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
124		Hardiman, James. History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, from the earliest period to the present time.	Galway	1975	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
125	edited by Diarmuid O Cearbhaill	Galway: Galway Town & Gown 1484-1984		1984	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
126		Lickmolassy by the Shannon. Gortanumera and surrounding parishes history			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
127		Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 5 volumes		1991, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
128	edited by K Concannon	Galway: Inisbofin- Through Time and Tide		1993	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
129	Rev P S Dineen	Kerry: Four Notable Kerry Poets		1929	EUR 50.00 - 50.00	EUR 43.75
130	Isaac Weld, Esq. M. R. I. A.	Illustrations of Scenery of Killarney and Surrounding Country	London,	1807	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
131		Kerry: Gaughan, J. Anthony. Listowel and Its Vicinity.		1974	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 250.00
132	Hall, Mr& Mrs S. C.	A Companion to Killarney. With illustrations and a map.	London	1878	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 137.50
133	J C Coleman	Kerry: The Mountains of Killarney		1948	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
134	Susan M Parkes	Kildare: Kildare Place- The history of the Church of Ireland Training College 1811-1969		1984	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
135		The Parish of Narraghmore. Ballitore by Young		1957	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
136	Geraldine Carville	Kilkenny Interest: A Town Remembers -Duiske Abbey Graignamanagh			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
137		Kilkenny Interest: The History of Cricket in County Kilkenny- The Forgotten Game by Michael O'Dwyer , 2006' Historic Kilkenny by Joseph C O' Carroll		1980	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
138	HEALY, John	Maynooth College. Its Centenary History, 1795 - 1895	Dublin.	1903	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
139	T F O'Sullivan	Carlow/Laois: Goodly Barrow- a voyage on an Irish River		1984	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
140	William H.Gibson,	Early Irish Golf, The First Courses, Clubs and Pioneers --		1988	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
141		Laois. History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County.	Dublin	1999	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
142	K Hegarty Thorne	Roscommon/Leitrim: They Put The Flag a Flyin- The Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923		2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
143	Judith Hill	Limerick: The Building Of Limerick		1991	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
144	Editors O Tuathaigh, Irwin and Potter.	Limerick: History & Society.		2009	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
145		Limerick: Tercentenary Commemoration of the Siege of Limerick 1651-1951 Souvenir Book with a Foreword By the Lord Bishop of Limerick			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
146	Thomas J. Westropp etc.	Illustrated Guide to City of Limerick and Antiquities in its Neighbourhood including Clare.		1916	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
147	Begley, Archdeacon John	The Diocese of Limerick from 1691 to the Present Time	Dublin	1938	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
148	Compiled and edited by Sean Curtin.	Complete set of A Stroll Down Memory Lane. Limerick in Old Photographs.			EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 237.50

Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
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.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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.