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
837 Gordon (Rev. James)

History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798 etc., Containing An Impartial Account of the Proceedings of The Irish Revolutionists

London 1803 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 525.00
838 Gough (John)

A History of the People called Quakers, From their Rise to the Present Time, 4 vols.

Dublin 1789 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 300.00
839

Quakers: Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the yearly Meeting of Friends held in London, from its First Institution

[London] James Phillips 1783 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 87.50
840 Keane (John B.)

The Voice of an Angel and Other Christmas Stories

Cork 1995 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 262.50
841

Irish Directories: Watson's, The Treble Almanack for the Year 1827, (include. 'Dubin Directory')

Dublin 1827 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 250.00
842 Trevelyan (C.E.)

The Irish Crisis,

London 1848 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 250.00
843 Allingham (William)

Ashby Manor, A Play,

London 1882 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
844 Manuscript: Smith (John Chaloner)

A manuscript Notebook containing various engineering works from 1898-1901. It includes surveys for works such as the Polawaddy Road Bridge in Belmulet Union, and the Ring of Rath na Sonaid on Tara Hill (with a sketch)

1898-1901 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 400.00
845 [James Joyce] Brown (Terence) & Davis (Gerald)

The Joycean Year

Dublin 1985 EUR 120.00 - 170.00 EUR 112.50
846 Orpen (Goddard H.)

Ireland Under The Normans, 1169-1216, 4 vols.

Oxford 1911 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 200.00
847 Meyer (Kuno), Stern (L.C.), Thurneysen (R.) & Pokorny (J.) & others.

Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie, Vols. 1 - 13. Together 13 vols., complete.

Halle 1897-1921 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 225.00
848 Taylor (George)

A History of the Rise, Progress and Suppression of the Rebellion in Co. Wexford, 1798,

Dublin 1829 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 250.00
849 Heaney (Seamus)

Beowulf,

London 1999 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
850 Fox (C. Milligan)

Four Irish Songs, words by Edith Wheeler & Alice Milligan

DublinLondon n.d. [c.1910] EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
851

Rare Complete Set 1798 - Periodical - The Anti-Union, Part 1 - 32 In 32 Parts

Dublin c.1798-1799 EUR 450.00 - 650.00 EUR 525.00
852 Chart (D.A.)ed.

The Drennan Letters, Being a Selection from the Correspondence which passed between William Drennan, M.D., & his Brother-in Law and Sister, Samuel and Martha McTier, during 1776-1819. Tall

Belfast 1931 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
853

Periodical: Captain Rock in London; or, The Chieftain's Gazette, For Years 1825 & 1826, 2 vols

London 1825 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
854 Scale (Bernard)

An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, Divided into Provinces; with its sub-divisions of Counties, Baronies etc.

London 1798 EUR 750.00 - 1,250.00 EUR 937.50
855 Heaney (Seamus)

Selected Poems 1966-1987

N.Y. 1990 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 575.00
856 Hayes (Maurice)ed.

The Flight Path, Writings by the Winners of the American Ireland Fund Literary Award 1972-1996

Meath 1996 EUR 350.00 - 420.00 Not Sold
857 Couzy (Jeni)ed.

Twelve to Twelve Poetry D Day, Damden Festival 1970

London 1970 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 775.00
858 Caughey (J. & R.B.)

The Strean Will Case, A full Report of the Celebrated Will Case of Kelly and Others V. Armstrong and Others. 8vo

Newtownards 1875 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
859 Stanihurst (Richard)

De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor,

Antwerp 1584 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 875.00
860 Porter (Frank)

Post Office Guide and Directory of the County of Wicklow 1910

Dublin 1910 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 375.00
861 Munro (Alice)

The Moons of Jupiter - Stories,

Toronto 1982 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 212.50
  • 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