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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | GAA: Hurling Giants by Brendan Fullam |
1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 77 | Padraig Puirseal | GAA: The GAA in its time |
1982 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 78 | John Phelan | In The Shadow of the Goalpost 1884-2004 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 79 | WestMeath: From Tenants' Pasture to Croke Park- A History of Clonkill GAA, 1917-2017 |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 80 | Tom Humphries | GAA: Green Fields, Gaelic Sport in Ireland |
1996 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 81 | Daragh O Conchuir | Kildare: Ni neart go cur lr cheile- The History of St Laurence GAA, 1957-2007 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 82 | GAA: GAA: Gaelic Sport - The All-Action G.A.A. Family Magazine, 1980-1989 |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 212.50 | |||
| 83 | Galway: Mattie McDonagh- A Giant Among Men |
2007 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 84 | edited by Lorcan O'Rourke and Willie Crowley | Kildare: Moorefield GAA Newbridge- Our Club, Our Town 1884-2014 |
2017 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 85 | Michael Keogh Leo Clancy | Tyrone: Glorious Clonoe the Story of the O,Rahilly G.F.C 1916-1986 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 86 | Paul Rouse | GAA: The Hurlers-The First All-Ireland Championship and the making of Modern Hurling |
2018 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 87 | Peter Keogh | Wicklow: Gateway to Glory- A GAA Story Rathdangan/Kiltegan 1886-1996 |
1997 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 88 | GAA: The GAA- A History by Marcus de Burca |
1980 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 89 | Compiled and Edited by Michael Howley and Tom Greene | Galway: A History of Ardrahan GAA 1884-2010 |
2010 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 90 | compiled by Joe Lennon | GAA: The Playing Rules of Football and Hurling 1884-1995 |
1997 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 91 | Joe O Dwyer | History of Portarlington GAA 125 years 1888-2013 |
2013 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 92 | edited by Seamus McRory and Eamonn Brennan | GAA: The Gaelic Field- Longford GAA Historians Remember |
2002 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 93 | WestMeath: History of South WestMeath Hurling since 1885 |
1973-1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 87.50 | ||
| 94 | Roscommon: Passion For Play |
2010 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 95 | Naomh Jude | GAA Club histories. Bray Emmets 1885-1985 |
EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 96 | Wicklow: Moments of History Images of Wicklow GAA over the Century |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 100.00 | |||
| 97 | Catherine Forde | Galway: Tommy Larkins GAA Club 1968-2017 |
2014 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 98 | Offaly: An Clarach An Sceal 1884-1994 |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | |||
| 99 | compiled and edited by Teddy Fennelly and Brian Delaney | Laois: Portlaoise GAA 1887-2016. C'mon The Town |
2016 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 100 | David McCann | Galway: For The Pride of The Parish. a History of Gaelic Games in New Inn and Bullaun |
2003 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | 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.")
