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
76		Waterford: The faith Journey of the Deise People by Michael G Olden		2018	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
77		The Houses of Wexford by David Rowe and Eithne Scallon		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
78		Annals of Westmeath, James Woods, Sealy, Bryers & Walker		1907	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
79	C E B Brett	Buildings of County Antrim and County Armagh		1996-2002	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
80	Alfred S Moore	Belfast: Old Belfast		1951	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
81	T.W. Moody	The Londonderry Plantation 1609-41	Belfast	1939	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
82	Rev. John Graham	Derriana Consisting of a History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defence of Enniskillen in 1688 & 1689	Londonderry	1823	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	Unknown
83	Leathem	History of St. Mary Magdalene Parish Belfast		1939	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
84	Micheall O Morain	[scarce Kerry pamphlets] Tomas Aghas. Thomas Ashe, 1885-1917		1985	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
85		Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioners for Administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland with Appendices		1854	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
86	Willie Costello	(Local memoir and local History) - The Rambling House, tales of the west of Ireland		2003	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
87	Jeremiah O'Mahony	Cork/Galway: West Cork and its story		2006	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
88	Peadar O' Dowd	Galway/Mayo/Tipperary/Ulster: The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora-an illustrated history		1959	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
89	Geraldine Stout	Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
90	Muiis De Buitleir	Dublin/Wexford/Wicklow: A portrait of Dublin in Maps-History/Geography/People/Society		2013	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
91	Peter Harbison & Stephen Conlin	Coffee Table Books, all First Prints with Dublin the Story of the City signed		2006	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
92	Ignatius Murphy	The Diocese Of Killaloe		1991-1995	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
93	Rev. Canon O'Hanlon & E. O'Leary	History of the Queen's County		1981	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
94	Rev John	History of the Ely O'Carroll Territory of Ancient Ormond Gleeson	Kilkenny	1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
95		Cogan, The Diocese of Meath, ancient and modern		1862	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
96		The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory Rev. William Carrigan	Dublin, Ireland	1981	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
97	North Munster Antiquarian Journal	Thomond Archaeological Society		1938-170	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
98		Journal of the Galway Arch. & Historical Society		199, 2000, 2009, and 2010	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
99		Irish Publications: The National Monuments of the Irish Free State		1911	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
100		Pickering & Chatto, bookseller's catalogue, 1906-08	London		EUR 60.00 - 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.