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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
253 Robinson (Tim)

Connemara - Listening to the Wind, ... The Last Pool of Darkness,... A Little Gaelic Kingdom, 3 vols.

2006, 2008 & 2011 EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 187.50
254 Pepper (George)

The History of Ireland, from the First Colonization... the Topography of the Scenes of Battles, and Memorable Events, as well as a Review of the Rise and Progress of Irish Literature and the Fine Arts. In One Volume.

Boston 1835 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 375.00
255 M'Kenney (Thos. L)

Memoirs Official & Personal; with Sketches of Travels among the Northern and Southern Indians, Two vols. in one,

N. York 1846 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 100.00
256 Pigot (J. & C.)

Pigot & Co's City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory,

London 1824 EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 162.50
257 Dickens (Charles)

Bleak House,

London 1853 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 125.00
258 Ball (Francis Elrington)

A History of the County of Dublin, 6 vols

Dublin 1902- 1920 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 112.50
259 O'Byrne (Daniel)

The History of the Queen's County,

Dublin 1856 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 287.50
260 Barnard (Alfred)

The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols.

London n.d. [c.1890] EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 437.50
261 Batty (Capt.)

French Scenery

London 1822 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
262 O'Donovan (J.)ed.

Letters... Antiquities of the County of Clare

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
263 Lenihan (Maurice)

Limerick; its History and Antiquities,

Cork Reprint 1967 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 100.00
264 Cusack (M.F.)

A History of the Kingdom of Kerry,

London 1871 EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 237.50
265 Shrubsole (E.S.)

Picturesque Donegal

,London 1908 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
266 Ussher (R.) & Warren (Rbt.)

The Birds of Ireland

1900 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 137.50
267 [R.D.S.] Townsend (Rev. Horatio)

A General Statistical Survey of the County of Cork, 2 vols., hf. title,

Cork 1815 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
268 Egan (Rev. P.K.)

The Parish of Ballinasloe,

Dublin 1960 EUR 80.00 - 130.00 EUR 62.50
269 [Hutchinson (Mrs.?)]

Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water

London 1851 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 400.00
270 Lynch (Wm.)

A View of the Legal Institutions Honorary Hereditary Offices and Feudal Baronies... in Ireland

London 1830 EUR 180.00 - 260.00 EUR 150.00
271 Joyce (James)

Finnegans Wake

London 1939 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,500.00
272

Bookbinding: Maggs Bros. Bookbinding in the British Isles - Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Catalogue 1212. Two vols.

London 1996 EUR 75.00 - 125.00 EUR 100.00
273 Berners (Dame Juliana)

A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book on ... Fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde ... in 1496.

London 1880 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 250.00
274 Wakefield (Edward)

An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, 2 vols.

London 1812 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 375.00
275 Hardiman (James)

The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway

Dublin 1820 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 750.00
276 O'Reilly (Peter)

Trout and Salmon Rivers of Ireland, Ludlow 1995. Third Edn.,; Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland,

Ludlow 1995 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
277 Radencich (Michael D.)

Tying the Classic Salmon Fly, A Modern Approach

Stackpole Books 1997 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 187.50
  • 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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD