Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026

Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	John Cummins	GAA Kildare: A History of Cadbury Gaelic Football Club		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
127	Eamonn Coleman	GAA Derry: The Boys of '93. Derry's All-Ireland Kings	2018	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
128	Joseph Martin	GAA Tyrone; The GAA in Tyrone-The Long Road to Glory	2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
129	Martin Ryan	GAA Cork: 3 by the Lee-the making of the Cork hurler's 3 in a row 1976-78	2006	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
130	Paul Rouse	GAA: The Hurlers-The First All-Ireland Championship and the making of Modern Hurling	2018	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
131	Jerome Quinn	GAA Ulster: Ulster Football & Hurling Champions	1993	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
132	Edited by Paddy Madden .	Early and scarce Hurling Club History. History of Gaelic Games in Whitegate and Mountshannon 1825-1984 [County Clare].	1984	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00
133		(Clare Interest) Pat McNamara & Kathleen McNamara - Skirts Hurlin' The Story of Camogie in Killanena,	2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
134	Alan Rogers	GAA Tyrone: Forever young on the Fields of Moy-100 year history of An Mhaigh Tir na nOg GAC	2008	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
135	Alan Aherne	GAA Wexford: Go On The Butters- Sarsfields GAA Club History 1907-2010		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
136		GAA: Collection of GAA Magazines: Ulster Games Annual (7) Michael O'Heirs World of Gaelic Games (2) plus 30 others (39)		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
137		GAA: Collection of GAA magazines including GAA-The Official Croke Park Annual (15); Greats of Gaelic Games (5) Gaelsport (6) (26)		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
138	Tom Humphries	GAA: Green Fields, Gaelic Sport in Ireland	1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
139	Seamus O'Reilly SIGNED	GAA Clare: A proud Past -Highlights of the Newmarket on Fergus Hurling & Football Story 1885-1973; Clare GAA The Club Scene 1887-2010	2010	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
140		GAA Leitrim: Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada Souvenir programme May 1964; Kiltubrid GAA; The Gortletteragh GAA Story 1889-1991; Sceal CLG Liatroma 1984-2009 plus 5 others (9)		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
141	edited by Lorcan O'Rourke and Willie Crowley;	Kildare: Moorefield GAA Newbridge- Our Club, Our Town 1884-2014		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
142	David McCann	Galway: For The Pride of The Parish. a History of Gaelic Games in New Inn and Bullaun compiled	2003	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
143	Michael Moynihan	GAA Cork: Rebels Cork GAA Since 1950	2010	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
144		GAA Tipperary: The Brennans of Borrisokene c1730 to 2010		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
145	edited by Sean Murphy	GAA: A History of Handball in Munster 1884-1984		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 237.50
146	compiled by D Campbell, D Dowds and D Mullan	GAA Donegal: Against The Grain-A History of Burt, Its People and The GAA	2000	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
147	Anthony McMullan and Mary McMullan	GAA Antrim: Down The Lane-history of Gaelic Games in the parish of Rasharkin 1909-2013		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
148	Brendan McArdles	GAA Louth: Footbal Feats of Faughart 1884-1997, Roche Emmets GFC		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
149	edited by Tom Cullen	GAA Fermanagh: A Gaelic Graduation-A History of the GAA in Fermanagh		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
150		GAA Kerry:The GAA in Kerry- Centenary Exhibation, Muckross House; Rathmore GAA Club 3 June 1984 Kerry Senior Trial; The Sportsmen of East Kerry and Western Duhallow		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.