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
451 John T. Gilbert

History Of The Irish Confederation And The War In Ireland

1882 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
452

Report of the Discussion between The Rev. Richard T. P. Pope and the Rev. Thomas Maguire

Dublin 1827 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
453

The Sporting Magazine

1839 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
454 John Cornelius O'Callaghan

The History of the Irish Brigades in the service of France

1969 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
455 O'Brien, Flann

Irish Interest: The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About The Hard Life (An Beal Bocht)

1974 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
456 E Curtis

Irish Interest: A History of Medieval Ireland

1978 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
457 Charles Plummer

Irish Interest: Lives of Irish Saints

1822 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
458

An Oblong folio volume with morocco label Sketches in Ireland 1840

1840 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
459 William Carleton

The Black Prophet. A Tale of Irish Famine

1899 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
460 A M Sullivan

Irish Language: Old Ireland-Reminiscences of an Irish K C

1927 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
461

Irish Interest: Duffy, Charles Gavan My Life in Two Hemispheres, 1898

1898 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
462 Osborne Bergin

Spenser, Davies and Moryson. Ireland Under Elizabeth and James The First

1890 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
463 R A S MacAlister

Irish Interest Books and Pamphlets such as Guide to Monasterboice

1962 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
464

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Charles Joseph Kickham and his native parish of Mullinahone

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
465

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Proceedings of the Irish Catholic Historical Committee 1955/56/57/59/60/61

1955/56/57/59/60/61 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
466 Rev Daniel Coghlan

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Irish Georgian Society (3 issues)

1911 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
467 Rev C Scantlebury

Irish Interest Booklets and Pamphlets such as Ireland's Island Monasteries

1928 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
468 John S Crone

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Henry Bradshaw- His Life and Work

1960 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
469 Margaret Stokes

Irish Georgian Society and Irish Interest: c 40 publications of this well regarded Journal

1932 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
470 Harold G Leask

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Irish History Series No 2-9

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
471 Alice Rey Colaco

Irish Interest Booklets and Pamphlets such as Irish Georgian Society July-December 1980

1980 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
472 Martin A O'Brennan

Irish Interest: O'Brennans Antiquities

1858 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
473 Des Guickian

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as The Life and Times of Father Sean Manning

1979 EUR 50.00 - 81.00 Unknown
474 John William Stubbs

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as Archbishop Adam Loftus and the Foundation of Trinity College Dublin Speeches with an introduction

1892 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
475

Collection of Irish related booklets/pamphlets such as The Bookman-journal of the book society July/August 1954

July/August 1954 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
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    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
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    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
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    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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    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