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
126	Richard Doherty	Clear the Way	Dublin	1993	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
127		1916 Proclamation: Copy showing the proclamation			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
128		A framed 1916 print of the Irish Revolution - Forogra Phoblacht na hEireann which were on the walls of all National Schools in the country for the 50th year anniversary 1966			EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 325.00
129	Lt Col Michael Dewar	Irish Nationalism: Collection of Titles such as The British Army in Northern Ireland		1985	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
130		ANNA ULADH ANNALS oF ULSTER: A chronicle of Irish Affairs from AD 431 to AD 1540	Hennessey	1887	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 137.50
131		Irish Tracts: Boate, Ware, Spencer, Davis & others, A Collection of Tracts and Treatises illustrative of the Natural History, Antiquities, and the Political and Social State of Ireland	Dublin	1860	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 100.00
132	Mac Fhirbhisigh, Dubhaltach Nollaig O' Muraile (Editor)	The Great Book of Irish Genealogies : Leabhar Mor Na Ngenealach		2004	EUR 170.00 - 340.00	EUR 300.00
133	HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H.	''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or PS500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''	Dublin	1878	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 93.75
134	Christy Moore	One voice: My Life in Song		2000	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
135	D'Alton	A History of Ireland		circa 1930	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 81.25
136		History of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts by John Turpin			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
137	Webbe Dasent, George	The Story Of Burnt Njal or Life in Iceland at the End of the Tenth Century, from the Icelandic of the Njals Saga. with an introduction	Edinburgh	1861	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 75.00
138	(Sir John Malcolm)	Sketches Of Persia, From The Journals Of A Traveller In The East	London	1828	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
139	Gowanlock, Theresa and Delaney, Theresa	Two Months In The Camp Of Big Bear, The Life and Adventures of....	Parkdale	1885	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
140	Denon, Vivant	Travels In Upper And Lower Egypt in company with several Divisions of the French Army	London	1803	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
141	Eisroh, Seimmal	Travel Sketches in Egypt And Greece	London	1903	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
142	O' Mahony, John	The Sunny Side of Ireland: How to See It by the Great Southern and Western Railway		no date. Circa 1900	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
143	Moryson, Fynes	AN ITINERARY: CONTAINING HIS TEN YEERES TRAVELL THROUGH THE TWELVE DOMINIONS OF GERMANY, BOHMERLAND, SWEITZERLAND, NETHERLAND, DENMARKE, POLAND, ITALY, TURKY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND		1907-1908	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 125.00
144		The Copper Plate Magazine Views of Great Britain and Ireland		1793/93	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
145	Canziani, Estella	Costumes Traditions and Songs of Savoy: Ilustrated with Fifty Reproductions of Pictures by the Author	London	1912	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
146	Ruskin, John	Les Pierres de Venise	Paris	1912	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
147	John Feehan et al	The Grasses of Ireland		2025	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
148		Limited eds: Shadows on the Wall, The Club of Odd Volumes		2007	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
149		60th Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland for the year 1893			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 237.50
150		National Education Reports (Ireland), The Twenty-First Report		1854	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75

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.