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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
524	Helen Prejean	DEAD MAN WALKING	1993	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 87.50
525		Irish Art review		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
526		A collection of mainly Irish related coffee		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
527		A collection of mainly Irish related coffee		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
528		The Lismore Papers of Richard Boyle		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 3,000.00
529	Robert Beatson	Military Interest: Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
530	John Grisham	A wonderful collection of this Authors titles such as The Guardians		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
531	Austen H Layard	A Collection of early Travel Books such as Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert	1853	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 450.00
532	Beatrix Bulstrode	A collection of early Travel Books such as A Tour in Mongolia	1920	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 162.50
533	Charles Richard	The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher Elrington	1847	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
534		Local History: The Heart of Dublin		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
535		A Collection of Alexander Solzhenitsyn Titles such as The First Circle	1969	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
536	Brendan Behan	Irish Interest: Hold Your Hour and have another	1963	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
537	William F T Butler	Irish Interest: A collection of titles such as Gleanings from Irish History	1925	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
538		Excavations		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
539		Local History: A collection of titles sch as The Fermanagh Story		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 162.50
540		Local History: A collection of titles such as The Diocese of Meath		EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 137.50
541		Local History: A collection of titles with Dublin as a theme		EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 81.25
542	Sir Charles Gavan Duffy	Irish Interest: A collection of titles such as Young Ireland- A Fragment of irish History 1840-1850	1880	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
543		A wonderful collection of Eavan Boland related		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 375.00
544		Irish Postcards: 4 albums of mostly Irish related		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
545	John McGahern	Irish Literature: A collection of titles suchas Memoir	2005	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
546		Irish/World Interest: Atlas of the Great Irish Famine	2012	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
547		A collection of 22 framed prints of movie actresses from the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's to include Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda , Audrey Hepurn and others		EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
548	Agatha Christie	An extensive collection of vintage titles		EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.