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
515	Cathy o Dowd	Signed-JUST FOR THE LOVE OF IT		2008	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
516	Peter Somerville-Large	The Irish Country House- a Social History		1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
517	Robert Louis Stevenson	The Wrecker	London	1892	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
518	Edward L. Blanchard	Laurence Sterne, with a memoir	London, United Kingdom	1851	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
519	W.F. Trench	(Three candle press, Interest) - Essays Handmade folder containing 9 essays be Trench...	Dublin	1918	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Unknown
520		The Crock of Gold (James Stephens, 1926 -- 1st ed) No dust-jacket		1926	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
521	Paul Rusesabagina	An Ordinary Man		2006	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
522	Margaret Atwood	The Handmaid's Tale	London	1986	EUR 300.00 - 360.00	Unknown
523	Haruki Murakami	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle	London	1998	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
524	David Attenborough	The Trials of Life		1990	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
525	Thomas Pynchon	VINELAND	London	1990	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
526	Paul Durcan	(From Paul Durcan's own library) Writers in Schools, 1978 -1979		1978 -1979	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
527	Andrew Lang	The Blue Fairy Book		2003	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
528	James Joyce	Folio Society: 7 titles, 6 slipcased 9 one badly damaged) Titles such as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
529	F Scott Fitzgerald	Folio Society: 7 titles, 6 slipcased: Titles such as The Great Gatsby			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
530	Charlotte Bronte and Wuthering	Folio Society: The Brone Sisters: Jane Eyre/ Villette/Shirley all			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
531		Folio Society: 7 titles all slipcased; With Napoleon in Russia 1812		1812	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
532	Thomas Hardy	Folio Society set of six in a slip case: Tess of the d'Urbeervilles...			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
533	Adolf Mahr, editor	Christian Art In Ireland		1932	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
534		SIGHTS AND SCENES IN IRELAND	London	1897	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
535	Wendy Walsh	An Irish Florilegium. Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
536	S.B. Kennedy	Paul Henry		2000	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
537	Donal O'Sullivan	Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper		2005	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
538	William Burton Conyngham and his Irish Circle of Antiquarian Artists	Dedications from Peter Harbison from Lord Mountcharles			EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
539	Brian De Breffny and George Mott	The Churches and Abbeys of Ireland		1976	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	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.