Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest, Irish Literature etc., 40826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026

Page Size: 120 items in 5 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Hely Dutton - Statistical Survey of the County of Clare: with observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and by the direction of the Dublin Society	Dublin,	1808	EUR 400.00 - 460.00	EUR 525.00
2	Clare: Rev. Philip Dwyer.	'History of Killaloe Diocese'.		1878	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
3	Dwyer, Rev. Canon;	The Diocese of Killaloe from the Reformation to the Eighteenth Century. Ex libris		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
3A	Aubrey Glynn and Dermot Gleeson.	A History of the Diocese of Killaloe. Early Period by Aubrey Glynn and Middle Ages by Dermot Gleeson.		1962	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
4	Frost, James;	The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Ex libris		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
5		Clare: The Other Clare issues 2-38 (31); Dal gCais issues 5/7/9/11 (4) Total 35		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00
6	Richard Caulfield.	The Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale.		1879	EUR 140.00 - 160.00	EUR 212.50
7	Patrick Hickey,	Cork: Templemartin- A Proud Tradition by Sean O Crualaoi; Famine in West Cork- The Mizen Peninsula Land and People 1800-1852		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
8	Francis H Tuckey,	Cork: The County and City of Cork Remembrancer		1980	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
9		Cork: Journal of the Cork Historical Archaeological Society		1934	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
10		The Scenery and Character of Cork. Sean Feehan Junior, Gladys Leach illustrator.	Cork,	1974	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 62.50
10A	Richard Hayward, illustrated by Raymond Piper.	Munster and the City of Cork	London.	1964	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
11		Journal of The Cork Historical & Archaeologica Society 1892/1897		1892/	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 450.00
12	Richard Caulfield.	Council Book of the Corporation of of the City of Cork. 1876.		N/A	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 150.00
13	Richard Caulfield.	Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal.		1878	EUR 140.00 - 160.00	EUR 187.50
13A	Harry Percival Swan.	Romantic Inishowen. Ireland’s wonderful peninsula. Donegal by Harry Percival Swan.		1948	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
14	Edited by J. T. Gilbert	Crede Mihi. The Most Ancient Register Book of the Archbishops of Dublin Before the Reformation, Now for the First Time Printed from the Original Manuscript.	Dublin,	1897	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 75.00
15		Framed scale Hand cololured maps of Tipperary and Waterford,		1798	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
15A	John T Gilbert	Calandar of Ancient Records of Dublin Vol 1-18.		1889-1922	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 100.00
16		(Dublin Interest) Jim Lacey – A Candle in the Window, A History of the Barony of Castleknock		2007	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
16A		Dublin: Dublin 1660-1860 by Maurice Craig, 1952; The Guilds of Dublin by John J Webb, Sign of Three Candles, 1939 plus 11 others (13)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
17		Dublin: Dublin Historical Records Journal,		1942-1985	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
18	J.T. Gilbert	The History of the City of Dublin. Volume I		1861	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
19	F. Elrington Ball.	A History of County Dublin. people, parishes, antiquities from earliest times. With maps and illustrations.		1995	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
20		Dublin: The Dublin Region in the Middle Ages by Margaret Murphy and Michael Potterton, 2010; …		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950