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
403 Colman (A. Ulry)

A Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Irish Women Poets,

Galway 1996 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 62.50
404 Grimble (Augustus)

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, 2 vols.

London 1903 EUR 450.00 - 650.00 EUR 525.00
405 Musgrave (Richard)

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, From the Arrival of the English, 2 vols.

Dublin 1801 EUR 425.00 - 650.00 EUR 1,000.00
406 Greenhalgh (M.) & Smalley (J.)

Fishing Flies,

2009 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 87.50
407 Mallock (P.D.)

Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout and other Freshwater Fish

London 1910 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 62.50
408 Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (H.)illus.

The Admirable Crichton, 4to,

London n.d. EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 112.50
409 Young (A.I.)

Three Hundred Years in Inishowen, Being more Particularly an Account of the Family of Young of Culdaff

Belfast 1929 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 625.00
410 Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.)illus.

The Aran Islands

Dublin 1907 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,750.00
411 Walker (Joseph C.)

Historical Memoirs of The Irish Bards

Dublin 1786 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 262.50
412 Edgeworth (Maria) & (R.L.)

Practical Education, 2 vols.

London 1798 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 200.00
413 Borlase (Wm. Copeland)

The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols.

London 1897 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 275.00
414 Simon (James)

Essay on Irish Coins, with Supplement.

Dublin 1810 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 112.50
415 Genealogy: Ponsonby (Maj. Gen. Sir J.)

The Ponsonby Family, Lond. 1929. First Edn.,; A Genealogical History of the Savage Family in Ulster

London 1906 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 187.50
416 Houghton (Rev. W.)

British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 lg. folio vols. in one,

London 1879 EUR 650.00 - 950.00 EUR 625.00
417 Schmookler (Paul) & Sils (I.V.)

Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History. Birds, and Birds & Mammals. 2 vols.

Massachusetts 1994-1997 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 625.00
418 [Wright (John Michael)]

An Account of His Excellence The Earl of Castlemaine's Embassy, To His Holiness Innocent XIth,

1687 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
419 Cox (Richard)

Recorder of Kingsale Hibernia Anglicana: or, The History of Ireland, from The Conquest thereof by the English, to this Present Time. Two Parts in One

London 1689-1690 EUR 425.00 - 650.00 EUR 475.00
420 Newnes (George)

The Strand Magazine, 7 vols.

London 1891-1894 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 250.00
421

Approx. 300 Cards Postcards The County & City of Cork

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 287.50
422

Binding: The Musee Francais, Fifty of the finest examples of The Old Masters.

London 1876 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 225.00
423 Herd (Andrew) & Dietrich-Troeltsch (H.)

Blacker Phantom of the Past, 3 vols

Ellesmere 2017 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 350.00
424 O'Drisceoil (J.)

writer Artfolio 3, Brian Kennedy 1996,

Dublin 1996 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
425 Borlase (Edmund)

The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion Trac'd from many preceding Acts, to the Grand Eruption the 23rd of October 1641, and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement 1662

London 1680 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 300.00
426 O'Donovan (Donal)

God's Architect - A Life of Raymond McGrath

Bray 1995 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
427 Ware (Sir James)

The Works of Sir James Ware Concerning Ireland devised and Improved, 3 vols. in 2

Dublin 1739-1745 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 262.50
  • 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
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