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
626	M. S. Dudley Westropp -	Irish Glass - an Account of Glassmaking in Ireland'		1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
627	James Hardiman	Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland Vol 1-2		1971	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 93.75
628	Greg, R.P. and W.G. Lettsom	MANUAL OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND	London.	1858	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
629	Denis Gildea	Mother Mary of Arsenius of Foxford			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
630	Walsh, Robert (Engraving Thomas Allom.)	Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. Second Series	London.		EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
631		A Relation Of The Conference Between William Laud, Late Lord Arch-Bishop Of Canterbury; and Mr. Fisher The Jesuite, by the Command of King James, of ever-blessed Memory. ...	London:	1673	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
632	William Dillon.	Life of John Mitchell.		1888	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
633	edited by Peter Luke;	75th Anniversary Gaiety Theatre 1871-1946; Enter Certain Players -Edwards-Mac liammoir and the Gate 1928-1978			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
634	O' Cianain, Tadhg (Rev. Paul Walsh; Editor and Translator)	The Flight of the Earls	Dublin	1916	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
635	LAMBART Edgar[Alan]	Leaves from a Family Tree	London	1902	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 500.00
636	Richard Hayes	Irish interest: Irish Swordsmen of France		1934	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 50.00
637	Rebecca O'Connor	Pretty Jenny Mitchell Young Irelander- A Biography by Rebecca O'Connor SIGNED of the O'Connor Trust , Tuscon Arizona		1988	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
638	Barry Desmond.	No Workers' Republic		2009	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
639	Ledwich, Edward	Antiquities of Ireland, The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections, to which is added, a Collection of Miscellaneous Antiquities	Dublin:	1804	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 150.00
640		Irish Silver: Airgead Na hEireann- Irish Silver by John Teahan; Cork Silver and Gold by John Bowen and Conor O' Brien SIGNED. 2005			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50
641		Moore's Irish Melodies, Lalla Rookh, National Airs, Legendary Ballads, Songs, &c., With a Memoir By J. F. Waller, L.L.D. Moore, Thomas	London		EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
642	Dominic Daly	Irish Interest:The Young Douglas Hyde		1974	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
643	W G Wood-Martin	Irish Interest: The Lake Dwellings of Ireland		1983	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
644	Donal O'Sullivan	Irish Music Interest: Carolan Vol 1-2		1958	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.00
645	Mark O'Brien.	Irish Interest: De Valera, Fianna Fail and the Irish Press		2001	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
646	W J Flynn	Free State Parliamentary Companion for 1932; The Oireachtas companion and Saorstat Guide for 1928 .		1932	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 106.25
647	Devoy, John	Devoy's Post Bag 1871--1928		1948/1953	EUR 100.00 - 180.00	EUR 81.25
648	Richard Hayes	The Last Invasion of Ireland when Connacht Rose		1937	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
649	edited by Clark and Donnelly	Irish Peasants Violence and Political Unrest 1780-1914		1983	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
650		History of the Irish State to 1014		1925	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75

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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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