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
801		Tight Rope: A Swamp Press Limited Edition of 210 copies handset and		1976	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
802		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles , some of which maybe signed(9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
803		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
804	Aaron Crossley Seymour Esq	RELIQUES of IRISH POETRY Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies, and Songs, Translated into English Verse: With Notes, Explanatory and Historical; and The Originals in Irish Character.	Dublin:	1816	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
805		Irish Poetry (mainly): Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
806		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
807		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
808		Irish Poetry (mainly): Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
809	Arnold, Matthew	Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold		1890	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
810		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles, some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
811		Irish Poetry: Collection of books/booklets/pamphlets some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 25.00
812	JOHNSON, Lionel	Poems	London:	1895	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 50.00
813		Irish Poetry. Collection of Hardback Irish poetry related titles, some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
814		Irish Poetry: A collection of titles some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
815		Irish Poetry: A collection of titles such as The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith.		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
816		Irish Poetry: A collection of HB titles some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
817		Irish Poetry: A collection of HB titles some of which maybe signed (9)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
818		Irish Poetry: A lage collection of titles some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
819		Irish Poetry: A large collection of titles some of which maybe signed (30)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
820		Irish Poetry: A collection of titles such as A Dublin Documentary by Thomas Kinsella.		2006	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
821		Irish Poetry: A collection of titles some of which maybe signed (9) ALL HB, DJ			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
822		Irish Poetry: A collection of titles some of which maybe signed (9) ALL HB,8 DJ			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
826		Hayden Murphy Broadsheet 21. 12 pages with artists such as Robert ballagh, John Behan, Pauline Bewick and others. Poets such as Seamus Heaney, Ronnie Drew, Paul Durcan and others			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 162.50
827		Hayden Murphy Broadsheets. 1970s range of broadsheets,		1970s	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,562.50
828		Hayden Murphy Broadsheet 21. 12 pages with artists such as Robert Ballagh, John Behan, Pauline Bewick and others. Poets such as Seamus Heaney, Ronnie Drew, Paul Durcan and others			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00

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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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