Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Summer Rare Book & Collectors' Sale., 73024, Kilkenny

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 30, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Page Size: 778 items in 32 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 Hughes (A.) Publisher,

The History of Drogheda up to Date, with Memoirs of the Martyr-Primate, Dr. Oliver Plunket, Cardinal Logue etc., etc.,

Drogheda 1893 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
352 Gale (Peter)

An Inquiry into the Ancient Corporate System of Ireland,

London 1834 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
353 [Wilkinson]

A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.,

London 1778 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 150.00
354 Heaney (Seamus)

The Tree Clock.

Belfast 1990 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
355 Wilde (Oscar)

An Ideal Husband,

London 1899 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,875.00
356 Yeats (W.B.)

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

Oxford 1983 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 300.00
357 Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats O'Kelly (Seamus)

The Weaver's Grave,

Dublin 1922 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 287.50
358 [Yeats (J.B.)]

Ni Chriagain (M.) Sean Eoin

Dublin 1974 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 175.00
359 Kavanagh (Patrick)

The Green Fool,

London 1971 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
360 Heaney (Seamus)

Wintering Out,

London 1973 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 137.50
361 Synge (J.M.)

In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara,

Dublin 1911 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 212.50
362 Yeats (Jack B.)

Sligo

London 1930 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 250.00
363 Illustrated by Jack Butler Yeats Birmingham (G.A.)

Irishmen All, L. (T.N. Foulis) 1914, (reprint), coloured frontis & 10 other cold. plts., cloth and decor. d.j.; Yeats (J.B.) Sailing Sailing Swiftly,

London 1933 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 300.00
364 Toibin (Colm)

The Testament of Mary, ,

London 2012 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
365 Dahl (Roald)

The B.F.G.

London 1982 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 175.00
366 Seuss (Dr.)

The Cat in the Hat

London 1958 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 212.50
367 Toibin (Colm)

Nora Webster

2014 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 162.50
368 Synge (J.M.)

Queens Dolmen 1986, illus. blue cloth; The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic MCMXVI, , D. 1960, ptd. boards; Miller (L.)ed. Retrospective, The Work of Seumas O'Sullivan & E.F. Solomons,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
369 McGahern (John)

Night Lines,

London 1970 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 875.00
370 Heaney (Seamus)

The Haw Lantern, ,

London 1987 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 225.00
371 Heaney (Seamus)

North,

London 1975 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
372 Heaney (Seamus)

Death of a Naturalist,

London 1973 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
373 Heaney (Seamus)

Door into the Dark,

London 1969 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 325.00
374 Heaney (Seamus)

Wintering Out,

London 1972 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 775.00
375 Heaney (Seamus)

The Spirit Level,

London 1996 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 475.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
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