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Purcell Auctioneers: Auction, Comprising a Portion of the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls (Historian and Irish Academic at UCC) From Templemartin, Co. Cork) and Other Clients

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Auction Name	Auction, Comprising a Portion of the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls (Historian and Irish Academic at UCC) From Templemartin, Co. Cork) and Other Clients	Total Sales (EUR)	54,737.50
Auction Date	October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,550.00
Sale Number	#100825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	59,570.00
Total Lots	578
Sold Lots	448.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	47,280.00
% of Lots Sold	77.51%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	79,520.00
Unsold Lots	130	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	68.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
528		The Lismore Papers of Richard Boyle		EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 3,000.00
284	Orwell, George	Nineteen Eighty-Four	1948	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
196	Fynes Moryson	An Itinerary containing His Ten Years Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmelland, Switzerland, Netherland, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Turkey, France, England, Scotland & Ireland	1617	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,125.00
271		IRISHWOMEN CHAINS OR CHANGE, (Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM))	1971	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 1,100.00
297		Fianna	1916	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 900.00
289		The High Crosses of Ireland, An Iconographical and Photographic Survey	1992	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 600.00
399		Blake family records, 1300 to 1600; a chronological catalogue with copious notes and genealogies of many branches of the Blake family	1902	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 600.00
154	Bernard Connor	The history of Poland in Several Letters to Persons of Quality	1698	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 500.00
552		A wonderful collection of Eavan Boland related		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 500.00
3	Thomas J. Westropp	A Folk-Lore Survey of Clare (Folklore)	1912	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 475.00
245		Cork: Map of the Spanish army under Don Juan del Aguila besieging Kinsale which feature historical illustrations of the 1601 Battle of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland		EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 475.00
330	George Semple	A Treatise on Building in Water: In Two Parts	1780	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 475.00
403	Complied by Edith Somerville	Records of the Somerville Family of Castlehaven and Drishane from 1174 to 1940		EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 475.00
402	Edgar Lambert.	Leaves From a Family Tree	1902	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 450.00
531	Austen H Layard	A Collection of early Travel Books such as Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert	1853	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 450.00
251		Rhein Album	C. 1859	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 425.00
163	Ed. Hodges and Smith Dublin	Notices of the Viceroyalty of the late Earl of Besborough	1847	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 400.00
280		Scarce Limerick auction catalogue of contents of Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Limerick on 18th & 19th September 1952		EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 400.00
460		Set of 5 Harry Potter hardcover collectors Deluxe first editions consisting of: (1) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone	-1999	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 400.00
160	[Thomas Stafford]	Pacata Hibernia. Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth	1633	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 375.00
278		[rare work by Thomas MacDonagh of Cloughjordan signatory of 1916 proclamation]	1904	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 375.00
375	Young, Eugene	Dog And Gun	1824	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 375.00
478	Seamus Heaney & Michael Longley	An Upstairs Outlook - An Evening of Poetry	1989	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 375.00
543		A wonderful collection of Eavan Boland related		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 375.00
16	Ethel Mannin	Connemara Journal	1947	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 350.00

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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.