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Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000 -
Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026
Purcell Auctioneers: The W. B. Yeats Sale - The Libraries Of The Late Prof. Warwick Gould & His Wife Deirdre Toomey, both prominent Yeats scholars along with important works from select clients., 91626, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 16, 2026 - September 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jephson Maurice Denham | An Anglo-Irish Miscellany. Records of Jephsons of Mallow |
1964 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 2 | Roche; O'Carroll; Horgan | 5 Books, including: The Ford of the Apples |
1988 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 3 | Galvin | 9 Books, including: The Wild Heather |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Census Of Ireland 1881 For The County and City Of Cork |
1881 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 5 | Townsend Horatio | General And Statistical Survey Of The County Of Cork |
1815 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 6 | A Pictorial and descriptive guide to Killarney, Kerry Coast, Glengariff, Cork and South-west of Ireland |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | ||
| 7 | Wayman Patrick | Dunsink Observatory, 1785-1985: A Bicentennial History |
Dublin | 1987 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | 17 Books, including: Histories of Fingal |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | ||
| 9 | Stephen E. M. | Dublin Civic Week 1929 Handbook |
1929 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 10 | Mitchell G. F.; Heffernan T. F.; Liddy Pat | 3 Books, including: Archaeology and Environment in Early Dublin |
1987; 1988 | EUR 90.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Liddy Pat | Dublin Be Proud: In Celebration of Dublin's Millennium Year 1988 |
1987 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Bacon's Large Scale Plan Of Dublin |
Dublin | c.1926 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 13 | Hardy Philip Dixon | The Dublin Penny Journal |
1834 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 14 | Little George A. | Dublin Before The Vikings |
1957 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 15 | 4 Catalogues, including: Luttrellstown Castle, Dublin. Sale of the Library of Books |
1983; 2003; 2009 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 16 | Joyce St. John; Chart; Chiang Yee; Handcock; Bernard | 6 Books, including: Neighbourhood of Dublin |
1912; 1907; 1953; 1877; 1903; 1938 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 17 | Mahony; Spellissy | 8 Books, including: Saint Fechin of For the Apostle of Connemara |
1915; 1979 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 18 | Nas na Riogh From Poorhouse Road to the Fairy Flux an Illustrated History of Naas |
Naas | 1990 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Ballantyne R. M. | The Lakes of Killarney |
London | 1869 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 150.00 |
| 20 | Caball; McCarthy; O'Carroll | 4 Books, including: The Fall of the Fitzmaurices |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 21 | Larner Bill; Kissane Noel | Killarney History & Heritage; Kerry in Maps |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 22 | Costello | 5 Books, including: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Clane |
Dublin | 1894 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 23 | Mulqueen | 5 Books, including: Limerick’s Rugby History |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | 11 Books, including: Chapel on the Hill |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 25 | McKeown Miceal | A Sketchbook of Dundalk. Past & Present |
1988 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000 -
Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.