Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Christmas Rare Books and Collectors' Sale, 121124, Kilkenny

Auction Details

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
454	[Merriman] Mac Giolla Meidhre (Brian)	Mediae Noctis Consilium,... De Comitatu Clarensi in Momonia A.D. MDCCLXXX. Poema Heroico-Comicum, ..	Dublin	1893	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 125.00
455	Keane (John B.)	Sive	Dublin	1986	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 287.50
456	[Merlin Films] Boorman (John) screenwriter	The General, First Draft Revised,		1997	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 275.00
457		[Cuala Press] A Broadside June 1912 - No. 1, Fifth Year, 2pps,	Dublin	1912	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 275.00
458		Cuala Press: A hand-coloured early Cuala Broadside, Rune of Hospitality, with illustration by Jack B. Yeats			EUR 100.00 - 160.00	EUR 100.00
459		Northern Ireland: G. Rollos - A Map of the Province of Ulster		c.1765	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
460		Fine Hand-Coloured Bird Plates Morris -British Game Birds, a good collection of 19 large hand-coloured plates,		c.1850	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 150.00
461		Co. Carlow: Ten varied antique engraved and woodcut illus. of Co. Carlow			EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
462		Co. Tipperary: A Signed Bond of Stephen Going of Clonmel to the bankers William Charles and Arthur Riall (Bankers)		1820	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 150.00
463		One of 50 Copies Only Booth (Martin) pub. Ten Fold, Poems for Frances Horovitz	Northamptonshire	1983	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 450.00
464		Agriculture: A collection of mostly mounted engraved and woodcut plates etc., illustrating old farm machinery, cattle & horses, farm practices etc.			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 100.00
465	[O'Connell (Daniel)]	Zodiaque Satires - A. O'Connell, L'Irlande Par Barthelemy,	Paris	1847	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 937.50
466	Davis (Thomas)	A unique and highly important Archive of original m/ss Letters and other Documents, from family sources		undated but circa 1845	EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 8,125.00
467	Macme (J.M.)	aka ["Mac"], The Celebrity Zoo (First Visit)	Dublin	1925	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 425.00
468	Griffith (Arthur)	The Sinn Fein Policy, National Council Pamphlets - B.	Dublin	n.d. [1908]	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 1,000.00
469	Connolly (James)	Labour in Irish History,	Dublin	1914	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
470	Connolly (James)	The Request of Ireland	Dublin	1914	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 312.50
471		[Cumann na mBan] a rare printed Card, c. 1915 - Cumann na mBan (The Irishwomens Council)		c.1915	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 650.00
472	[W. & G. Baird]	1916 The Sinn Fein Rebellion - Picture Souvenir (31 views)	Dublin	1916	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 275.00
473		1916 Interest: [Hely's Limited] The Sinn Fein Revolt Illustrated	Dublin	1916	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.00
474		Political Pamphlets: Glor na Bhfiann, Being a Bilingual Souvenir issued by the Wolfe Tone Memorial Committee, in connection with the Programme of the Emmett Commemoration at the Mansion House, March 4th, 1919, oblong folio D. 1919, illus. & adverts ptd. w	Dublin	1921	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 237.50
475		Memorial Card: Quartermaster Sergeant Sean Dunne, Dubin Guards, late 'F' Company 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, 8th July 1922, (aged 22 years)		1922	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
476		Memorial Card: Captain Daniel Joseph Begley, Drimnagh, Dublin, 21st September, 1940, (52 years)		1940	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
477		Memorial Card: Francis Xavier Flood - 1st Lieutenant A.S.U. Dublin Brigade, I.R.A., executed in Mountjoy March 14th, 1921, aged 19 years		1921	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 225.00
478	A Boy of Only 18 Summers Memorial Card 'Chaoimhin de Barra (Kevin Barry)	I n-aois a hocht mbliadh deag, an Cead Cath Briogaid Ath Cliath d'airm na Saor Staite - Cogadh na Phriosunach i gcath ar son Eireann ar an 20adh la de Mheadhan Fhoghmhair, 1920		1920	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00

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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