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

Auction Details

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
535 Maxwell (Henry) Bishop of Meath

Costs of a Meath Glebe-House, 1794: Large Vellum Document

1794 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 937.50
536

A Letter to Lady Dunsany, 1800 Manuscript: Letter dated 13 August 1800 from Stoke Park [Buckinghamshire], written by Elizabeth, nee Smith

1800 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 150.00
537 Gebbie (Canon John H.)

Collection of Papers of Ulster Clergyman and Historian Canon John H. Gebbie,

Londonderry and Tyrone, March 1968 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 150.00
538 Philip II of Spain

Philip II of Spain: A signed manuscript letter from King Philip II of Spain [1527-1598]

1566 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
539 Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

'Official French State War Record signed by Napoleon as First Consul of the French Republic in June, 1803,'

1803 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
540 Napoleon Bonaparte.

Letter from Napoleon I, written at Brusselles on 24 July 1803,

Brusselles 1803 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
541

The Devil Made Him Do It Co. Carlow: An interesting file of manuscript Legal Documents, relating to the Murder of Henry Lawler of Rathmore, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, by James Dempsey

Patrickswell, Co. Carlow 1786 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 125.00
542 [Fishbourne (Wm.)]

An extensive and comprehensive File of manuscript documents mostly Signed by the Magistrate and Land Agent in Carlow William Fishbourne.

1816-1831 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,187.50
543

U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814 The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection

1800-1814 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
544 Sandes (Elise)

Enlisted; or, My Story, Incidents of Life and Work among Soldiers.

Curragh Camp, London 1915 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
545 [White (John)]

A Rich Cabinet with Variety of Inventions,

London c. 1715 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 675.00
546

Scarce Railway Handbook Co. Louth: The Hand Book to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, containing a Description of the Scenery, Towns, Villages, and remarkable Places Lying along and Contiguous to the Line,...

Dublin n.d. c.1850 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 875.00
547 Percival (Henry)

Report of the Trial of Lord Viscount Clermont at Dundalk Quarter Sessions on the 14th of October 1824, for Assaulting William Marmion and John Marmion, Jun.

Newry 1824 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 125.00
548 Anom:

Madge' - The Snow Fairies and The Sun Maidens, Fairy Tales.

Dundalk n.d. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
549 Curtis (Rev. P.) Archbishop,

A Letter from...Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, to the Rev. J. Levins, P.P. of Ardee, respecting the Placing of a Calf's Head on the Altar of the Chapel of Ardee, ...

Dublin 1822 EUR 175.00 - 225.00 EUR 262.50
550

By-Laws of the Masonic Lodge, No. 384, Dundalk,

Dublin 1856 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
551

Alvary's Prosody Construed for the Use of the School of Drogheda,

Drogheda 1778 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 350.00
552

The Ninth Report of the Louth Auxiliary Bible Society, Instituted August 31s 1819.. with The Proceedings,

Dundalk 1828 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
553

Pamphlet - Election of Coroner for the Ardee District of County Louth. Gives a list of the Electors of the Baronies of Ardee and Ferrard,...

Dundalk 1858 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
554 Ledwidge (Francis E.)

Legends and Stories of The Boyne Side,

Drogheda 1914 EUR 350.00 - 550.00 EUR 575.00
555 Weatherwise (Abraham)

Father Abrahams Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1770, ,

Philadelphia 1770 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
556

Dundalk Town Commission - Bye Laws made Under The Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, for the Regulation of Hackney Carriages,

Dundalk 1889 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 200.00
557 Curtis -

The Letter of the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis Roman Catholic Primate..., Complaining of the horrible Profanation of the Roman Catholic Chapel of Ardee, where a Calf's Head was placed on the Altar;,...

Dublin 1822 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 250.00
558 Crawford (Wm. Sharman)

Observations on The Irish Tithe Bill, .... Submitted to the considerations of the Electors of Dundalk, In Letters, addressed to William Brett, Esq.,

Dundalk 1835 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
559

County Louth Election, 1857 & 1859,

Dundalk 1857& 1859 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
  • 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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