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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
101

Kildare & Meath -- 1641 Depositions Vol V

-2019 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
102

Mayo and Galway: The History of the County of Mayo

(1908, facsimile reprint -- 2001) EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Unknown
103

A Record of Flora in Three Irish Counties: Flora of County Limerick

-2013 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
104 L.M. McCraith

The Suir from its source to the sea

1912 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
105

Clare Interest: The Origin and History of the O'Brien Clan

2001 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
106 J. O'Callaghan

The O'Callaghan family. History

1995 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
107

The Diocese of Killaloe -- complete in 3 vols

-1992 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Unknown
108 Ignatius Murphy

The Diocese Of Killaloe

1962 EUR 120.00 - 200.00 Unknown
109

The Naomh Mhuire Story: 1946-1994 - Richard Gerrard and Patsy Faulkner

Drogheda 2004 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
110 edited by Sean Murphy

GAA: A History of Handball in Munster 1884-1984

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
111

Padraig Harrington -- Journey to the open

2007 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
112 Macken

Eddie Keher's hurling Life

1885-2020 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
113

GAA Interest) Marcus de Burca -- THE GAA

1980 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
114 Seamus O'Ceallaigh and Sean Murphy

Mick Mackey. The Mackey Story

1982 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
115 Tom Ahearne

Ahearne Brothers Athea. Olympic and World Champions

2008 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
116 Harry Greensmyth

John Flanagan. His Life and Times

2001 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
117

Michael Collins Biography: Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland

-1926 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
118

Northern 'Troubles': Lost Lives -- The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles

(2000 -- reprint of 1999) EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
119

War of Independence: The War of Independence in Limerick 1912-1921

-2010 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
120 Pierre-Leon Rivard

Revolutionary Ireland - Story of the Irish Republican Brotherhood'

-1976 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
121

Frank O'Connor. Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution

1966 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
122 G F H Berkeley

The Irish Ballalion in the Papal Army of 1860

1929 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
123

Eleven Galway martyrs: the story of the republican soldiers of the Second Western Division, I.R.A., executed at Tuam and Athlone in 1923

1985 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
124 Michael Flannery

Accepting the Challenge

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
125 Timothy Donovan

In the Shadow of Shanid. Life of Captain Timothy Madigan

2009 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 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