Purcell Auctioneers: wo Day Sale of the Library of the Late Tommy Smith (Grogan's Pub, Dublin) and Other Select Clients. To include Some Exceptional Items of Irish Literary, Poetic & Historical Interest. Day 1, 90325, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 03, 2025 - September 03, 2025

Page Size: 501 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Hill, George	An Historical Account of the Macdonnels of Antrim: including notices of some other Septs, Irish & Scottish. Ballycastle printed: Glens of Antrim Historical Society:		1976, facsimile of 1873	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
2	Stuart, James	Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh, for a Period of 1373 Years	Newry	1819	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
3	Moira O'Neill	Antrim: Songs of the Glens of Antrim		1900	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
4	Jack McBride	Ulster: Traveller in the Glens		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
5	YOUNG, Robert M.	Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity. A selection from the Mss. collected by William Pinkerton, F.S.A			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 237.50
6	Reverend H. J. St. J. Clarke	Thirty Centuries in South-East Antrim	Belfast	1938	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
7	T W Moody and J C Beckett	Belfast: Queens Belfast The History of a University		1959	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
8	Sally Belfrage	Belfast: Living With War- A Belfast Year		1987	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
9	Esler, Robert	GUIDE TO BELFAST, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, AND NORTH OF IRELAND	Belfast, Ireland	1884	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
10	Robert Johnstone and Bill Kirk	Belfast: Images of Belfast		1983	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
11	Sean MacBradaigh	Cavan Monaghan:The Bradys of cavan in history and genealogy		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
12		Cavan History and Society, Cavan Co Council		2014	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 300.00
13		Cavan and Leitrim: Letters containing information relative to the ntiquities of the Counties of Cavan and Leitrim ( Breifny) .		1929	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
14		Cavan Interest: Ballymachugh & Drumloman South		2008	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
15		Drumkilly from Ardkill Mountain to Kilderry Hill		200?	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
16	Coote (Sir Charles)	Statistical Survey of the County of Cavan	Dublin	1802	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 425.00
17	edited by R Gillespie	Cavan Monaghan:Cavan Essays on the History of an Irish County		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
18	O'Connell (Philip)	The Schools and Scholars of Breiffne,	Dublin	1942	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 325.00
19	text Ciaran Parker	Cavan Interest: County Cavan- Land of Water, Earth and Air		2008	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
20		The Civic History of Town of Cavan by Terence S. Smyth, Cavan,		1934	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
21	edited by James McGuin	Cavan Interest: Staghall 1846-1996		1995	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
22	Terence S. Smyth,	The Civic History of Town of Cavan	Cavan,	1934	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
23		Cavan Interest: Golden Jubilee Souvenir of Holy Trinity Abbey Kilnacrott, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan		1924-1974	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
24		Cavan Interest: A Heritage Guide to the Cavan - Monaghan Region		2000	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
25	edited by Rita Kelly	Cavan Monaghan: Cavan Anthology 2000			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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