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
737		Royal Dublin Society: Memorandum of Objects of Geological interest in the Vicinity of Dublin	Dublin	1835	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 625.00
738	Delany (Mrs.)	Letters from Mrs. Delany (Widow of Doctor Patrick Delany), to Mrs. Frances Hamilton from the Year 1779, to.. 1788, Containing many unpublished and interesting Anecdotes of their late Majesties and the Royal Family.	London	1820	EUR 175.00 - 225.00	EUR 175.00
739	[Mills (Michael)]	A Scheme for Enlarging Essex Bridge, Whereby, Not only Three-Fourths of the Expense of a New Bridge will be saved; but the Public shall enjoy the Benefit in Six Months.	Dublin	1752	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 275.00
740	McGahern (John)	The Leavetaking, Lond. (Faber & Faber), 1974. First Edn., d.w.; Memoir	London	2005	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
741	McGahern (John)	The Pornographer	N. York	1979	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 300.00
742	Campbell (Joseph)	Irishry,	Dublin & London	1913	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
743	[Swift (Johnathan]	A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture in Cloths and Furniture of Houses - Utterly Rejecting and Renouncing Everything Wearable that comeeth from England, written in the Year 1720	Printed in the Year	1758	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 212.50
744		Fishing: The Angler's Diary and Tourist Fisherman's Gazetteer, for 1891, 1901, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1921 & 1922-23. Together 7 vols.	London	1891-1923	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	EUR 75.00
745	Yeats (W.B.)	The Hour Glass, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth,	Dublin	1905	EUR 160.00 - 220.00	EUR 200.00
746	Chatterton (Lady)	Rambles in the South of Ireland, during the Year 1838. 2 vols.	London	1839	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
747	Bassett (Geo. Henry)	Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory	Dublin	1884	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 625.00
748	Hawkey (John)	P. Terentii Afri Comaediae	Dublin	1745	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
749	Heaney (Seamus)	A Keen for the Coins	Winston Salem	2002	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,312.50
750	Lucas (Charles)	The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Dublin, In three Parts.	Dublin	1749	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 500.00
751	Barrett (Wm. Alex)	Balfe His Life and Work	London	1883	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 75.00
752	Francis (Francis)	Fish-Culture: A Practical Guide to ... Breeding and Rearing Fish,	London	1863	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
753	Mac-Geoghegan (Abbe)	History of Ireland Ancient and Modern, 2 vols.	Dublin	1831	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 775.00
754	Crone (John S.)	& Others, The Irish Book Lover, A Monthly review of Irish Literature and Bibliography. Vol. I No. 1 - Vol XXXII, No. 6, together 32 vols.	Dublin	1909 - 1957.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,437.50
755	Keynes (G.)	Jane Austen: A Bibliography	London	1929	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 100.00
756	Selby (Prideaux John)	Illustrations of British Ornithology - Land Birds & Water Birds, 2 vols.,	Edinburgh	1833	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 275.00
757	D'Alton (John)	The History of Drogheda, with its Environs; .. Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 2 vols.	Dublin	1863	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 100.00
758	Conwell (Eugene Alfred)	Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla	Dublin	1873	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
759	Fawcett (Graham)ed.	Poems for Shakespeare 2	London	1973	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 575.00
760	Keane (John B.)	Sive, A Play in Two Acts	Dublin	1986	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 350.00
761	Hume (David)	The History of England, 8 vols.	London	1773	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 750.00

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