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
26	Mr and Mrs Hall virtue	THE WEST AND CONNAMARA		1853	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	Unknown
27	Oliver Burke	HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOPS OF TUAM		1882	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
28	Kearney	Galway local histories. The Persse Family: Genealogy and History		1554-1964	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
29	Karen Harvey	The Bellews of Mount Bellew: Catholic Gentry Family in Eighteenth-century Ireland [Galway]			EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
30	(Judith Cuppage)	West Kerry Interest -- Three Books: Corca Dhuibhne -- Dingle Peninsula Archaeological Survey		-1986	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
31	Valerie o Sullivan	I AM OF KERRY		2003	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
32	Arnold Horner	Mapping South Kerry. 450 years of a changing landscape			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
33	[Peter Murray]	Maritime Paintings of Cork, 1700-2000		2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
34	(Liam O'Neill)	Corca Dhuibhne		-2010	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
35	Jenny White Marshall and Claire Walsh	Kerry: Illaunloughan Isalnd-an early medieval monastry in County Kerry		2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
36	(Most Rev. John Healy)	Maynooth University and Armagh Archive: Maynooth College -- Its Centenary History		-1895	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
37		Scarce Sothebys Catalogue of the Library of the late H.J.B. Clements of Killadun, Co. Kildare	London	4/6th July 1966	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
38	(John Feehan)	The Curragh of Kildare, Ireland		(n.d.)	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
39		Graignamanagh Connected: Flyer for james O'Leary and bag from Patrick O'Leary Merchants c early 1900's		early 1900's	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
40		Graiguenamanagh Regatta (Poster) will be held on Wednesday July 7th 1880		Wednesday July 7th 1880	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
41	Robert Wyse Jackson	Kilkenny: The Story of Kilkenny		1974	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
42		Programme of Graignamanagh 'Aeridheacht' Sunday July 27th 1919		July 27th 1919	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
43	P O'Leary,Graignamanagh	Kilkenny: Ullard Illustrated-Read at Meeting of Antiquaries		1911	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
44		Manuscript description of St Mullins ( St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow)		1880	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
45	(brother of John O'Leary, President of Kilkenny Archaeological Society)	Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny: Drawing book of William O'Leary, (Historian), Main St, Graig Co. Kilkenny		(1946-61)	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
46	William Nolan & Kevin Whelan editors	Kilkenny: History and Society - Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County		1990	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
47		Photograph taken at Kilkenny Barracks		1923	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
48	Patrick William and John O'Leary	Kilkenny: Graignamanagh Abbey		1924	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
49		Irish National Land League: Graignamanagh & Skeogh Branch of the Irish National Land League manuscript minutes commencing on April 13 1884 recording that the meeting was called to establish the branch for Graignamanagh & Skeogh		April 13 1884	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
50		Graignamanagh County Kilkenny: Poster		1897	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	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.