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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
476 Sean P O'Riordain

Irish Interest: Antiquities of the Irish Countryside

1942 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
477 John Bowman, editor

Irish Interest: Ireland -The Autobiography

2016 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
478 Taylor, Jeremy

Eniautos. A Course of Sermons for all the Sundays of the year... With a supplement of ten Sermons preached since his Majesties Restauration...

1668 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
479 Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

Irish Interest: Young Ireland- A Fragment of Irish History 1840-1845 and Young Ireland Part II 1845-1849

18841887 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
480 M O'C Bianconi and S J Watson

Irish Interest: Bianconi -King of the Irish Roads

1962 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
481 Thomas MacDonagh

Irish Interest: Literature in Ireland

1916 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
482 Rev Dr Healy

Irish Interest: The Life and Writings of St Patrick

1905 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
483 James McConnell

A large beautiful Oblong folio dedicated album to Assheton Biddulph and his wife dated 23rd June, 1898 designed and illuminated by James McConnell, 41 Lower Sackville St., Dublin

Dublin 23rd June, 1898 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
484 Seumas MacManus

Irish History: The Story of the Irish Race

1990 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
485 Henry F Berry

Irish Interest: A History of the Royal Dublin Society

1915 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
486 Donald Harman Akenson

Irish Interest: The Church of Ireland -Ecclesiastical Reform and Revolution 1800-1885

1971 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
487 P W Joyce

Atlas and History of Ireland-a comprehensive description of each county with coloured maps

1867 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
488 Onomasticon Goedelicum

Locorum et Tribuum Hiberniae

Dublin 1910 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
489

Irish Interest: The Nun of Kenmare -An Autobiography, 1888

1888 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
490

Paul Cullen and His Contemporaries with Their Letters from 1820-1902

1820-1902 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
491 John J O'Meara

Irish Interest: The Voyage of Saint Brendan translated from the Latin

1978 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
492 Nancy E Metzgar

Thesis: The History and Devolpment of the Irish Crosier with Five Examples

1996 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
493 Henry Martin

Stories of Irish life

London 1878 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
494

IMC, S.Pender, A Census of Ireland c1659 with supplementary mterial from the Poll, Money Ordinances (1660-1661)

1939 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
495 Dermot Keogh

Irish Interest: The Vatican, The Bishops and The Irish Politics 1919-39

1986 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
496 Phillips, W. A.

History of the Church of Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

1933-1934 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
497

Maynooth Bindings]. De Synodo Diocesana

1823 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
498

Report on Salmon Fisheries (Ireland)

1885 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
499 Archbishop Patrick F. Moran

Historical Sketch of the Persecution in Ireland Suffered by the Catholics under Cromwell and the Puritans

1907 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
500 M.F. Cusack

Women's Work in Modern Society

Kenmare 1874 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 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