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
862 Heaney (Seamus) & Cooke (Barrie) artist

Sweeney Astray

N.Y. 1983 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 375.00
863

Co. Clare: Nelson & Welsh, The Burren, 1991; Brennan - The War in Clare, 1911 - 1921, 1980; Mc Carthy - Ireland's Banner County, 1890 - 1918, 2002....

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 162.50
864 Survey Map of Dublin Irish Map (Co. Dublin) Rocque (John)

An Actual Survey of the County of Dubin

London 1802 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 500.00
865 Mc Crea (Wm.)

A Map of the County of Donegal - drawn from Actual Survey, 1796, 4 sheets (linen backed),

Dublin 1801 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,500.00
866 Hodgson (W. Earl)

Trout Fishing, and Salmon Fishing, 2 vols.

London 1904 & 1906. EUR 90.00 - 140.00 EUR 62.50
867

Baskerville Prayer Book: The Book of Common Prayer,.... According to the Use of the Church of England. Imperial

Cambridge 1760 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 212.50
868 Montague (John)

Poisoned Lands and other Poems, Lond. 1961. First Edn., orig. d.w.; also The Rough Field,

Dublin 1972 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 475.00
869 Banville (John)

The Infinites

London 2009 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 125.00
870 Toibin (Colm)

Brooklyn

Dublin 1009 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 212.50
871 O'Brien (Edna)

The Little Red Chains

London 2015 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 200.00
872 Murphy (Richard)

Poems 1952-2012

Dublin 2013 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 125.00
873 Morton (H.V.)

In the Steps of St. Paul,

London n.d. EUR 75.00 - 125.00 EUR 50.00
874 La Fontaine (J. de)

Tales and Novels in Verse, 2 vols. imp.

London n.d. EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 175.00
875 Hill (Rev. Geo.)

An Historical Account of the Macdonnells of Antrim: Including Notices of some other Septs, Irish & Scottish

Belfast 1873 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 100.00
876 Grimble (Aug.)

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland,

London 1913 EUR 160.00 - 220.00 EUR 162.50
877 Dickens (Charles)

Hard Times

London 1854 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,250.00
878 Bain (Iain)ed.

The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick..., 2 vols. Massachusetts (Met Press), 1981, illus., grey cloth, slipcase; Lankester (E.R.)comp. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), 4 vols.

Massachusetts 1981 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
879 Nolan (Wm.), Power (T.P.) & Others,

Waterford History & Society, also similar volumes for Kerry, Limerick, Laois, Cork, Galway, Clare, Kilkenny & Offaly.

EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 500.00
880 Thompson (Hugh) Illustrator. Goldsmith (Oliver)

She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night,

London n.d. [c. 1920's] EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 225.00
881 Moore (Thomas)

Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance

London 1817 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
882 Harrison (Florence) illustrator. Rossetti (Christina)

Poems

London n.d. EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 312.50
883 Carpenter (Andrew) & Fallon (Peter)eds. & Bunn (M.)

The Writers, A Sense of Ireland,

Dublin 1980, EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 525.00
884 Heaney (Marie) & Lynch (P.S.)illus.

Irish Myth and Legend, The Names Upon the Harp

London 2000 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
885 Heaney (Seamus) & Lewritt (Sol)artist

Squarrings - a Sequence of Forty-Eight Poems

San Francisco 2003 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
886 Heaney (Seamus)

Verses for a Fordham Commencement

N.Y. 1984 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,187.50
  • 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