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

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	Frank McGuinness	The Factory Girls	Dublin	1982	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
302	Donagh MacDonagh	Ballads of the Invincibles, (also called the Irish Invincibles)	City of Dublin	1967	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
303	John Lyle Donaghy	Selected Poems	Dublin	1939	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
304		Memorial Card Francisco Franco Bahamonde- General Franco a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975		1939	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
305		Original 1921 Nicholas Mullins and Sean Hatley postcard "Died for Ireland Coolbawn Kilkenny 18th June 1921" Rare			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
306		Leather Postcard: This item is been auctioned as a historical item		c.1905	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
307		Half Crown Token. Mayfield Factory [Portlaw]		1854	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
308		Signed by Irish painter Graham Knuttel			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
309		THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER for the use of the united church of England and Ireland	London	1804	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
310		Publications from the Mid 1880's-1901- The Shamrock-6 issues		Mid 1880's-1901	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
311		Dublin Penny Journal July 1835- June 1836		July 1835- June 1836	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	Unknown
312		Collection of Black & White Photographs from the late 19th and early 20th Century c20		late 19th and early 20th Century	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
313		Postcards: Collection of c50 Irish Postcards some dating from early 1900's with Album			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
314	Oscar Wilde	Gilt framed original albumen print of a photograph of Wilde taken by Napoleon Saroney, a renowned New York society photographer, shortly after Wilde Arrived in New York in January, 1882 to commence his first & only American tour	New York	January, 1882	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
315		Dublin Penny Journal			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
316		The Isle of Man stamp and First Day Issue Collection			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
317		[Shannon Scheme] Siemens. Progress on the Shannon		2nd Year October 1927	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
318		Visitors Book for Farnham Sporting estate and later Granitesfield, Kingstown		May 1923 to May 1937	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
319		Library of Stephen Furlong, deceased to be sold by auction		1982-03-01	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
320	Francis Thomas Bray	Testimonials of Francis Thomas Bray when he did his Residency in the Coombe Hospital	Dublin	dated 1873	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
321	James Graves (1815--86), clergyman, archaeologist, and historian	4 page letter		1864	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
322		Tipperary Letter		April 1830	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
323	Bryan MacMahon	Seactar Fear Seacht La		1966	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
324	Patrick O'Leary, Graig	Memoir of Thomas Cloney -Insurgent General, 1798	Wexford	1898	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
324A	John Speed	The Province of Mounster		c.1610	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	Unknown

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.