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
353 Behan (Brendan)

Borstal Boy

London 1958 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
354 Durcan (Paul)

Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela

Dublin 1983 EUR 120.00 - 160.00 EUR 87.50
355 Brown (Christy)

My Left Foot

London 1954 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 275.00
356 Kinsella (Thomas)

Butcher's Dozen, Peppercanister I

Dublin 1972 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 200.00
357 Dolmen Press: Synge (J.M.)

Queens

Dolmen 1986 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 137.50
358 O'Brien (Flann)

The Hard Life, An Exegesis of Squalor

London 1961 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
359 Bowen (Elizabeth)

The Shelbourne

London 1951 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
360 Geen (Philip)

What I have Seen while Fishing and How I have caught My Fish

Richmond 1905 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
361 Gore-Booth (Eva)

The Sword of Justice, A Play,

London 1918 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
362 Gibson (Rev. C.B.)

The History of the County and City of Cork, 2 vols.

London 1861 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
363 MacLeod (Alistair)

The Lost Salt Gift of Blood,

Toronto 1976 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 125.00
364 Phillimore (W.P.W.)

Indexes to Irish Wills, 5vols.

London 1909 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 100.00
365 [R.D.S.] M'Parlan (James)

Statistical Survey of the County of Mayo

Dublin 1802 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 425.00
366 [R.D.S.] Weld (Isaac)

Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon,

Dublin 1832 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
367 [R.D.S.] Coote (Sir C.)

Statistical Survey of the County of Monaghan

Dublin 1801 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 450.00
368 [R.D.S.] M'Parlan (James)

Statistical Survey of the County Leitrim

Dublin 1802 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 550.00
369 [R.D.S.], Coote (Sir C.)

Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh

Dublin 1804 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 200.00
370 [R.D.S.] Vaughan Sampson (Rev. G.)

Statistical Survey of the County of Londonderry,

Dublin 1802 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 375.00
371 [R.D.S.] M'Evoy (J.)

Statistical Survey of the County of Tyrone

Dublin 1802 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 325.00
372 [R.D.S.] Dubourdieu (Rev. John)

Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim,

Dublin 1812 EUR 225.00 - 350.00 EUR 237.50
373 [R.D.S.] Rawson(Th. J.)

Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare

Dublin 1807 EUR 225.00 - 350.00 EUR 375.00
374 O'Curry (Eugene)

On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 3 vols.,

London 1873 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 250.00
375 Doheny (Michael)

The Felon's Track or History of the Late Attempted Outbreak in Ireland, embracing the leading events in the Irish Struggle from the year 1843 to the late close of 1848

N.Y. 1849 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
376 O'Muircheartaigh (M.)

From Dun Sion to Croke Park

Dublin 2004 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 100.00
377 Grace (Sheffield)

Memoirs of the Family of Grace,

London 1823 EUR 350.00 - 550.00 EUR 775.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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    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