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
415		The Mission of Rinuccini -- Nuncio Extraordinary to Ireland 1645-1649		-1932	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
416		India as I knew it -- 1885-1925		1925	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
417		Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry	(Dublin)	-1843	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
418	William O'Brien	(Irish Historical Interest) - Edmund Burke As an Irishman		1926	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
419		BERTIE AHERN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (SIGNED)		2009	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
420	John Boyle O Reilly	WATCHWORDS	Boston	1891	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
421		The Beauties of Ireland being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical of Each County	(London)	-1825	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
422		The Beauties of the Press; with An Appendix containing The Speech of Arthur O'Connor on the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons of Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795, Also His Letter to Lord Castlereagh	(London)	-1800	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
423	(Thomas Cromwell)	Excursions Through Ireland comprising Topographical and Historical Delineations	(London)	-1820	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
424	Sebastian Barry	(Irish Poetry all first editions, first prints) Sebastian Barry -- the water colourist		1983	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
425	Desmond O'Grady	CHORDS & ORCHESTRATIONS		1956	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
426	Thomas Bell	An Essay on the Origin and Progress of Gothic Architecture in Ireland to which was awarded the prize proposed by the Royal Irish Academy	Dublin	1824	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
427	Thomas Bodkin	HUGH LANE AND HIS PICTURES		1956	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
428	T O'Herlihy	Irish Famine: The Famine 1845-1847- A Survey of its ravages and Causes		1845-1847	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
429		Historical Narrative of the Origin and Constitution of the Honourable Irish Society		1865	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
430	(P.W. Joyce)	Old Irish Folk Music and Songs -- A Collection of 842 Irish Airs and Songs Hitherto Unpublished		1909	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	Unknown
431	(Richard Henebry)	A Handbook of Irish Music	(Octavo)	-1928	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	Unknown
432	(Edited by W.B. Yeats & F.R. Higgins)	Broadsides 2 vols -- Old and New Songs		(1971 reprint of 1937)	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
433	Sigerson Clifford	Ballads of a Bogman		1955	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
434	Sir Bernard Burke	BURKES LANDED GENTRY OF IRELAND		1958	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
435	John B. Keane	The Field		1966	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
436	Patrick Kavanagh	Tarry Flynn - A Novel			EUR 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
437	Patrick Kavanagh	The Green Fool		1971	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
438	Patrick Kavanagh	Collected Pruse		1973	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
439	Patrick Kavanagh	BY NIGHT UNSTARRED		1977	EUR 380.00 - 420.00	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.