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
525	J.R.R. Tolkien & E.V. Gordon	Sir Gawain & The Green Knight		1949	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
526		History of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland	Dublin	1925	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
527	Paul J. Flynn	The Book of the Galtees and the Golden Vein. A Border History of Tipperary, Limerick & Cork	Dublin	1928	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
528	Lady Wilde	Ancient Legends of Ireland with Sketches of the Ancient Past	London	1899	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
529		Defence Force Regulations, Close Order Foot Drill, All Arms		1939	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
530	Lt. Col. J A Barlow	Small Arms Manual		1942-11-01	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
531	The Hon. Mrs Ward	The Microscope		1880	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
532	George Birmingham	[illustrated by Jack B. Yeats] Irishmen All		1914	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
533		Alphonse De Lamartine - History of the Girondists, or Personal Memoirs of the Patriots, or the French Revolution	London	1849	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
534	C. Litton Falkiner	Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, Mainly of the Seventeenth Century		1904	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
535	W.H. Bartlett and William Beattie	Switzerland Illustrated		1835	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	Unknown
536	Rev Patrick Woulfe	Irish names and Surnames, collected and edited with explanatory and historical notes		1923	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
537		Contributions Towards a Cybele Hibernica: Being Outlines of the Geographical Distributions of Plants in Ireland David Moore and Alexander Goodman More	Hodges	1866	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
538		The book of constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland	Dublin	1925	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
539	John P Prendergast	The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland	Dublin	1875	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
540		Order of the Temple; Statutes, Laws and Regulations of Great Priory of Ireland	Dublin	1901	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
541	Stephen Gwynn	The Case for Home Rule satated			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
542	L. M. McCraith	The Romance of Irish Heroines		Circa 1910	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
543	Daniel Owen-Madden	Revelations of Ireland of the Past Generation		1848	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
544	George Arthur Greene	Songs of the Open Air	London	1912	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
545		The Ursuline Manual, Prayers and Exercises arranged for Young Ladies at the Ursuline Convent, Cork		1855	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
546		[Marlfield Estate, County Wexford] Book of Common Prayer		1906	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
547		The poems of Ossian	London	1807	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
548	Thomas Ashe	The spirit of "The book"; or, Memoirs of Caroline, Princess of Hasburgh	Dublin	(1770--1835)	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
549		The Mysteries of Ireland, Graphic Faithful Account of Irish Secret Societies, & Their Plots, From Rebellion of 1798 to 1883		Circa 1870	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	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.