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
51		An Biobla Naofa [The Holy Bible in Irish]		1981	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
52		(Mairtin O DIREAIN related) Mairtin O DIREAIN - Ar Re Dhearoil		1962	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 81.25
53		(Folklore & Traditional Irish Music) "Sliabh gCua m'Oige" - Padraig Tyers			EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 56.25
54		Ua Ceallaigh (S.) 'Sceilg,' Cathal Brugha	Dublin	1942	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
55	Seamus Pender	Irish Language: Feilscribhinn Torna		1947	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
56		Piaras Beaslai & SeanO'Dubhghusa - An tOglach	Dublin	1961 -- 1971	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
57	Padraig O Dalaigh	(Scarce Waterford Interest) Riobard Bheldon (Author) - File an Chomaraigh		1903	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
58	Seamus O Neill	Iomramh an Ousel (The Voyage of the Ousel)		1946	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
59	edited by Sean Mac Airt	Irish Language: Leabhar Branach- The Book of the O'Byrnes		1944	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
60	William O'Donnell	An Tiomna Nuadh (The New Testament)		1827	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
61		Daniel Corkery - The Stormy Hills		1941	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 175.00
62		Contributions To A Dictionary Of The Irish Language		c.1950s/60s	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
63		Irish Language: A collection of Irish Language Titles			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
64		Irish Language: A collection of Irish Language Titles			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
65	J K Rowing	Irish Language: Harry Potter agus an Orehloch		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
66		Box containing Irish Fiction, Irish Art catalogues, Irish Non-Fiction also a good quantity of vintage Irish language			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
67		Antrim: Creagan- Kickham's G A C 1924-1990			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
68		Louth: Football Feats of Faughart 1884-1997			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
69	Joe Cody	GAA Interest: 1. The Stripy Men: Kilkenny's Hurling Story to 2008		-2009	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
70		WestMeath: From Stars to Saints - A History of St Loman's GAA Club		2016	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
71	Munster G.A.A.	Story 1887-2001 Two volumes Jim Cronin			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
72	Seamus J King	Tipperary's Bord na nOg Story		1991	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 87.50
73	Dermot Kavanagh	GAA: The Story of Interprovincial Football			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
74	Pat Lynch	Kildare: Clane's Golden Era, Gaelic Games 1885-2000		2007	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
75		The Evolution of the GAA Donal McAnallen SIGNED		2009	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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.