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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | Elizabeth Taylor | At Mrs Lippincote's |
London, United Kingdom | 1945 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 425 | Merriman, Brian / Cosslett O Cuino | The Midnight Court |
1982 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 426 | A collection of two works in German from the library of Aloys Fleischmann (1910 -- 1992) |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 427 | J D Salinger | The Catcher In the Rye |
Boston | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 428 | Jules Verne | THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR |
EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 429 | Patrick McGill | Children of the Dead End |
London | 1914 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | Not Sold |
| 430 | John Bnaville | (Three John Banville Signed First Editions, First Printings) THE SINGULARITIES |
London | 2022 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 431 | A Time for Voices |
(Newcastle upon Tyne) | 1990 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 432 | Walter Macken: The Silent People |
1962 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 433 | [Five Halley Lectures and notable for Edwin Hubble's lecture on Red-Shifts] |
Oxford | 1936 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 434 | (Philip Pullman, First UK Editions, First Printings) His Dark Materials |
2001 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | ||
| 435 | Margaret Atwood | The Testaments |
EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 106.25 | ||
| 436 | John Banville | The Blue Guitar |
2012 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 437 | William Trevor | The Love Department |
1966 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 438 | Edna O'Brien | The Casualties of Peace |
1966 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 439 | William Trevor | The Boarding House |
1965 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 440 | Edna O'Brien | Mrs Reinhardt and Other Stories |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 441 | Kate O'Brien | As Music and Splendour |
1958 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 442 | LAWRENCE, T. E. | Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph |
London and Toronto | 1935 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 443 | Frank McCourt | Irish Literature: Tis |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 444 | [ Ten Irish Fiction, First Editions] Anne Enright -- Actress |
2020 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 445 | Owen A. Curran | Two Hundred Years of Trade Unionism 1809-2009 |
Dublin | 2009 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 446 | Shannon Millin, S. | The Irish Harp a Lecture by S. Shannon Millin Delivered in Rosemary St. Hall |
Belfast | 28 March, 1898 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 447 | Ian McEwan |
Amsterdam | 1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 448 | Lawrence Durrell | THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea |
London, United Kingdom | 1957 -- 1960 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
