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
101		Rugby Union: Collection of Irish International Match Day Programmes earliest 1977			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
102		Soccer Programmes; Over 160 Soccer Programmes			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
103		GAA: Gaelic Sport - The All-Action G.A.A. Family Magazine 1990-2000			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 225.00
104		GAA: Gaelic Sport - The All-Action G.A.A. Family Magazine -1971-1979			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 250.00
105		GAA: Gaelic Sport - The All-Action G.A.A. Family Magazine 1963- 1969			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 350.00
106	George Hook	Irish Sporting Titles: Such as Time Added On -The Autobiography		2005	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
107		Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Kildare, Carrickfergus, Bandon, Kells, Mullingar, Athlone		1996	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
108	Patrick Taylor	Irish Railways: The West Clare Railway		1994	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 106.25
109	Peter Taylor	Irish Nationalism: Loyalists		1999	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
110	Fox, R. M.	The History Of The irish Citizen Army	Dublin	1943	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
111	John Herman	An Garda Siochana: The Irish Police Guide for the use of the Garda Siochana		1929	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00
112	compiled by Garda Stephen Moore	The Guardians- 100 Years of an GardaSiochana 1922-2022		2022	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
113	Ian Paisley Jr	Irish Nationalism: Reasonable Doubt. The Case for the UDR Four		1916	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
114		Aidan Hagerty - Kevin Lynch and The Irish Hunger Strike	Belfast	2006	EUR 120.00 - 160.00	EUR 112.50
115	Sean Hogan	The Black and Tans in North Tipperary Policing, Revolution and war 1913-1922		2013	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 56.25
116		The Life and Death of Michael Collins Neeson, Eoin	Cork	1968	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
117	McCafferty, Nell	The Armagh Women (Focus Ireland)		1981	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
118	John A Brennan	Irish Nationalism: A Tribute to the Derry 13 and other poems			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
119		Freedom Struggle by the Provisional IRA	Dublin	1973	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
120	John de Courcy	The Sea and the Easter Rising 1916			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
121		The Writings of Bobby Sands			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
122	Charles J. Haughey	The spirit of the nation: The speeches and statements of Charles J. Haughey		1986	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
123		NORTH IRISH HORSE BATTLE REPORT: NORTH AFRICA-ITALY 1943-1945			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
124		[Limited edition reprint of the 1855 edition in special binding]. King James's Irish Army List 1689			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 125.00
125	Martin Wallac	Irish Nationalism: Drums and Guns Revolution in Ulster		1970	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25

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.