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
676	C.C. Catchpole	The Silver Fox, A text book for Breeders and Beginners,	London	1930	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
677	Robert T. Vyner.	Notitia Venatica - A Treatise of Fox-Hunting. C.		1890	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
678	T.P. 0'Mahony.	Jack Lynch - A Biography.		1991	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
679		GAA: The Throw In. The GAA and the men who made it.		2004	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
680		A collection of mixed sporting publications: Official Souvenir Programme All Ireland Football Championship Final New York 1947; Green Days, Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005 by Gerard Siggins plus 20 others (22)			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
681	Rev Daniel Gallogly	GAA: Cavan's Football Story		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 175.00
682	Gearoid Mac Gabhann.	GAA; Big Jim Smith- Man Of Breifne		2012	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
683		Programme: All-Ireland Athletic and Cycling Championships 1952 at Iveagh Ground Crumlin			EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
684	WILLIAM CARLETON	THE BLACK PROPHET A TALE OF THE IRISH FAMINE	Belfast	1847	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
685		Register of Prohibited Publications (as on the 31st december 1943) including Liam O'Flaherty's novel, The House of Gold			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
686	Miles, William	A LETTER TO HENRY DUNCOMBE, ESQ. MEMBER FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE VERY EXTRAORDINARY PAMPHLET, LATELY ADDRESSED BY MR. BURKE, TO A NOBLE LORD. THE SECOND EDITION	London.	1796	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
687	Philip Lynott -	Philip.		1977	EUR 200.00 - 220.00	EUR 300.00
688	Manning (Mary) ed.	Motley.... The Dublin Gate Theatre Magazine. Vol. I No. 7 December 1932		1932	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 112.50
689	Fianna Fail.	The Land Annuities. Reply to the Arguments of the Last Government. [DUBLIN] Fianna Fail.		1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
690		Printed on Achill Island, County Mayo in October 1851. The Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness. October 1851.		1851	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 300.00
691		[1777 original road Maps]. Dungarvan, Dublin, Youghall, Cork, Castlemartyr, Waterford, Kilkenny, Thomastown, New Ross, Baltinglass, ...			EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
692		Great Southern & Western Railway. Time & Fare Tables. July 1913.		1913	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
693		Dublin and South Eastern Railway. Time & Fare Tables. From 1st July 1917 and until further notice.		1917	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
694		1777 original road Maps]. Castlebar, Galway, Athlone, Newport, Ahascragh, Birr, Banagher, Trim, Limerick, Ennis, Kilworth, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Clonmell, Cork,...		1777	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
695		[1777 original road Maps]. Athlone, Longford, Roscommon, Lanesboro, Mullingar, Athlone, Trim, Kells, Navan, Athboy, Philpstown, Cavan, Granard, ...		1777	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
696		Tailteann Games 1924 Souvenir Programme; Irish Amateur Boxing Ass. Souvenir programme		1924, 1950	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
697	John Guinan	John Guinan - Birr County Offaly: Black Oliver-a play in one act produced by Lennox Robinson.			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
698	Florence O'Sullivan (Solicitor Kinsale)	The Early Institutions of ireland		1902	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
699	MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh (Joseph Campbell).	The Mountainy Singer.	Dublin	1909	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
700	Colm O Lochlainn	Luireach Padraig, St. Patrick's Breastplate -,		Undated	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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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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.

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Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

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Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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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