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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
526 Elizabeth Malcolm

The Irish Policeman, 1822-1922: A Life

2006 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
527 [dedication from the author, Francoise Henry]

Irish Art in the Early Christian Period to AD 800

1534-1641 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
528 James Fraser

Guide through Ireland: scenery, towns, seats, antiquities, etc. statistical tables ; its mineral structure, and botany

1838 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
529 Estyn Evans

Ireland in the Medieval World 400-1000

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
530 J. H. Andrews

Shapes of Ireland. Maps and their Makers 1564-1939

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
531 Samuel Trant McCarthy

The MacCarthys of Munster - The Story of a Great Irish Sept

1997 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
532 Jeremiah Newman

Irish Interest: Maynooth and Georgian Ireland

1979 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
533 Norah McGuinness

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy illustrated

1926 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
534 T. D. Sullivan

Blanaid: and other Irish historical and legendary poems from the Gaelic

Dublin 1891 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
535 Francis Grose

[266 original 18th century plates of Irish interest]. The Antiquities of Ireland

London 1791 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
536 Robert Herbert

Limerick Printers and Printing

[1941] EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
537

The Post Chaise Companion: Or, Traveller's Directory through Ireland

1786 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
538

Butcher's Dozen by Kinsella and Essau my kingdom by Liddy both Dolmen Press; Munster Song of Love and War by Liddy

1962 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
539

The Dawn. A Community Chronicle of Bruff, Grange and Meanus

1974-2000 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
540 Turpin

John Hogan Irish Neoclassical Sculptor in Rome

1982 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
541 Editor John Bradley

[famous publishers Boethius Press of Kilkenny]. Settlement and Society in Medieval Ireland. Studies presented to F. X. Martin

Kilkenny 1988 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
542 (HB)

Saorstat Eireann Official Handbook

1932 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
543

19th Century Diary: Manuscript Diary

1868 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
544 Richard Baxter

The Saints Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints...

1654 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
545 O Connor Dermod

The General History of Ireland Collected by the Learned Geoffrey Keating D. D. Translated by Dermot O Connor

1841 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
546 O.J. Bergin, R.I. Best, Kuno Meyer, J.G. O'Keeffe, editors

Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts

Halle 1907 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
547 Henry D Inglis

A Journey Throughout Ireland during the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834

1838 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
548 Kohl, J. G.

Travels in Ireland, 1844

1844 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
549 John O Donovan

Leabhar na gCeart, the Book of Rights

1847 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
550 Robert Dunlop

Ireland under the Commonwealth

1913 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
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    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
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    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
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    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