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
151 John M. Synge

The Playboy of The Western World

Boston 1911 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Unknown
152

CeliDe, Spiritual reform in Ireland 750 -- 900 -- Peter O'Dwyer

1977 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
153 edited by P J Corish and B Millett

Irish Interest: The Irish martyrs

2005 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
154 John M. Synge

W.B. Yeats Poems. 1929 and D.H. Greene & E.M. Stephens

N.Y. 1959 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
155

U. Bridge. W. B. Yeats and T. Sturge Moore - Their Correspondence 1901-1937

1901-1937 EUR 150.00 - 170.00 Unknown
156 T. Sturge Moore

Armour For Aphrodite

1929 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Unknown
157

Cuala Press: A Woman's Reliquary

Churchtown, Dundrum 1913 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
158 W B Yeats

Cuala Press: Essays

1937 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
159 F R Higgins

Cuala Press: Arable Holdings: Poems

1933 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
160 William Butler Yeats

Cuala Press: The Words Upon The Window Pane: A Play in One Act, With Notes Upon The Play and Its Subject

1934 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
161

A Little Fleet. Jack B. Yeats

London 1902 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
162

St Charles Borromeo's Instructions on Ecclesiastical Building, translated from the original Latin by George J Wigley

1857 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
163

A Short History of the Jews In Ireland. Shillman, Bernard

Dublin. London 1945 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
164

History of Ireland : from the earliest times to the present day - complete in 6 volumes D'Alton, E. A. (Edward Alfred) (b. 1860)

London 1910 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
165 Arthur Young

A Tour in Ireland. With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom

1776-1779 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
166

Irish Minstrelsy, or, Bardic remains of Ireland

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
167

Histoire Du Concile De Trente De Fra Paola Sarpi

Amsterdam 1696 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
168

The Statutes At Large Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland

(1634-1662) EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
169

Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200-1600

1974 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
170 Edith Somerville and Martin Ross

A Patrick's Day Hunt

Westminster [1902] EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
171 Haughton

The Silver Lining. Lady Heath. Kildonan - Golden Age of Flying

2003 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
172

Irish Midland Studies. Essays in commemoration of N. W. English

1980 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
173 editors Devoy, Cummins, Brunt, Bartlett, Kandrot

The Coastal Atlas of Ireland

2021 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
174 David Caron

Michael Healy, 1873-1941. An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer

2023 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
175

The Knights of Glin: Seven Centuries of Change

2009 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 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
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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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    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