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 2, 90425, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025

Page Size: 460 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
501		King James's Irish Army List 1689. Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical. John D'Alton.		1997	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
502	F.M. Allen.	Bray Hard.		1890	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
503	WARNER, Ferdinando.	The History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland.	in the Strand.	1767	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 81.25
504	Hallam.	Attractive St. Columba college prize bindings. View of the State of Europe. Volumes I and III.		1872	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
505		Historical Tracts by Sir John Davies, Attorney General, Speaker of House of Commons in Ireland; A Discovery of the True Cause Why Ireland Was Never Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England ; ...		1787	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 118.75
506	Wallace Nutting	Irish Interest: Ireland Beautiful		1925	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
507	Musgrave, Sir Richard	Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland	Dublin.	1801	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
508	F. G. Hall	The Bank of Ireland 1783-1946		1949	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
509	Owen D. Edwards	America and Ireland. 1776-1976: The American Identity and the Irish Connection : The Proceedings of the United States Bicentennial Conference of Cum Owen D. Edwards		1980	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
510	edited by Breandan Mac Giolla Choille	Chief Secretary's Office Dublin Castle Intelligence Notes 1913-16		1966	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
511	Kevin Rafter	Irish Interest: Sinn Fein 1905-2005		2005	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
512	Davitt, Michael	The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland	London & New York	1904	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
513	Mac Caba (Alasdair)ed.	Leabhar na hEireann,		1922	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
514	O'Flaherty, Roderick	Ogygia, or a Chronological Account of Irish Events	Dublin.	1793	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 275.00
515	Coyle, Albert (Official Reporter to the Commisison)	Evidence on Conditions in Ireland comprising the complete testimony, affidavits and exhibits presented before The American Commission on Conditions in Ireland	Washington, D.C.	1921	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
516		Memoirs of the Right Honourable the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General of Ireland.	Dublin.	1744	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 175.00
517		Essays on the political circumstances of Ireland, written during the administration of Earl Camden by a Gentleman of the North of Ireland.		1798	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
518	Henry Glassie	Irish Interest: Passing The Time -Folklore and History of an ULster Community		1982	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
519	Sean O Suilleabhain	A Handbook of Irish Folklore	(Dublin)	1942	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 300.00
520	Campbell, Joseph	Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal	Dublin	1911	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 81.25
521	T F O'Sullivan	Irish Interest: The Young Irelanders		1944	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
522		The Case of Impropriations and of the Augmentation of Vicarages and Other Insufficient Cures, Stated by History and Law, ...		1704	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 50.00
523	P. W. Joyce.	A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of Government, Religion, Law, Art, Trade, Manners and Customs.		1913	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
524	Borrow, George / Wright, Herbert G.	Celtic Bards, Chiefs and Kings	London, UK	1928	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
525	Sean Rothery	Irish Interest: The Shops of Ireland		1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50

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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