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
400	Peter Taylor	Irish Republicanism: Brits- The War against the IRA		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
401	Meda Ryan	Irish Republicanism: Tom Barry IRA Freedom Fighter		2003	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
402	Thomas Toomey	Irish Republicanism: The War of Independence in Limerick 1912-1921		2010	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
403	Ed Moloney	Irish Interest: A Secret History of the IRA		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
404	Tim Pat Coogan and George Morrison	Irish Republican: The Irish Civil War			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
405		The Last Post. Dublin: National Graves Association		1985	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
406	Redmond Fitzgerald	Irish Nationalism: Cry Blood Cry Erin		1966	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
407		An Irish-English Dictionary. With Copious Quotations From The Most Esteemed Ancient And Modern Writers, To Elucidate The Meaning of Obscure Words.	Dublin	1877	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
408		Irish Nationalism: A collection of booklets/Magazine publications such as Resistance Calendar 1975- Twelve months of Defiance'			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
409	Fr Denis Faul and Fr R Murray	Irish Republican: Large folio publications such as The Castlereagh File-Allegations of RUV Brutality 1976-1977		1978	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
410	MacEoin, Uinseann	The IRA in the Twilight Years: 1923-1948 (History & politics)		1997	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
411	BobSands	Bobby Sands: Interesting collection of Titles concerning this renowned republican such as Prison Poems		1981	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
412		Irish Republicanism: Easter Week Commemoration		1946	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
413		Irish Republicanism:Collection of titles such as Prison Struggle- the story of continuining resistance behind the wire			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 200.00
414		Irish Republicanism: The Spirit of Freedom. Prize winning entries in the Bobby Sanfd commemoration school essay competition		1983	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
415	Peadar Kearney	Irish Republicanism: My Dear Eva- Letters from Ballykinlar Internment Camp 1921			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
416		Irish Republicanism: Seamus Costello 1939-1977. Irish Republican Socialist. Political Biography and Tributes from his friends and comrades.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
417		Irish Republicanism: Seamus Costello 1939-1977. Irish Republican Socialist. Political Biography and Tributes from his friends and comrades.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
418		Irish Republicanism: Seamus Costello 1939-1977. Irish Republican Socialist. Political Biography and Tributes from his friends and comrades.			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
419		Irish Republicanism: A collection of booklets such as Sing A Rebel Song- The Story of James Connolly		1989	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
420		Irish Republican ephemera: An extensive collection of Republican related publications including double sided flyer titled 'Hunger Strike' regarding forcible feeding of the Price sisters and much more			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
421		Irish Republicanism: Strip Searches in Armagh Jail. Women Behind The Wire No 2. Produced by The London Armagh Group, February 1984		1984	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
422		Republican: Co. Leitrim: War of Independence, Doherty (P.) Paddy Doherty Looks Back, An Autobiography of a Leitrim Freedom Fighter			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 175.00
423		H. Montgomery Hyde. Famous Trials - Roger Casement. 1964 and Roger Casement. The Crime Against Europe. 2017 (2)			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
424	Gerald O'Reilly --	They are Innocent! The story of the Irish Republican prisoners,	New York	1947	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 175.00

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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

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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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