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
75	Davis Coakley	Dublin: Medecine in Trinity College Dublin-An Illustrated History		2014	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
76		Christies catalogue. Sale of contents of Alton Grange, Dublin. 16/9/1988. Numerous illustrations and Hamilton, Osborn King. Sale of contents of "Airfield", Dublin.		1995	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00
77		Douglas Bennett. The Silver Collection Trinity College, Dublin.		1988	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
78		(Dublin Interest) Celebrating 50 years of Cabra West -- Bernard Neary, published 1991. Meath & Francis Street, D8, a study of the past, A vision for the future - Graham Hickey, published 2008. ...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
79		The Industries of Dublin. Historical, Statistical, Biographical. An Account of the Leading Business Men, Commercial Interests, Wealth and Growth.	London	c 1887	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 100.00
80	Terence De Vere White,	Dublin: The Story of The Royal Dublin Society		c 1955	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
81	Jimmy Wren	Dublin: The Villages of Dublin		1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
82	Anonymous	Remains of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin. Their Explorations and Researches, A. D. 1886	Dublin	1887	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
83	Peter Pearson	Dublin Interest: Between The Mountain and The Sea- Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown County			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
84	edited by Rev. Chancellor J.B. Leslie,	O'Morchoe's history of Kilternan and Kilgobbin - Thomas Arthur O'Morchoe,		1934	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
85	Figgis, T.F. and Drury, T.W.E:	Rathmines School The School Roll from the Beginning of the School in 1858 Till its Close in 1899.	Dublin	1932	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
86	Michael O'Flanagan	Dublin: The Great Book of Kilmainham collated		2015	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
86A	Donnelley, Mary [Editor]	The Last Post Glasnevin Cemetery. Being a Record of Ireland's Heroic Dead in Dublin City and County Also Places of Historic Interest	Dublin	1932	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
87	James Horan with commentary Benedict Kiely	Dublin: 25 Views of Dublin		1994	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
88	John James M'Gregor ,	New Picture of Dublin: Comprehending A History of the City	Dublin	1821	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
89	Frank Power and Peter Pearson	Dublin Interest: The Forty Foot- a monument to Sea bathing			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
90	William Butler	Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral with plans and illustrations		1901	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
91		Dublin: Parish of the Sacred Heart Donnybrook,		c 1966	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
92	J Bowyer Bell	Dublin: In Dubious Battle- the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1972-1974		1996	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
93	Dennis McIntyre x	Dublin: The Meadow of the Bull - A History of Clontarf		1987	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
94	Hart. H.C.	The Flora of Howth with Map and an introduction of the Geology and other features of the Promontory	Dublin	1887	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 200.00
95	Sean Boyd	Behind The Horseshoe Bar-at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel		2009	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
96	John James M'Gregor	New Picture of Dublin: Comprehending A History of the City	Dublin	1821	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
97	Ulick O'Connor	Dublin:The Gresham Hotel 1865-1965		c 1966	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 175.00
98	edited by D Dickson	Dublin: The Gorgeous Mask Dublin 1700-1850		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50

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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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