIGHT OF TERROR, published		1926	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 137.50

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.