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
99	James Stephens	Dublin: The Insurrection in Dublin		1916	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
100		Dublin Interest: A collection of titles such as Rathfarnham- Gateway to the Hills		1990	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
101	An Pilbin,	Hills of Dublin		1917	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
102	edited by Peter Fox	Dublin Interest: Treasures of the Library-Trinity College Dublin		1986	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
103	Susan Roundtree	Dublin Interest: Ranelagh in Pictures- A Place in History		2009	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
104		Dublin Interest: A collection of titles concerning our Capital City such as The Last Post- Glasnevin Cemetery with folding Map		1994	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
105	Peter Pearson	Dublin: The Heart of Dublin- Resurgence of an Historic City		2000	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
106	Brian Kennerk	Dublin: Moore Street- The Story of Dublin's Market District		2012	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
107	P. J. Dillon	The Fingal Road'		1930	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
108	Herbert B Kennedy	Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral- A Sketch of its History and a description of the building		1931	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
109		Dublin: Fifty Years of Liberty Hall. Golden Jubilee of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union 1909-1959.	Dublin	1959	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
110		Dublin: Fifty Years of Liberty Hall. Golden Jubilee of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union 1909-1959.	Dublin	1959	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
111	Francis Elrington Ball.	Dublin: A History of the County Dublin, people, Parishes, Antiquities		1995	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
112	Rutty, John	An Essay towards a Natural History of the County of Dublin, Accommodated to the Noble Designs of the Dublin Society. Vol. I	Dublin	1772	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
113		Dublin: Fifty Years of Liberty Hall- The Golden Jubilee of the I T G W U 1909-1959			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
114	Cosgrave, Dillon	North Dublin - City and Environs.	Dublin	1909	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
115	John Swift	Dublin: History of The Dublin Bakers			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
116	Gilbert, John Thomas	Dublin: History of the City of Dublin (The Sackville Library Edition)		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
117	Macdara Woods	Dublin Interest: Stopping The Light on Ranelagh		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
118	John J Webb	Dublin: The Guilds of Dublin		1929	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
119	Peadar Livingstone.	The Fermanagh Story. A Documented History of the County Fermanagh from earliest times to the Present Day		1974	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 175.00
120	W H Dundas	Fermanagh: Enniskillen - Parish and Town		1913	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
121	P Livingstone	The Fermanagh Story		1977	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
122		Rev. J. Fleetwood Berry. The Story of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway.		1912	EUR 100.00 - 130.00	EUR 100.00
123	P.L. Curran,	The native lowland sheep of Galway and Roscommon: a history --	Meath	2001	EUR 60.00 - 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

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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