Purcell Auctioneers: c.615 Lot Auction - to include Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions including Siged Seamus Heaney, Early Marvel Comics (Spiderman, Wolverine etc.), Republican Interest, GAA Interest, Antiquarian etc. , 121025, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025

Page Size: 617 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
350	An soisgeal do reir Naoimh Lucais (J. Goodman and J.E.H. Murphy)	An soisgeal do reir Naoimh Lucais. (The Gospel according to Saint Luke)		1886	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
351		Autographs: A collection of Autogrphs that include The original members of The Dubliners, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, John Sheehan and Ciaran Bourke			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
352		Collection of British First day Covers			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
353	sweetheart C	Scarce illustrated post card of a British soldier writing a card to his wife/sweetheart		1915	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
354		PostCards: Irish International Exhibition	Dublin	1907	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
355		PostCards Dublin: Collection of Black & White/Colour postcards depicting scenes such as Kingstown Harbour from Royal Marine Hotel, Pavilion Gardens, Kingstown, Howth, Greystones Beach and Bray Head plus 15 others		early 1900's	EUR 100.00 - 160.00	Unknown
356		Postcards Wicklow: A collection of Black& White/Colour postcards depicting scenes such as Entrance to Brittas Bay, Enniskerry with Sugarloaf Mountains in Background, Wicklow from N W, Bay and Harbour, Wicklow from West		1940's -1970's	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
357		Postcards Tipperary: A collection of mainly Black & White postcards depicting scenes such as Church St, General View of Rock of Cashel, Aherlow Castle, Manchester Martyrs, The Palace Cashel, West Gate from E Clonmel plus 17 others		1940's -1970's	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
358		Postcards: Collection of Irish interest postcards from the early to mid 1900's			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
359		Cathedral Church of the Holy and undivided Trinity in Waterford: Two plates		18th Century	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
360	Thomas Sherrard	[rare Irish map] A Survey of the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, , Dublin, belonging to The Dublin Society		1800	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
361	John Speed	Original coloured map of the province of Countie of Leinster dated 1610		1610	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
362		3 Maps for the Municipal Boundaries Commission (Ireland)		1880	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
363		Hayden Murphy: 'Here'			EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
364		Three Stoney Road Press Broadsides on the Theme of Hope published in 2016			EUR 300.00 - 450.00	Unknown
365	Neil McCafferty	Linewords - Broadside	Dublin	1981	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
366		Dublin Edition of 1911: Street Maps Surveyed in 1837		1837	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
367		Estate of F Hastings Toone, Esq of Ballincor		1845	EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
368	Douglas Hyde	Print of this renowned Irish man		1938	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
369		Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook		1916	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
370	Marianne Gallagherndj	A Ballylanders Rebel. Liam Manahan 1916		Circa 1940	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
371	David Neligan	The Spy in the Castle	London	1968	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Unknown
372	John O'Leary	Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism	London	1896	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
373	Padraig de Burca and John F. Boyle	Free State Or Republic? Pen Pictures Of The Historic Treaty Session Of Dail Eireann	London	1922	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
374	Edited by Desmond Ryan	James Connolly, Labour and Easter Week 1916		1966	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown

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.