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Auction Date
January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026
Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 John Cummins

GAA Kildare: A History of Cadbury Gaelic Football Club

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 162.50
127 Eamonn Coleman

GAA Derry: The Boys of '93. Derry's All-Ireland Kings

2018 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
128 Joseph Martin

GAA Tyrone; The GAA in Tyrone-The Long Road to Glory

2003 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
129 Martin Ryan

GAA Cork: 3 by the Lee-the making of the Cork hurler's 3 in a row 1976-78

2006 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
130 Paul Rouse

GAA: The Hurlers-The First All-Ireland Championship and the making of Modern Hurling

2018 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
131 Jerome Quinn

GAA Ulster: Ulster Football & Hurling Champions

1993 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
132 Edited by Paddy Madden .

Early and scarce Hurling Club History. History of Gaelic Games in Whitegate and Mountshannon 1825-1984 [County Clare].

1984 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 175.00
133

(Clare Interest) Pat McNamara & Kathleen McNamara - Skirts Hurlin' The Story of Camogie in Killanena,

2004 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
134 Alan Rogers

GAA Tyrone: Forever young on the Fields of Moy-100 year history of An Mhaigh Tir na nOg GAC

2008 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
135 Alan Aherne

GAA Wexford: Go On The Butters- Sarsfields GAA Club History 1907-2010

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
136

GAA: Collection of GAA Magazines: Ulster Games Annual (7) Michael O'Heirs World of Gaelic Games (2) plus 30 others (39)

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
137

GAA: Collection of GAA magazines including GAA-The Official Croke Park Annual (15); Greats of Gaelic Games (5) Gaelsport (6) (26)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
138 Tom Humphries

GAA: Green Fields, Gaelic Sport in Ireland

1996 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
139 Seamus O'Reilly SIGNED

GAA Clare: A proud Past -Highlights of the Newmarket on Fergus Hurling & Football Story 1885-1973; Clare GAA The Club Scene 1887-2010

2010 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
140

GAA Leitrim: Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada Souvenir programme May 1964; Kiltubrid GAA; The Gortletteragh GAA Story 1889-1991; Sceal CLG Liatroma 1984-2009 plus 5 others (9)

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 150.00
141 edited by Lorcan O'Rourke and Willie Crowley;

Kildare: Moorefield GAA Newbridge- Our Club, Our Town 1884-2014

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
142 David McCann

Galway: For The Pride of The Parish. a History of Gaelic Games in New Inn and Bullaun compiled

2003 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.00
143 Michael Moynihan

GAA Cork: Rebels Cork GAA Since 1950

2010 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 43.75
144

GAA Tipperary: The Brennans of Borrisokene c1730 to 2010

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
145 edited by Sean Murphy

GAA: A History of Handball in Munster 1884-1984

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 237.50
146 compiled by D Campbell, D Dowds and D Mullan

GAA Donegal: Against The Grain-A History of Burt, Its People and The GAA

2000 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
147 Anthony McMullan and Mary McMullan

GAA Antrim: Down The Lane-history of Gaelic Games in the parish of Rasharkin 1909-2013

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 106.25
148 Brendan McArdles

GAA Louth: Footbal Feats of Faughart 1884-1997, Roche Emmets GFC

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
149 edited by Tom Cullen

GAA Fermanagh: A Gaelic Graduation-A History of the GAA in Fermanagh

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
150

GAA Kerry:The GAA in Kerry- Centenary Exhibation, Muckross House; Rathmore GAA Club 3 June 1984 Kerry Senior Trial; The Sportsmen of East Kerry and Western Duhallow

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 250.00
  • 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.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000