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
378 Carrigan (Rev. William)

The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4vols.

Dublin 1905 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 625.00
379 Scrope (Wm.)

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed,

London 1843 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 237.50
380

Photographs: Irish Archaeology: A small folio Album of Scarce original Photographs of Irish Archaeological Sites and Ruins,

c.1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 350.00
381

Co. Leitrim: Visitor's Book for The Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim

c.1926-1946 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 312.50
382 Milton (John)

Paradise Lost. A Poem, .... ["Paradise Regained. A Poem"] ... With the Text of Thomas Newton, 2 vols.

Birmingham 1760 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
383 Toibin (Colm)

The Testament of Mary

London 2012 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
384 de Burgo (T.)

Hibernia Dominicana: Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Pradicatorum... 4to

Coloniae Agrippinae [Kilkenny]. 1762 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 625.00
385 Coote (Sir C.)

General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the Queen's County,

Dublin 1801 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
386 Moody (T.W.), Martin (F.X.) & Byrne (F.J.)eds.

A New History of Ireland

Oxford 1982 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 100.00
387 Keating (Geoffrey)

The History of Ireland, ed.by David Comyn & P.S. Dinneen, 4 vols.

London 1902-1914 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 125.00
388 Nansen (Dr. F.)

Farthest North,' Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of The Ship FRAM 1893-96... 2 vols.

London 1898 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 112.50
389 O'Kelly (Charles)

Secret History of the War of the Revolution in Ireland, 1688 - 1691,Edited by John Corn. O'Callaghan

Dublin 1850 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
390 Scale (Bernard)

An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland

London 1776 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,000.00
391 Dunn (Attributed to,)

A Description of Killarney

London 1776 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 725.00
392 Praeger (Rob. Lloyd)

The Way that I Went - An Irishman in Ireland,

Dublin 1937 EUR 120.00 - 170.00 EUR 162.50
393 [Pogany (Willie) Illustrator] Goethe -

Faust, Translated by Abraham Hayward.

1908 EUR 750.00 - 1,250.00 EUR 1,375.00
394 [Pogany (Willie) Illustrator] Wagner (Rich.)

Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail..., Trans. C.W. Rolleston.

London 1912 EUR 650.00 - 900.00 EUR 937.50
395 [Pogany (Willie) Illustrator] Wagner (Richard)

Tannhauser A Dramatic Poem, Trans. by T.W. Rolleston.

London 1911 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 500.00
396 [Rackham (A.) Illustrator] Grahame (Kenneth)

The Wind in the Willows

New York 1940 EUR 550.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,437.50
397

[Cuala Press] Broadsides, 1935-1937, 2 vols.

Shannon 1971 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 137.50
398 Dease (Ed. F.)

A Complete History of The Westmeath Hunt

Dublin 1898 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 EUR 525.00
399 Co. Roscommon: [O'Donovan (John)]

Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of the County Roscommon, Collected during ... the Ordnance Survey in 1837.

Bray 1927 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 187.50
400 Hanna (Henry)

The Pals at Suvla Bay, .. Record of 'D' Company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Dublin 1916 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
401 Zeuss (I.C.)

Grammatica Celtica, ed. by H. Ebel.

Berlin 1871 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 75.00
402 Dix (E.R.Mc.)

Catalogue of Early Dublin Printed Books 1601-1700, 2 vols.

Reprint N.York 1971 EUR 75.00 - 125.00 EUR 250.00
  • 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
    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