Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Irish Histories, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, County & Parsh Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest, Classic Marvel Comics etc., 21826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276

Douglas Hyde. Print of this renowned Irish man

1938 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
277

Puck With Fairies bookplate

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
278

9 Weekly Cartoon from Irish Weekly Times 1880-1903

1880-1903 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
279 Liam Swords

Irish Interest: A Dominant Church- The Diocese of Achonry 1818-1960

2014 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
280 edited by Mary Daly and Margaret O' Callaghan

Irish Nationalism: 1916 in 1966- Commemorating the Easter Rising

2007 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
281 Julia O'Faolain

Irish Interest: The Obedient Wife

1982 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
282

Pacata Hibernia. History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Taken from the Original Chronicles

1820 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
283 George Cunningham

Tipperary: An Fiolar-Golden Jubilee Issue, 1958

1958 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
284 Rev Reginald Heber

Irish Interest: The Life of the Right Rev Jeremy Taylor

1828 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
285

Irish Interest: Micheal O Muircheartaigh

2006 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
286

Two Stoney Road Press Broadsides on the Theme of Hope published in 2016 by the following writers

2016 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
287

Graphic Studio Broadsides (a pair)

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
288 Michael Hartnett

The Oat Woman

1973 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
289 Leonard Beaumont

The Cooperage , and an Engraving To Malcolm C Salaman, signed; and another titled The Vathedral at Funchal, Madeira

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
290 Leonard Griffith Brammer (British, 20th century),

Four Etchings - Burslem; A Street Scene, Five Towns; The Sytel, Burslem; and The Factory On The Hill

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
291 Robert (1871) Spencer

Robert Spencer (British, 1871-1964), Four Etchings

EUR 60.00 - 160.00 Unknown
292 Edward McKnight Kauffer

Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) - Abstract Lithograph

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
293

Etchings/Engravings - The Outskirts Of Dubrovnik

1918 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
294 Benvenuto Disertori

Engraved Bookplate of Vittorio Pica (Italian art critic and writer)

c.1919 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
295

Etchings/Engravings - The Sussex Downs-Bignor Hill , signed Nelson Dawson; one of men cutting felling a tree signed Helen Robinson, 1929

1929 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
296 D Smith

Etchings/Engravings/Prints - a selection of pieces, The Lacemaker

EUR 60.00 - 160.00 Unknown
297 George Overbury Hart

The Gamblers ; Sunday Picnic On The Hudson ; Market Gossips Santa Domingo ; and Santa Domingo Cock Fight

EUR 80.00 - 180.00 Unknown
298 George Overbury Hart

Soft Ground and Dry Point, Sandpaper used also

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
299 George Overbury Hart

Nudes - Dry Point, etchings etc. - Dance Of The Centaurs with description; Bathers ; Sea Wolves ; The Brook ; Cup Of Tea ; and Sea Waves

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
300 George Overbury Hart

Sandpaper Mezzotint - Roulette Wheel & Dry Point. From my water colour Tahiti 1903

1903 EUR 80.00 - 180.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000