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
555

In Original Cloth as Issued [Lever (Charles)]ed. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols.

Dublin 1841 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 112.50
556 Boate (Dr. G.) & Molineux (Thomas)

A Natural History of Ireland, in Three Parts

Dublin 1755 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 475.00
557

Hawkey Classic: Q. Horatii Flacci Opera,

Dublin 1745 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 162.50
558 Furnass (Rev. J.)

The Practical Surveyor; being a Treatise on Surveying; designed for Schools

Newcastle 1809 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 100.00
559 Hardiman (J.)

Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland; with English Poetical Translations, 2 vols.

London 1831 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 400.00
560 Temple (Sir John)

The Irish Rebellion or A History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion raised within the Kingdom of Ireland upon the three and twentieth day of October in the year 1641, together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres wi

London 1646 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 375.00
561 [Tone (Theobald Wolfe)]

An Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland

1791 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,750.00
562 Benn (Geo.)

A History of the Town of Belfast,

Lond 1877 EUR 90.00 - 140.00 EUR 68.75
563

Limerick Periodical: Journal of the Limerick Field Club, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. III, No. 12, together 12 numbers [All Published]

Limerick 1897-1908 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
564 Drought (Capt. J.B.)

Green Memory of Days with Gun and Rod, Lond. 1937. First Edn., d.w. also A Sportsman Looks at Eire

London 1937 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 137.50
565 Humphries (Thomas)

Measurer, The Irish Builder's Guide, Exhibiting the Valuation of Buildings throughout Ireland, Dedicated to Francis Johnston.

Dublin 1813 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,250.00
566 Bickerdyke (J.)

Wild Sports in Ireland

London 1897 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 162.50
567 Drummond (William H.)

The Giants Causeway, A Poem

Belfast 1811 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 150.00
568 Wilde (W.R.)

The Closing Years of Dean Swift's Life; with Remarks on Stella...

Dublin 1849 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 175.00
569 [Doyle (Bp. James)] 'J.K.L.' [James, Kildare & Leighlin]

Letters on the State of Ireland; Addressed... to a Friend in England

Dublin 1825 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
570 Duignan (Patrick)

An Answer to the Address of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan, Ex.-Representative of the City of Dublin

Dublin 1798 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 125.00
571

[1798 Interest] Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Lords, with an Appendix - Printed by Authority

Dublin 1798 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 262.50
572 Heaney (Seamus)

The Haw Lantern

N.Y. 1987 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 275.00
573 Heaney (Seamus)

The Haw Lantern

London 1987 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 350.00
574 Heaney (Seamus)

Door Into the Dark

N.Y. 1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 775.00
575 Heaney (Seamus)

Station Island

London 1984 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 400.00
576 Heaney (Seamus)

Diary of One Who Vanished

London 1999 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 287.50
577 Heaney (Seamus)

Wintering Out

N.Y. 1973 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 650.00
578 Durcan (Paul)

Endsville - New Writers Press

Dublin 1967 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 150.00
579 Donleavy (J.P.)

The Ginger Man - The Sixtieth Anniversary Edition

Dublin 2015 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 162.50
  • 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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