Purcell Auctioneers: Auction, Comprising a Portion of the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls (Historian and Irish Academic at UCC) From Templemartin, Co. Cork) and Other Clients, 100825, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025

Page Size: 578 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
275		(Republican Interest) Letter from Art O'Brien on headed paper "Legation D'Irlande"		1939	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
276		(Tipperary Interest) The Mac Egan: illustrative catalogue: souvenir exhibition of drawings and paintings			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
277		Railwayana: List of Passenger and Goods Locomotive Engines belonging to the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
278		[rare work by Thomas MacDonagh of Cloughjordan signatory of 1916 proclamation]	London	1904	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 375.00
279		Limerick interest collection. Buddy Holly 1936-1959 Convention Limerick 1984			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
280		Scarce Limerick auction catalogue of contents of Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Limerick on 18th & 19th September 1952			EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 400.00
281		A collection of Posters such as Irish Republicanism: 1974			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 56.25
282		Cartography: OS Ireland, King's County			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
283		Library Posters: 'How To Find A Book' Poster detailing The Dewey Decimal Classification System which seperates all books into sections			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
284	Orwell, George	Nineteen Eighty-Four	London	1948	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
285		Stamps. Collection of Irish overprints			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
286	John O'Driscol	The History of Ireland	London	1827	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
287	Vicars, Sir Arthur (editor)	Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810	Dublin	1897	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
288		The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland	Edinburgh	1848	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
289		The High Crosses of Ireland, An Iconographical and Photographic Survey	Bonn	1992	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 600.00
290		A Large New Catalogue of the Bishops of Several Sees Within the Kingdom of Scotland, Down to the Year 1688	Edinburgh	1755	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
291		Original Letters, Written during the Reigns of Henry VI	London	1787	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
292	Anderson, James	Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland		1729	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
293		State-Papers and Letters Addressed to William Carstares Various	Edinburgh	1774	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
294		R. P. JOANNIS CABASSUTII AQUISEXTIENSIS,, NOTITIA ECCLESIASTICA CONCILIORUM	Venetis	1792	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
295	Jacob, Max	Meditations Religieuses Illustrations De L'Auteur		1945	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
296	COLGAN, John	Triadis Thaumaturgae		1997	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
297		Fianna		1916	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 900.00
298	James Mackay	Irish Postmarks since 1840		1982	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
299	Eblana	Erin Quintiana or Dublin Castle and The Irish Parliament 1767-1772		1898	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.