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
751	Leslie, Shane	The Poems of Shane Leslie	London	1928	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
752		Irish Poetry: A lage collection of titles some of which maybe signed (29)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
753		Songs from an Ulster Valley by Herbert Moore Pim. Grant Richards 1920			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
754		Irish Poetry: A large collection of titles some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
755	Hayden Murphy (born 1945)	i an Irish editor, literary critic and poet; A collection of Hayden Murphy ephemera some of which is signed such as Easter 2019 No 10/50; ...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 575.00
756	Austin Clarke	Austin Clarke: A collection of his works such as The Fires of Ball, Maunsel & Roberts 1921; Twice Round The Black Church			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
757	Austin Clarke	Austin Clarke: A collection of his works such as A Sermon on Swift & Other Poems, The Bridge Press			EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
758		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
759		Poetry: I Bhreasail A Book of Lyrics by Daniel Corkery, The Talbot Press 1921			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
760		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
761	Leabhair Ultain.	The Book of Saint Ultan. A Collection of Pictures and Poems written by Irish Artists and writers.	Dublin:	1920	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 187.50
762		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
763		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
764	Desmond O'Grady -	CHORDS & ORCHESTRATIONS,	Limerick	1965	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 75.00
765		Irish Poetry. Collection of Irish poetry related titles , some of which maybe signed(9) 8 HB			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
766		Golden Leaves From the Works of the Poets and Painters Robert Bell; Various	London.	1863	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
767		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles, some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
768		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles (9)			EUR 50.00 - 82.00	EUR 87.50
769		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles, some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
770		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles, some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
771	Michael Longley:	Tuppenny Stung		1995	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
772		Irish Poetry (mainly) Interest. A collection of poetry titles some of which are signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
773		Irish Poetry: A large collection of titles some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
774		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poerty related titles. Some of which maybe SIGNED (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
775		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles. Some of which maybe Signed (9)			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75

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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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