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
51	W Haughton Crowe	Ulster: Village in Seven Hills - The Story and Stories of Rostrevor Co Down		1972	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
52	Richard Rowley, Mabel Annesley	Down: County Down Songs, Poems by Richard Rowley, Woodcuts by Mabel Annesley		1924	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
53	edited by Sean McMahon	Derry: The Derry Anthology		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
54	O'DWYER, Sir Michael	The O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
55	R. J. O'Duffy. Duffy.	Historic Graves in Glasnevin Cemetery		1915	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
56	Kevin C Kearns	Dublin: Dublin's Lost Heroines		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
57	Derek Stanley	Dublin:South Dublin from The Liffey to Greystones compiled		2000	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
58		Secret Springs of Dublin Songs.		1918	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
59	Seosamh O Broin	Dublin Interest: Inchicore, Kilmainham		1999	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
60	John O' Donovan	Dublin Interest: Life by the Liffey-A kaleidoscope of Dubliners		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
61	Weston St John Joyce	Dublin: The Neighbourhood of Dublin		1912	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
62	Colm Lincoln	Dublin: Dublin as a work of Art		1992	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
63	Kevin C Kearns	Dublin: Dublin Tenement Life- An Oral History		1994	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
63A		James malton: Eighteenth Century Dublin. 14 coloured prints			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
64	E Charles Nelson	Dublin: The Brightest Jewel- A History of the National Botanic Gardens , Glasnevin		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
65	K Milne	Dublin: S Bartholomews A History of the Dublin Parish		1953	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
66	Ben Savage	Dublin: Those Were The Days		1992	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
67		Medical History of the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary. From its Foundation in 1753 Down to the Present Time			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
68	Hugh Oram	Dublin: Dublin Airport The History		1990	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
69	WRIGHT, Arnold.	Disturbed Dublin The Story Of The Great Strike Of 1913-14 With A Description Of The Industries Of The Irish Capital.	London	1914	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
70		Royal Dublin Society: Bi Centenary Souvenir 1731 - 1931.	Dublin	1931	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
71		Analysis of The Report and Epitome of the Evidence.., taken before A Select Committee of the House of Commons in .. 1836 on the Royal Dublin Society.		1836	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 125.00
72		Peter de Rosa. Rebels - The Irish Rising of 1916.		1990	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
73	Charles Mollan	It's Part of What We Are: Some Irish Contributors to the Development of the Chemical and Physical Sciences (Science and Irish Culture) -Volume 1-2		2007	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
74		History of the City of Dublin from the earliest accounts to the present time			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 550.00

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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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