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
646

Reminder of Turbulent Times in 19th-century Irish Politics Printed Election Poster,

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,375.00
647

[Irish Politics] Fenian Uprising, a group of three original sepia Carte-de-Viste of Colonel John O'Mahony (President of the Irish Republic),

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 262.50
649 COLLINS, Michael.

An important TL, unpublished and apparently unrecorded, 29 July 1922, addressed to GOVERNMENT,

1922 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
650

'The Men are Sleeping' Important 1916 Documents.

1916 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
651

Northern Ireland: [Rentals] [Armagh & Down] 1895, High Court of Justice - Chancery Division, Counties of Armagh and Down, 1st November, 1895, Estate of James Johnston, (owner) ..., to be sold at Public Auction

Dublin 1895 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
652 [Daniel O'Connell]

An ebonised chalk Head and Shoulder Bust of The Liberator, Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847)

EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 425.00
656 Fleetwood Mac

Signed by "Fleetwood Mac" Members Music: A Signed Record Sleeve Cover for Fleetwood Mac's 'Need your Love so Bad' the reverse Signed

EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 187.50
657

Music Poster: Stevie Wonder - Wonderlove World Tour, 1981, French Promotional Poster produced by KCP,

1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
658

An Unforgettable Story of Power & Passion Cinema Poster: - The Field, 1990,

1990 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 162.50
660

Prince-The Nude Tour, July 1990, a broadside promotional Poster depicting the Artist on stage playing guitar with purple border and 'Prince - Cork 90'

1990 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
661

An interesting File of Posters, Promotional Cards, Photographs, Letters (Correspondence and other ephemera) Programmes etc.,

1970's & 80's EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 425.00
663 John F. Kennedy

The White House An Historic Guide.

Washington 1963 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,500.00
664 Roosevelt, Theodore

Roosevelt, Theodore [26th President of the United States]. TLS, 1 pp, on headed White House paper, dated November 16 1903, to Rev. Dr. Sherrard Billings at Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts,

1903 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 350.00
667

The Watergate Scandal [U.S. Political Interest,] Nixon (President Richard) A large File or Collection of various issues of Time Magazine relating to the Infamous Nixon Watergate Scandal

1973 - 1975 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 275.00
668

Sinking of the Titanic An original black-and-white photograph taken from the deck of the Carpathia on the morning of April 15th 1912, supposedly showing the site of the iceberg that sank the Titanic

1912 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,125.00
671

[Shipping Interest] Cunard White Star Q.S.T.S. - Queen Mary, Description of Machinery Installation, ,

n.d. c.1912 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
672

'The Bomb that Changed the World' A section from the Front Page of the Daily Express newspaper for Tuesday August 7 1945, the day after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima,

1945 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
675 Yeats (Jack B.)

A brief ALS on his addressed Notepaper, 1 pp, May 15 1947, to 'My dear Margaret Clarke'

1947 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 600.00
676 Yeats (Lily)

A manuscript Postcard, signed, sending love and good wishes to the Misses Allport in London, Xmas 1932, front of card with portrait of W.B. Yeats when a boy, by J.B. Yeats RHA. (1)

1932 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 237.50
677

Michael O'Callaghan. 1879-1921. First Republican Mayor of Limerick 1920. Requiescat. (with hand coloured wreath).

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 500.00
678

A small collection of four promotional Leaflets for Jack Yeats Drawings,

1920s or earlier. (1) EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
679 Yeats (Jack B.)

A Lament for Art O'Leary.

Cuala 1940 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,125.00
680 Yeats (Jack B.)

A good and long ALS to his friend the collector Eleanor Reid in Los Angeles, on his addressed notepaper but from Portobello House, dated January 14 1935

1935 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 625.00
681 [Yeats, Jack B.]

A small collection of Publications and Ephemera, i

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 162.50
682

A collection of four specially designed bookplates, for Coimhghin O Dubhthaigh, Madeline Jones, Constantinus Curran, and Eleanor and Fred Reid

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 425.00
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  • Koller Auctions
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    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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