Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Christmas Rare Books and Collectors' Sale, 121124, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 12, 2024

Page Size: 999 items in 40 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
228	[R.D.S.] Tighe (Wm.)	Statistical Observations relative to the County of Kilkenny,	Dublin	1802	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 525.00
229	[R.D.S.] Coote (Sir Charles)	General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the Queen's County...	Dublin	1801	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 1,250.00
230	[R.D.S.] Dubourdieu (Rev. J.)	Statistical Survey of the County of Down, with Observations on the Means of Improvement	Dublin	1802	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 500.00
231	[R.D.S.] Fraser (Robert)	General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, Present State and Circumstances of the County Wicklow	Dublin	1801	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00
232	[R.D.S.] Dutton(Hely)	A Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway	Dublin	1824	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 287.50
233	[R.D.S.] M'Parlan (James)	Statistical Survey of the County of Sligo	Dublin	1802	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 500.00
234	[R.D.S.] Fraser (Robert)	Statistical Survey of the County of Wexford	Dublin	1807	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 475.00
235	Meade (John Hon.)	& Viscount Castlereagh, County of Down Election 1805 - The Miscellany: or Mirror of Wit, Genius and Truth, Being a Correct Collection of all the Publications During the late Contested Election between The Hon. Colonel John Meade and Hon. Lord Viscount Cas	London	n.d. [1805]	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 275.00
236		Political: [Co. Down] An Historical Account of the late Election of Knights of the Shire for the County of Down. together with The Petition to Parliament, complaining of an Undue Election and Return for the Said County	[Belfast]	1784	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 300.00
237		Political: [An Eye-Witness] Narrative of the Proceeding of the Contested Election for the County of Down in the Year 1830; with the Squibs, Placards, Songs, also with the Publications of the Down Elector...	Belfast	1830	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 575.00
238		Anon: Statutes and Ordinances of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick	Dublin	1852	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 112.50
239	Newenham (Thomas)	A Statistical and Historical Inquiry into the Progress and Magnitude of the Population of Ireland	London	1805	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 162.50
240	Yeats (W.B.)	Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose	London	1927	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 237.50
241	Thompson (Wm.)	The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols.	London	1849-1856, First Edn., hf. titles, portrait frontis Vol. IV, contemp. uniform blind tooled green cloth, clean set.	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 625.00
242	Strange (Mary A.)	The Bourne(s) Families of Ireland	U.S.A.	1970	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
243	Egan (P.M.)	The Illustrated Guide to the City and County of Kilkenny,	Kilkenny	1884	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 200.00
244	Neilson (Rev. Wm.)	An Introduction to the Irish Language	Dublin	1808	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 225.00
245	[Brown (R.N. Rudmose), Mossman (R.C.)	& Pirie (J.H. Harvey)] 'Three of the Staff' The Voyage of the 'Scotia', Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas	Edin. & London	1906	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 200.00
246	Scully (Reg. W.)	Flora of County Kerry	Dublin	1916	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 175.00
247	Thompson (Wm.)	The Natural History of Ireland, 4 vols.	London	1849-50	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 212.50
248	Brooke (Miss)	The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke Esq., 2 vols.	Dublin	1792	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 150.00
249	Travel: Robertson (Wm.)	An Historical Disquisition Concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India;.... of Trade....	Dublin	1791	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	EUR 75.00
250	Orpen (G.H.)	Ireland Under the Normans - 1169-1216, 4vols.	Oxford	1911-1920	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
251	[Michael Collins] O'Connor (Batt)	With Michael Collins in the Fight for Irish Independence	London	1929	EUR 350.00 - 420.00	EUR 375.00
252	Mayo (Earl of,) & Boulton (W.B.)	A History of the Kildare Hunt	London	1913	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 500.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD