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
26	Valerie Barry	Historical, Genealogical, Architectural Notes on Houses of Kerry		1994	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
27	Tom Fox	Dingle down the Years collection of old photographs			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
28	Norman McCloskey	Parklight: Images of Killarney National Park		-2013	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
29	Foley; Corca Dhuibhne	Irish Traditional Step Dancing in North Kerry an analysis		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
30	J Connelly and S Sourke	Kildare: Kildare Town-Reeling in the Memories DVD		1996	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
31	John Healy	Maynooth College : its centenary history, 1795-1895		1895	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
32	Jeremiah Newman	Maynooth and Georgian Ireland		1979 and 1983	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
33	Salvador Ryan and John-Paul Sheridan, editors	Kildare: We Remember Maynooth-A College Across Four Centuries		2020	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
34		The Earl of Mayo and W.B. Boulton	London	1913	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
35	Rev Martin Brenan	Kildare: Schools of Kildare & Leighlin AD 1775-1835		1935	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
36		The Marquis of Kildare	Dublin	1858	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	Unknown
37	Jeremiah Newman	Kildare: Maynooth and Georgian ireland		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
38	William Nolan, editor	Kilkenny-History and Society		1990	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
39	Rev P Birch, editor	Kilkenny: Saint Kieran's College Kilkenny		1951	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
40	O'PHELAN, John	Epitaphs on the Tombs in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny ...	Dublin	1813	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
41	Feehan (John) Laois	An Environmental History	Stradbally	1983	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
42	Kevin V. Mulligan	Ballyfin, The Restoration of an Irish House & Demesne		2011	EUR 120.00 - 200.00	Unknown
43	John Feehan	Laois An Environmental History		1983	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
44		Kildare: Nas na Riogh-From Poorhouse Road to the Fairy Flax		2001	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
45	J W H Carter	Laois: The Built Curiosities of Laois- Fifteen Tours		2012	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
46	Kevin Byrne	Laois: Just Another Town		2016	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
47	Risteard O Maolain	Laois: Athletics in Laois compiled		1956	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
48	Ciaran Reilly	Laois: Cappard- An Irish Country House & Estate		1993	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
49	Daniel Mccarthy	Clare: Ireland's Banner County- Clare from the fall of Parnell to the Great War 1890-1918		2002	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
50	Larry O' Loughlain	Laois: A Century of Rosenallis Parish 1900-1999		1999	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown

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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.
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.