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
76		Original Records for Valentia Weather Station, Co. Kerry -- four ledgers		Jan -- Dec 1871	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
77	(Moran & O Muraile eds)	Mayo History and Society		2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
78	Tony Whilde	Galway/Mayo: Birds of Galway and Mayo		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
79	(Crampsie & Ludlow eds)	Meath History and Society		-2015	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
80		Co. Meath: Archaeological Inventory of County Meath		-1987	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
81	(Eoin Grogan)	Royal Tara -- Three Books: The Rath of the Synods, Tara		-2008	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
82	John McEvoy, editor	Kildare/Meath: The Churches of Kildare & Leighlin 2000 A D		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
83	(George Eogan)	Newgrange and Knowth: Excavations at Knowth Vol I		-1984	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
84	William Nolan & Timothy P. O'Neill	Offaly History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the history of an Irish County		1998	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
85	Caimin O'Brien	Offaly: Stories from A Sacred Landscape -Croghan Hill to Clom=nmacnoise		2006	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
86	James Eccles	(Sligo Interest) - 'Lenscape'		2002	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
87		The Tipperary Electric Theatre: Flyer from Mr J L McGlynn, Violinist of The Tipperary Electric Theatre ( Located in Tipperary Town, County Tipperary on what was known as Henry Street (later re-named O'Brien Street)		(May 1912)	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
88	(Robert C. Simington)	Tipperary Civil Survey 1654		-1931	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
89	Dermot F. Gleeson	Roscrea Town and Parish from earliest times to the present day, with account of Territories of Ui Cairin and Eile Ui Cearbhaill		1947	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
90	Eamonn Gaynor	Tipperary: Memoirs of a Tipperary Family- The Gaynore of Tyrone 1887-2000			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
91	(Simington)	Irish Manuscripts Commission: Civil Survey of Tipperary		(1931 & 1934)	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
92	P C Power	Tipperary: Carrick-on Suir and its people		1976	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
93		Graignamanagh: Archive material from a library with strong connection to Graigamanagh, Co. Kilkenny			EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
94	Evelyn Philip Shirley	Some Account of the Territory of Dominion of Farney		1845	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
95	(W. J. Hayes -- ed.)	Moyne-Templetuohy -- The Story of a Tipperary Parish		-2001	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
96	(Rev Wm Burke, Waterford)	History of Clonmel		-1907	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
97	(Rev. P. Power)	Place-Names of the Decies	(London)	-1907	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	Unknown
98	(Joseph Hansard)	The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford	(Dungarvan)	-1870	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	Unknown
99	(Edmund Downey)	The Story of Waterford from the Foundation of the City to the Middle of the Eighteenth Century with sketches, maps, plans and portraits	(Waterford)	-1914	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
100	Eamonn McEneaney, editor	Waterford: A History of Waterford and its Mayore from the 12th Century to the 20th Century		1995	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.