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
101	(O Crualaoich & Mac Giolla Chomhghaill)	The Townland Names of Co. Wexford		-2016	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
102		New Ross County Wexford. Black & White Photograph of mainly school children at The Bambino Stone			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
103		Enniscorthy, Wexford Price List for Buttle Bros. & Co Margarine Manufactures	Enniscorthy	1917-10-01	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
104		Wexford Interest: Wexford Civil Survey		1654	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
105		Graignamanagh County Kilkenny: Manuscript notes on 'First ideas of story of Duiske Abbey, Cistercian Monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh		c1887	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
106		Glendalough. Historical and descriptive Notes		1937	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
107		Wexford/Wicklow: Churches of the Diocese of Ferns		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
108	Belfast and Emain Macha	Specially bound copies of Ulidia - on the Ulster Cycle of Tales		1994	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
109		Holy Cross, Church Ardoyne		26th, November 1872	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
110	Walter Harris, Arthur Davidson	The Antient and Present State of the County of Down Containing a Chorographical Description with the Natural and Civil History of the Same		1977 reprint of the 1744	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
111	Dean	Specially bound copy of the Gate Lodges of Ulster		1994	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
112	Raymond Gillespie	(Ulster Interest) Cavan, Essays on the History of an Irish County		2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
113		Archaeology Inventories relating to Cork and parts of Kerry: Kerry Vol I -- South-West Kerry		-2009	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
114		Irish Manuscripts Commission: Civil Surveys 1654 for Dublin County, Kildare, Meath, Donegal-Derry-Tyrone	Dublin County	1654	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
115		Irish Manuscripts Commission: Civil Surveys 1654 for Limerick, Waterford and Tipperary		1654	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
116		Irish Manuscripts Commission: The Book of Fenagh		1939	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
117	(Michael Herity, editor)	The Ordnance Survey Letters for Donegal, Dublin and Wexford			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
118		The Landed Gentry and Aristocracy of Co. Kildare		2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
119	(Kieran Waldron ed)	Illustrated Diocesan Histories: Archdiocese of Tuam		-2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
120	(Marie-Louise Legg ed. Irish Manuscripts Commission)	The Census of Elphin 1749		-2004	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
121	Marie-Louise Legg, editor	Ulster: The Census of Elphin 1749		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
122	M B Hogg	Ulster: A Short History of Keady Parish, Its Church & People		1928	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
123	Duffy, Patrick F.	Landscapes of South Ulster		1993	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
124	John Hogan	'Saint Ciaran - Patron of Ossory'	Kilkenny	1876	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
125	Ignatius Murphy	The Diocese Of Killaloe		1962	EUR 120.00 - 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.