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Auction Name
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.
Auction Date
04/08/2026 - 04/08/2026
Sale Number
#40826
Total Lots
120
Sold Lots
108.0
Lots Sold
90.00%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (EUR)
11,893.80
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
7,880.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
12,550.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
8,770.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
13,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
86.50%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
105

POSTCARDS: An Fantastic Album of Vintage Black ad White and Some Colour irish Postcards

 N/A EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,025.00
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

 1808 EUR 400.00 - 460.00 EUR 525.00
11

Journal of The Cork Historical & Archaeologica Society 1892/1897

 1892/ EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 450.00
45

Canon William Carrigan – History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory (4 vols, 1905) and the 2005 Index to this work.

1905 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 425.00
30 J. Warburton J. Whitelaw and Robert Walsh.

History of the City of Dublin.

18 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 300.00
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
108

1903 Programme of Tours, Rail, Coach & Hotel- Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford, from May to October. Showing details oh 'Delightful Day Trips' and overnight excursions.

 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
107

From the Library of T J Hurley: 150 Black & White Photographs of family and friends of this well known individual.

 N/A EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 200.00
93

Ethel Mannin. Connemara Journal. 1947 Fine illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers. Fine in pictorial d.j. Original typed & signed letter from author to Patrick Byrne dated March 1964

 1964 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.50
13 Richard Caulfield.

Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal.

 1878 EUR 140.00 - 160.00 EUR 187.50
26 Bonar Law, Andrew & Charlotte.

A Contribution towards a Catalogue of the Prints and Maps of Dublin City and County. Volume 1: Prints. Volume 2: Maps.

2005 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 162.50
43 Don Boyne.

[Rare in dust jacket]. I Remember Maynooth

 1938 EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 162.50
109 William Bedell

Leabhuir an tSean Tiomna –

 1827 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 162.50
101

Munster/Connacht- Local History from the Counties of Limeric/Kerry/Sligo 15 Titles

 N/A EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 162.50
69

The Irish of Achill by G. Stockman. A miscellaneous collection of linguistic material from the parish of Achill with a phonetic description of the dialect.

N/A EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 156.25
85 Patrick Power,

Waterford Interest. Waterford and Lismore – A Compendious History of the United Dioceses

1937 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
8 Francis H Tuckey,

Cork: The County and City of Cork Remembrancer

1980 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 150.00
82

Irish Historic Towns Atlas series - 6 issues: Limerick, Tuam, Fethard, Dundalk, Armagh, Galway.

N/A EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
92

Genealogy: O'Conor Don (Rt. Hon. C.O.) The O'Connors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir, 4to

 1891 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 150.00
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