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
224		Joe Hill, His Story and Ballads. Essay in Irish at rear James Connolly/James Larkin both mentioned			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
225	O'Duffy, Eimar	Bricriu's feast : a comedy in three acts, with an epilogue	Dublin	1919	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
226		Illustrations of the Book of Job invented and engraved by William Blake. London, Gowans.		1912	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
227	MacPherson, James, translator	The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal (Miniature Book) Vol. I	Edinburgh	1806	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
228	Des Maguire	Horses are my Life, "The Story of Ned Cash, King of Horse Dealers"	Dublin	1985	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
229		Oglaigh na h-Eireann [Irish Republican Army]. Dept. --Adjutant General. G.H. Q. Dublin. Special Communique Issued by Army Council. Sept. 1941.		1941	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 106.25
230		The Siege and Relief of Derry in 1689 by James Anderson 2nd Ed. The County Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast,		c 1927	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
231	James Esse	Hunger: A Dublin Story	Dublin	1918	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
232		Freemasons Ireland: Lodge of Research-Meeting Freemasons Hall Dublin, April 1930.		1930	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
235		Erotica: 5 pieces stamped The Lakshmana Temple which is a 10th-century Hindu temple, showing various sexual position			EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 150.00
236		Grogan's Pub, Art Exhibition Posters from the 1980's and 1990's. An Irish institution for emerging Irish Artist to show there works.C 25 posters Unique collection			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 375.00
237		Anti War Poster. High lighting the use of Shannon Airport as stop off for Fuel been sent to the Iraqi region.			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
238		Anti War Poster. High lighting the use of Shannon Airport as stop off for Fuel been sent to the Iraqi region.			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
239		A Lament on Ireland'- Believed to have been composed by Douglas Hyde - Bilingual song sheet in a beautiful early Irish language script,		c 1900	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 900.00
240	Alfred Lowe.	Six Cartoons Alfred Lowe. Introduction by Liam O'Flaherty. Limited edition of 150 copies, this is unnumbered.	London	1930	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
241	Bryan Guinness	Another Man's Shoe by Bryan Guinness (one of the heirs to Guinness) . This was given as a christmas Gift to the readers of the Harp- Journal of the Home of Guinness,	Dublin		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
242		De Burca Rare Books: Catalogue 1, My 1982. The very first catalogue from this renowned Antiquarian Bookseller			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00
243		PUNK MAGAZINE "1979 Calendar" Complete staple-bound original issued by Punk Magazine,		c.1979	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
244		Railway Acts: A collection of Railway Acts such as 'An Act for making a Railway from Athenry to Tuam		1858	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
245	John Patrick Campbell.	A rare Irish book. Calendar of the Saints Patric. By Seaghan Mac Cathmhaoil.			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 118.75
246	Brian O'Higgins.	Irish Nationalism: Martyrs for Ireland. Story of Mac Cormick [Mullingar] and Barnes [Banagher]		1940	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
247	edited by Patrick Little	Newspapers: Ar n-Eire New Ireland was an Irish Nationalist weekly newspaper published between 1915 and 1922.		1915-1919	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
248	J.A. Carruth,	Loch Ness and its Monster	Fort Augustus, Loch Ness.	1954	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
249		Collection of Vintage Postcards. 1900-1920 period mostly.		1900-1920	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 162.50
250	Robert Herbert	Limerick: Limerick Shop - Signs of the Eighteenth Century and The Trade Guilds of Limerick,		1941	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50

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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Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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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