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
525	Thomas Irwin.	Versicles	Dublin	1856	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
526	[Brian Merriman]. Translated from the Gaelic Percy Arland Ussher, Preface W. B. Yeats.	The Midnight Court & The adventures of a Luckless Fellow.		1926	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
527	Edmond Burke.	Right Hon. Edmond Burke. Two Letters addressed to a Member of The Party for Peace with Regicide Directory in France.		1706	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
528		Plays & Displays for Scout Entertainment,		1913	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
529	Alice Dease	The Beckoning of the Wind, sketches in lesser known Ireland,		1908	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
530	Robert Gibbings	The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some recollections by the artist.	London	1959	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 68.75
531	Davis Coakley	Irish Interest: Irish Masters of Medicine		1992	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
532	E Charles Nelaon and Wendy Walsh	Irish Interest: An Irish Flower Garden		1984	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 162.50
533	LOUIS LE BROCQUY.	The Irish Landscape.	Dublin	1992	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
534	Caron.	Michael Healy 1873-1941 An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
535	Robinson	Caricature and the Irish. Printes1780-1850 edited			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
536	Claudia Kinmouth,	Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950		1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
537	R. O'Floinn. Editor)	Franciscan Faith : Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750.			EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 37.50
538	Ida Delamer and Conor O'Brien	. 500 Years of Irish Silver		2005	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
539	James Fennell.	The Irish Country House; The Knigh of Glin and James Peil.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 200.00
540	Mark Bence Jones.	Burke's Guide to Country Houses Ireland	London,	1978	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
541		The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison.		1989	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
542	Nicola Gordon Bowe	Harry Clarke -- The Life & Work		2012	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 162.50
543		Number 51 The Mungret Annual. Limerick.		1905	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
544	Louis Moreri-	Le grand Dictionnaire Historique ou le Melange Curieux de Histoire Sacree et Profane Vol 1-6.		1732	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
545		The Illustrated London News Vol 59, July to December 1871.		1871	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 112.50
546	J K Rowling	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
547		The House of Ireland -- Brian de Breffny & Rosemary Ffollion, published 1973.The New Neighbourhood of Dublin -- Joseph Hone, Michael Fewrer & Maurice Craig, inscribed			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
548	Patrick Shaffrey	Irish Interest: The Irish Town-an approach to survival		1975	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
549		Irish Coffee Table Book: In Ruins-The Once Great Houses of Irelandby Duncan McLaren		1980	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 237.50

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.