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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474 | Seamus Heaney | Sweeney Astray |
EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 475 | Seamus Heaney | District and Circle |
2006 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 275.00 | |
| 476 | Seamus Heaney | The Haw Lantern |
1987 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 477 | Frank Ormsby, Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson | The Blackbird's Nest -An Anthology of Poetry from Queens University |
Belfast | 2006 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 478 | Seamus Heaney & Michael Longley | An Upstairs Outlook - An Evening of Poetry |
Belfast | 1989 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 479 | Seamus Heaney | From The Republic of Conscience |
1985 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 225.00 | |
| 480 | Seamus Heaney | [signed by photographer] Sweeney's Flight |
1992 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 481 | Seamus Heaney | Station Island |
1984 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 482 | Peter Kavanagh. (Editor) | The Complete Poems |
1990 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 483 | Sean McSweeney and Gerard Smyth | The Yellow River |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 484 | Paula Meehan | The Man who was marked by Winter |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 485 | Michael Longley | The Slain Birds |
Cape | 2022 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 486 | Ian McEwan | On Chesil Beach |
Cape | 2007 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 487 | Derek Mahon | Selected Poems |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 488 | Claire Keegan | Small Things like These |
2024 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 489 | Brendan Kennelly | Breathing Spaces |
1992 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 490 | Ciaran Carson | Breaking News |
2003 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 491 | Derek Mahon | Flying Boats |
2014 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 492 | Paul Durcan | Christmas Day |
1996 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 493 | Irish Poetry: Collected Poems of John Montague |
1995 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 494 | W.B. Yeats | On The Boiler |
1939 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 495 | Mary Costello | The River Capture |
2019 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 496 | Kevin Barry | Beatlebone |
2015 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 497 | Sara Baume | A Line made by Walking |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 498 | Anna Burns | Milkman |
2018 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
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![<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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