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
365	Etienne Rynne, editor	Figures from the Past. Studies on Figurative Art in Christian Ireland		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
366		The Irish Stamp Year book 1997 complete prestige collection and Irish Stamp Year Book 1994-1995		1997	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
367	R Washbourne	INSULA SANCTORUM , THE ISLAND OF SAINTS		1872	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
368	Michael H C Baker	Irish Railway: Irish Railways Since 1916		1972	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
369	James White/ Michael Wynne	IRISH STAINED GLASS		1963	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
370	Thomas E. O'Neil	Battle of the Little Big Horn		25 June 1876	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
371	B. McArthur and J. Moore	Lessons in Figure Paintings in Watercolours		c.1880	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
372		Vetera Monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum Historiam Illustrantia	Rome	1864	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
373		The Stations Of The Cross, Hanrahan, Columba, O.F.M.1933 Fourteen exact replicas of the set in the church of Mount St. Alphonsus Limerick tall folio		1933	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
374	C P Crane	MEMORIES OF A RESIDENT MAGISTRATE 1880-1920		1938	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
375	John Stevenson	A FRENCHMANS WALK THROUGH IRELAND	Dublin	1917	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
376	Justin McCarthy	IRELAND SINCE THE UNION		1887	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
377	J A Partridge	THE MAKING OF THE IRISH NATION		1886	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
378		IRELAND AS IT IS AND AS IT WOULD BE UNDER HOME RULE		1893	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	Unknown
379	M H G ill	A PICTURE HISTORY OF IRELAND	Dublin	1920	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
380		Christine Hole (Illustrated by Mervyn Peake) - WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND	London	1945	EUR 160.00 - 180.00	Unknown
381	Sir Jonah Barrington	PERSONAL SKETCHES OF HIS OWN TIMES		1830	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
382	Robert Murray	ARCHBISHOP BERNARD		1931	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
383	Charles Coote	HISTORY OF THE UNION OF THE KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITIAN AND IRELAND		1802	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
384	Harry Inglis	IRELAND by The Great Southern Railways 1936 with foldout railway map	Edinborough	1908-9	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
385	J Bowles Daly Ward and Downey	GLIMPSES OF IRISH INDUSTRIES	London	1889	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
386	(Charles Hamilton Teeling)	1798 Rebellion: Personal Narrative of the Irish Rebellion of 1798	(London)	-1828	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	Unknown
387	John Burke	OUTLINES OF THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF IRELAND		circa 1920	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
388	Bernard Becker	DISTURBED IRELAND	London	1881	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
389	Sophie Bryant	LIRERTY ORDER AND LAW UNDER NATIVE IRISH RULE		1923	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	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.