Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Irish Local Histories with a Special Section on Kilkenny and Graiguenamanagh in Particular, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Significant GAA Programmes etc. , 31126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026

Page Size: 602 items in 25 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Co. Carlow Interest: The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650	1650	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
2		Rules of the Rahena,Borris & Ballymurphy Religious Community	1835, revised 1846	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
3		Carlow: Leighlin Diocese- Its Ancient Boundaries and Divisions by Edward O'Toole...	1936	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
4	James Frost	The History and Topography of The County of Clare from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the 18th Century	1973 reprint of 1893	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 87.50
5	Kieran Sheedy	The Horse in County Clare	-2001	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	EUR 106.25
6		A History of the Diocese of Cork	(1982, 1989, 1993)	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	EUR 87.50
7		Cork: A History of the Diocese of Cork-from the Reformation to the Penal Era byEvelyn Bolster	1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
8		A History of the Royal Cork Yacht Club	-2005	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	EUR 75.00
9	Dwyer. Guy	The Dominicans of Cork City and County	1896	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
10	The Rev Samuel Hayman	Youghal, County Cork: Notes and Records of the Ancient Religious Foundations at Youghal, Co, Cork and its vicinity	1855	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
11	C P Curran	THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL	1945	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
12	James Stevens Curl	(Coffee Table Books, Dublin related)	1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
13	(James Stephens)	The Insurrection in Dublin	1916	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
14	Major E S E Childers	THE STORY OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM	1921	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
15	T. N. Percy Kirkpatrick	History of the Medical Teaching in Trinity College Dublin and The School of Physics in Ireland	1912	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
16		The Entire Library from Doneraile Court [Cork], Hamilton and Hamilton (formerly the Property of the late Lord Doneraile)	[December 1969]	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 525.00
17	Keane Mahony Smith	The Library of Malahide Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin ; the property of the executors of the late the Lord Talbot de Malahide, C.M.G.	1976-05-12	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 175.00
18	Edward P. McLoughlin	Report on anatomical investigation of skeletal remains unearthed at Castleknock in excavation of early Christian cemetery in 1938	1950	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
19		CHARTAE ET STATUTA COLLEGII	1828	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
20		The Phoenix Park	1880-1890	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
21		Irish Historic Towns Atlas Dublin Part II, No 19 with CD	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
22		Historical Manuscript Commissions of the Marquis of Ormond, The Earl of Fingal, The Corporations of Waterford & Galway	1885	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
23	Colm O'Lochlainn, editor	Wilde's Loch Coirib its Shores and Islands with notices of Loch Measga with folding map	1955	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 125.00
24	(John McDonagh)	Five books of Galway Interest: Economy, Society and Peripherality -- Experiences from the West of Ireland	-2002	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
25		Ida Gantz. Signpost to Eyrecourt - Portrait of the Eyre Family	1975	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold

Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.

Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.

Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 April

Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.

Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.

Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.