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Auction Date
June 20, 2024 - June 20, 2024
Page Size: 274 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ASHER AND ADAMS

Asher & Adams' New Historical and Topographical Atlas of the United States, [1872]

New York, 1872 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 435.20
2 BLAEU (JAN)

Delfi Batavorum vernacule Delft, [Amsterdam, 1649 or later] and 6 other maps (Europe, Africa and World) (7)

[Amsterdam 1649 or later GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 896.00
3 BLAEU (WILLEM AND JAN)

Toonneel des Aerdrycz, oft Nieuwe Atlas... Tweede Deels, 2 parts in 1 vol., Amsterdam, Jan Blaeu, 1642

Amsterdam, 1642 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
4 BLAEU (WILLEM AND JAN)

Toonneel des Aerdrycks oft Nieuwe Atlas...Vierde Deel, Amsterdam, Jan Blaeu, 1646 [but 1647]

Amsterdam, 1646 but 1647 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
5 BRADFORD (THOMAS G.)

A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial, 1835; and atlases, American, by Johnson, and Rand, McNally & Co. (3)

1835 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 896.00
6 BRESSANI (FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE)

Breve relatione..nella Nuova Francia, FIRST EDITION, Macerata, 1653

Macerata, 1653 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
7 BROCKEDON (WILLIAM)

Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, for the Author, 1828-1829, and one other (3)

1828-1829 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 512.00
8 CAMDEN (WILLIAM)

Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, A. Swalle, A. & J. Churchill, 1695

A. Swalle, 1695 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 896.00
9 CAMDEN (WILIAM)

Britannia... with additions and improvements by Edmund Gibson, 2 vol., W. Bowyer etc., 1772

1772 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 704.00
10 CHINA - FIRST OPIUM WAR

Military Sketch of the Operations against the City of Chin-Keang on the Yang-tse-keang, n.d. [after 1842]

n.d. after 1842 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 435.20
11 COLTON (GEORGE WOOLWORTH)

Colton's General Atlas, 1865; Colton/Johnson. New Illustrated Family Atlas, 1862; Mitchell. New General Atlas, 1864 (3)

New York, 1865 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,664.00
12 COLTON (GEORGE WOOLWORTH)

Colton's General Atlas, 1857

New York 1857 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
13 EGYPT - ANTIQUITIES

[Description de l'Egypte], bound volume of plates only, [Paris, L'Imprimerie Imperiale, c.1820]

[Paris, c.1820 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
14 GRAY (O.W.)

Gray's Atlas of the United States, with General Maps of the World, Philadelphia, 1874

Philadelphia, 1874 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 512.00
15 HAWTHORNTHWAITE (SAMUEL)

Mr. Hawthornthwaite's Adventures among the Mormons, Manchester, 1857

Manchester, 1857 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 9,600.00
16 LINFORTH (JAMES, EDITOR)

Route from Liverpool, to Great Salt Lake Valley, FIRST EDITION, Liverpool, 1855

Liverpool, 1855 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
17 MITCHELL (SAMUEL AUGUSTUS)

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires...With a Special Map of Each of the United States, Philadelphia, 1850

Philadelphia, 1850 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
18 MITCHELL (SAMUEL AUGUSTUS)

Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Philadelphia, S. Augustus Mitchell, 1872

, Philadelphia, 1872 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
19 MORSE (SIDNEY E.)

Morse's North American Atlas, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1842 [but 1845]

New York, 1842 but 1845 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 832.00
20 NORFOLK and SUFFOLK

SPEED (JOHN) Norfolk and Sufolk, 2 double-page engraved maps with outline hand-colouring (2)

1665 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 153.60
21 PURCHAS (SAMUEL)

Purchas his Pilgrimage, FIRST EDITION, 1613

1613 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,280.00
22 SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

The Complete Atlas of Modern, Classical and Celestial Maps, together with Plans of the Principal Cities of the World, Edward Stanford, 1857

1857 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,432.00
23 SPEED (JOHN) AND WILLEM BLAEU

Pictorial title-pages to Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' and Blaeu's 'Le Theatre du Monde... Quatriesme partie [Britain]'; and 2 others

1650 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 140.80
24 SPEED (JOHN)

Yorkshire; The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire; West Ridyingses...; Buckinham, [c.1730], hand-coloured engraved maps; and others (7)

1676 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 640.00
25 AUSONIUS (DECIMUS MAGNUS)

[Opera], Venice, Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1517

Venice, 1517 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 768.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.
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