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 1, 90325, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 03, 2025 - September 03, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | George Coleman. and Oliver Goldsmith. | The Jealous Wife.. She Stoops to Conquer |
1761. 1773. | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 302 | Joyce, James | Finnegans Wake |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 212.50 | ||
| 303 | Douglas Hyde | Legends of Saints and Sinners |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | ||
| 304 | James Stephens | Here Are Ladies |
1914 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 305 | John Banville -- John Banville | Eclipse -- The Book of Evidence. , -- The Drowned |
2000, 1989, 2024 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 306 | John McGahern. and John McGahern. | That They May Face The Rising Sun. Creatures of the Earth. |
2002. 2006. | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 307 | Muriel Spark: | Not Too Disturb |
1971 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 308 | [Edward Dubois] | My Pocket Book: or, Hints for "A ryghte merrie and conceitede" Tour A Knight Errant |
London | 1807 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 309 | Irish Interest: The Book of Intrusions by Desmond MacNamara |
1994 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 310 | Garry O'Connor | Irish Interest: Sean O Casey- A Life |
1988 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | Bertie Ahearn | Irish Interest: Bertie Ahearn- The Autobiography |
2009 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 312 | Irish Interest: That They May Face The Rising Sun |
2002 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | ||
| 313 | (Signed International Prize Winning Fiction) John Berendt -- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. J.M. Coetzee -- Life & Times of Michael K,. Paul Harding -- Tinkers. Mario Vargas Llosa -- In Praise of the Stepmother... |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 106.25 | |||
| 314 | Albert Camus -- | The Rebel, First American Edition First Print. Published by Alfred A. Knopf |
1974 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 315 | (Folklore & Tradition) Devenish (Lough Erne): Its History, Antiquities, and Traditions - Canon James Edward KcKenna, published 1931. |
EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |||
| 316 | Sally Rooney -- | Beautiful World Where are you, |
2021 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 317 | Nathaniel Hawthorne (Edmund Dulac) -- | Tanglewood Tales, |
London | 1918 | EUR 120.00 - 160.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 318 | Leo Daly, introduction Bernard Share | James Joyce and The Mullingar Connection |
1975 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 319 | Patrick Pye | Apples & Angels |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 320 | Lynn Doyle | Irish Interest: The Spirit of Ireland |
1935 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 321 | Roibeard O Farachain | Irish Interest: Thronging Feet |
1936 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 322 | edited by Padraic Colum | Irish Interest: A Treasury of Irish Folklore |
1967 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 323 | Stephen Collins | Irish Interest: The Power Game -Finna Fail since Lemass |
2000 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 324 | Tim Pat Coogan | Irish Interest: De Valera - Long Fellow, Long Shadow |
1993 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 325 | Thomas Hennessey | Irish Interest: The Northern Ireland Peace Process |
2000 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
