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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449 | David R Clarke | Irish Literature: WB Yeats and the Theatre of Desolate Reality |
1965 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 450 | Roddy Doyle | Irish Literature: The Van |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 451 | John B. Keane |
1964 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 175.00 | ||
| 452 | John B. Keane | Love Bites and other stories |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 453 | John B. Keane | Many Young Men of Twenty |
1961 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 454 | John B. Keane | Big Maggie |
1969 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 455 | John B. Keane | The Crazy Wall |
1974 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 456 | John B Keane | Long Playing Record: Sive- a play |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 457 | Long Playing Records: An Evening with Gogarty- The Prince of Wits |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 458 | Long Playing Records, James N Healy |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 459 | Harry Potter: Six American |
1999 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 460 | Set of 5 Harry Potter hardcover collectors Deluxe first editions consisting of: (1) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
-1999 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 400.00 | ||
| 461 | John McGahern | That They May Face The Rising Sun |
2002 | EUR 140.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 462 | John McGahern Memoir |
2005 | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 463 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
1979 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 464 | John McGahern | The Dark |
1965 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 465 | John McGahern: The Pornographer |
London | 1979 | EUR 120.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | |
| 466 | John McGahern: Memoir |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 467 | Colm Toibin | Irish Interest: A Guest at the Feast |
2022 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 468 | Lord Dunsany | The Tents of the Arabs |
EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 469 | Lord Dunsany | If - A Play in Four Acts |
1921 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 470 | Lord Dunsany | Unhappy Far-Off Things |
1919 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 471 | Ted Hughes; Crow |
1970 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 472 | Lennox Robinson | A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse |
1927 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 473 | W.B. Yeats | POEMS |
1920 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
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![<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.")
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