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

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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
51	Ger Dunphy and Christy Ring	Laois: Ballinakill- A Journey Through Time compiled		2002	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
52	Prof Frank J Convery	Laois: Tourism In Co Laois - A Development Strategy		1992	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
53		Abbeyleix: The Story of Abbeyleix		1953	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
54		Laois: Archaeological Inventory of County Laois		1995	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
55	Toomey and Greensmyth	An antique and storied land: history of Parish of Donoughmore, Knockea, Roxborough and environs in County Limerick		1991	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
56	Michael Hogan	Lays and Legends of Thomond with Historical and Traditional Notes		1924	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
57		New, Popular and Practical Guide to Limerick, Clare Coast and the Shannon		circa 1890	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
58	Paddy Brennan	Limerick Music Throughout the Decades		2018	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
59	[Mainchin Seoighe]	[Limited edition Limerick local histoy]		2000	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
60		Ireland. Dublin, the Shannon, Limerick		1843	EUR 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
61		Limerick Local Histories		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
62	Thomas Joseph Westropp	The Ancient Castles of Limerick		1906-1907	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
63		The Story of Kilmallock by Mainchin Seoighe [Mannix Joyce]		1987	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
64	Patricia M. Bennis	St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital Limerick, 1780-1890		2009	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
65	Kevin Hannan	Limerick Historical Reflections		1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
66		County Louth Archaeological Journal			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
67	William O'Sullivan, editor	The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo	Dublin	1958	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
68	William Nolan, editor	Offaly History & Society		1998	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
69	Caimin O'Brien	Offaly: Stories from a Sacred Landscape- Croghan Hill to Clonmacnoise		2006	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
70	Rev. John Canon Monaghan	Records relating to the Dioceses of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise		1836	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
71		Offaly: On The Banks of Three Rivers-stories from West Offaly by Padraig Heavin		2016	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
72	W. G. Wood-Martin	Sligo and the Enniskilleners. From 1688-1691		1882	EUR 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
73		Tipperary: History and Society - Essays on the History of an Irish County		1985	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
74	Peter Meskell	History of Boherlahan-Dualla [Tipperary]		1987	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
75	B. Moloney, editor	Times to Cherish. Cashel and Rosegreen Parish History 1795-1995			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	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.