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
301 George Overbury Hart

The Poultryman Three versions, one with added colour and The Poultryman New Orleans in the margin...

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
302 George Overbury Hart

Various media and ech signed in pencil

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
303

Etchings/Aquatints - The Irish Botttlemakers

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
304 George Overbury Hart

Two versions of the same image, both signed and titled in pencil and one with the narrative Aquatint & Soft Gr and Dry P. Started this plate 1923 but got interested in other things before finishing...

1923 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
305 George Overbury Hart

Various media, some signed incl. Picnic Party Final Proof; The Child With Stage Ambition ; and six others

EUR 60.00 - 160.00 Unknown
306 Miss M. Bradfield

Etchings/Engravings - An Aquatint The Gossips

1924 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
307 M A Sayer

Etchings/engravings - Waterloo Bridge

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
308 Frederick Henry Townsend

F. H. Townsend (British, 1868 - 1920) an engraving and an etching, both untitled but signed

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
309 George Overbury Hart

Two lithographs of Spring Time New Orleans ...

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
310 George Overbury Hart

Various media, each signed in pencil

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
311 George Overbury Hart

Various media, some signed incl. Moonlight in Jungle ; and Matinee ; and six others

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
312

Etchings/Engravings/Prints - by various artists including Carl Wilhelm Stubbe-Teglbjaerg, A M Hind etc.

EUR 60.00 - 160.00 Unknown
313 George Overbury Hart

Etchings - Picnic Party ; and Market Plaza

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
314 George Overbury Hart

Bit Of Santa Domingo - Soft Ground Etching on Copper

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
315 George Overbury Hart

Various media. Native Baptism Trinidad , signed limited edition; Tahiti Launderers ; and six others

EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
316

Wolverine Limited Series #1 (1982) MARVEL COMICS

-1982 EUR 160.00 - 180.00 Unknown
317

Amazing Spiderman #89, Marvel Comics 1970

1970 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
318

Amazing Spiderman #99, Marvel Comics 1971

1971 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
319

Amazing Spiderman #96, Marvel Comics 1971

1971 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
320

Amazing Spiderman #81, Marvel Comics 1970

1970 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
321

Amazing Spiderman #78, Marvel Comics 1969

1969 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Unknown
322

Amazing Spiderman #59, Marvel Comics 1968

1968 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
323

Amazing Spiderman #40, Marvel Comics 1966

1966 EUR 90.00 - 110.00 Unknown
324

Showcase #60, DC Comics 1966

1966 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
325

Amazing Spiderman #183, Marvel Comics 1978

1978 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 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
    Online: India
    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