Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Christmas Rare Books and Collectors' Sale, 121124, Kilkenny

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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
151 Yarrell (Wm.)

A History of British Fishes, 2 vols.

London 1836 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 162.50
152 Newman (Isaac)

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Vols. I & II only (ex. 3)

Geneva 1739 - 40 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
153 Shaffer (Jacob Christian)

Piscium Bavarico - Ratisbonevium Pentas,

Ratisbonae Regensburg 1761 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 162.50
154 Kelson (Geo. M.)

Tips, by the Author of The Salmon Fly

London 1901 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
155 Hole (Dean Reynolds)

Oxonian,' A Little Tour in Ireland, Signed Lim. Edn., No. 23 of 100 Copies.

London 1892 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 150.00
156 Malone (E.J.)

Tying Flies in the Irish Style, Trout and Sea-Trout Pattern, 2 vols.

2003 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,375.00
157 Bartlett (W.H.)

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. in one

London n.d. EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 212.50
158 Connellan (Owen)

The Annals of Ireland, .... The Original Irish of The Four Masters. L. thick 4to

Dublin 1846 EUR 220.00 - 350.00 EUR 425.00
159 Musgrave (Richard)

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland,

Dublin 1801 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 175.00
160 [Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator Ingoldsby (Thos.)

The Ingoldsby Legends

London 1919 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 137.50
161 Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator,

Book of Pictures

London 1913 EUR 280.00 - 380.00 EUR 450.00
162 [Dulac (Edmund) Illustrator] Poe (Edgar Allan)

The Bells and other Poems,

London n.d. [c. 1912] EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 450.00
163 Kelson (Geo. M.)

The Salmon Fly: How to Dress it and How to Use it

London 1895 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
164 Macky (John)

The Diary of an Irish Water Bailiff 1791-1809

2008 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 550.00
165 Fahy (Edward)

Child of the Tides - A Sea Trout Handbook

Dublin 1985 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
166 J.T. O'Flaherty

The Aran Islands, by J.T. O'Flaherty

1824 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 175.00
167 Plumptre (Anne)

Narrative of a Residence in Ireland, during The Summer of 1814, and that of 1815.

London 1817 EUR 325.00 - 450.00 EUR 700.00
168 Wright (Thos.)

Louthiana: or, An Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland

London 1748 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 875.00
169 Dulac (Edmund)

A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French

London & N.Y. 1928 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 750.00
170 [Pogany (Willy) Illustrator] Fitzgerald (Ed.)

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London n.d. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
171 [Dulac (Edmund) Illustrator] Fitzgerald (Edward)

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London n.d. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
172 Coleridge (Sam. Taylor)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

London n.d. EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 575.00
173 Milne (A.A.)

A Gallery of Children

London EUR 550.00 - 750.00 EUR 575.00
174 R.I.A. Hardinge (W.H.)

On Manuscript and Other Townland Surveys in Ireland of a Public Character, embracing the Gross, Civil, and Down Surveys from 1640 to 1688

1862 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 137.50
175 Craig (Maurice)

Irish Bookbindings, 1600 - 1800

London 1954 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 175.00
  • 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