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
151		The American Wanderer Through Various Parts of Europe in a Series of Letters to a Lady	Dublin	1783	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 81.25
152	Johnson, Dr. Samuel	A Journey To The Western Islands Of Scotland	Dublin	1775	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
153	Mrs Brassey	A Voyage in the "Sunbeam"		1879	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
154	Bernard Connor	The history of Poland in Several Letters to Persons of Quality		1698	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 500.00
155		A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions Marryat		1838	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
156		(Rare Napoleon Bonaparte Interest, eyewitness account of the battles of Waterloo and Marengo)			EUR 650.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
157		Les Amours de Mr Vieix Bois		c.1860	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
158		Nuova Raccolta Delle Principal Vedute Antiche E Moderne Dell' Alma Citte Di Roma, E Sue Vicinanze		1850	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
159		Portfolio of Large Prints which includeds shell and Irish Lihe Calendars from the 1980's			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
160	[Thomas Stafford]	Pacata Hibernia. Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth		1633	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 375.00
161	John Lodge	The Peerage of Ireland		1789	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 43.75
162	John Mitchel	Jail journal : with an introductory narrative of transactions in Ireland			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
163	Ed. Hodges and Smith Dublin	Notices of the Viceroyalty of the late Earl of Besborough		1847	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 400.00
164		A Letter from the D... of D... to the L..d C.......r of Ireland	London	1753	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
165	Somerville, James	Baron Memorie of the Somervilles being a history of the baronial House of Somerville	Edinburgh	1815	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
166	Richard Allstree	The Gentleman's Calling		1671	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 37.50
167	Chamberlayne, Edward	Angliae Notitia: Or, the Present State of England: Together with Divers Reflections Upon the Antient State Thereof		1682	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
168	Charles Hamilton Smith	The Natural History of Human Species		1848	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
169	John P Prendergast	Irish Interest: Ireland from the Restoration to the Revolution 1660 to 1690		1887	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
170	P. W. Joyce	Irish Names Of Places			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
171	Lecky, William Edward Hartpole	A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century	London	1892-1903	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 62.50
172	P. W. Joyce	A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of Government, Religion, Law, Art, Trade, Manners and Customs		1997	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
173	John P Prendergast	Irish Interest:The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland		1922	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
174	T. O'Carroll	Justice Robert Day -The Diaries		2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
175	Rev Paul Walsh	Irish Interest: Collection of Booklets/Pamphlets such as The Will and Family of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone		1930	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75

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.