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.
Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1481 ❧ THE FIRST VIEW OF VENICE. ROLEWINCK, WERNER. 1425-1502. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1496 ❧ GREEK INCUNABLE. MANUTIUS, ALDUS. 1449-1515. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE. FINÉ, ORONCE. 1494-1555. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCIENTIFIC BOOKS OF THE RENAISSANCE. $12,000 - $18,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ RENAISSANCE CYPHERS AND REBUSES. PALATINO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1515-1575. $3,000 - $5,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1588 ❧ "ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANTLY PRODUCED OF ALL TECHNOLOGICAL TREATISES." $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1618 ❧ THREE DUTCH EMBLEM BOOKS BY DANIEL HEINSIUS BOUND IN ONE. $5,000 - $8,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1710 ❧ A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED "PRINT BIBLE". BASNAGE, JAKOB. 1653-1723. $12,000 - $18,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1818 ❧ EARLY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY. BARTH, JOHANN AUGUST. 1765-1818. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1896 ❧ KELMSCOTT CHAUCER: THE FINEST BOOK SINCE THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. $60,000 - $90,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1903 ❧ DOVES PRESS MAGNUM OPUS: THE DOVES BIBLE. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1680 ❧ FREIBERG FÊTE BOOKS FROM THE GOURARY COLLECTION. $1,000 - $1,500
Gros & Delettrez, May 5: APRÈS de MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste d’- Le Neptune Oriental.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: DELISLE, Guillaume – Atlas françois,1725.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: HONTER. SOPHOCLE - Recueil composite réunissant deux ouvrages.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: PHÉROTÉE DE LA CROIX, A. - Algemeene weereld-beschryving.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup de - Voyage autour du monde.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BLAEU, Guillaume & Jean -Septième volume de la Géographie Blaviane.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: TATIKIAN, Boğos - Figures et costumes du Levant.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GIRAULT DE PRANGEY, Joseph-Philibert -Monument arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Séville et Grenade.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CHAMPOLLION le jeune. Monuments de l’Egypte et de la Nubie.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CASSAS, Louis-François. - Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SONNERAT, Pierre. Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GARNIER, Francis. Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SUBERBIE, Alix (E. SMITH). Dessins et aquarelles de Madagascar.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BYRON -Viage del comandante Byron.