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
605	O'Sullivan (M.D.)	Old Galway The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland	Cambridge	1942	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
606		Irish Music Interest: Casey (R.)Joe Dolan - The Official Biography	Dublin	2008	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 137.50
607	Dickens (Charles)	Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vols.	London	1841	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 125.00
608	Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.)	Ireland: its Scenery, Character, etc., 3 vols. imp.	London	n.d.	EUR 280.00 - 380.00	EUR 175.00
609	McGahern (John)	Amongst Women, Lond. 1990. First Edn.,; Creatures of the Earth New and Selected Stories,	London 2006; Love of the World Essays, London	2009	EUR 160.00 - 240.00	EUR 212.50
610	[Miller (Alexander Edward)	Songs and Verses by A.E.M.	London	1904	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 87.50
611	Share (Bernard)	& Bolger (William)		1964-65	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
612	Milne (A.A.)	The Christopher Robin Story Book	London	1929	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 162.50
613		With Coloured Maps Fishing: H.M.S.O. - Report on the Shell-Fish Laying on the Irish Coast, as respects their liability to Sewage Contamination.	Dublin	1904	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 550.00
614	Grose (Francis)	The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols.	London	1791	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,750.00
615	Usher (James)	A Body of Divinity: or, The Sum and Substance of Cristian Religion,	London	1677	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 150.00
616	Grimble (Augustus)	The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, 2 vols.	London	1903	EUR 500.00 - 750.00	EUR 475.00
617	Synge (John M.)	The Playboy of the Western World	London	1927	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 525.00
618	Yeats (J.B.)	Life in the West of Ireland	Dublin	1912	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 600.00
619	Westall (Wm.)	Great Britain Illustrated	London	1811	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
620	Rawlings (B.)	The Great Salmon and Sea Trout Loughs of Ireland,		2002	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
621	Burke (John)	A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Landed Gentry; or, Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols.	London	1837	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 137.50
622		Catalogues: The International Exhibition of 1862, Illustrated Catalogues, Vol. I, III, & IV, 3 vols (ex. 4)	London	1862	EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
623	Welsh (Thomas)	Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt	London	1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
624	Barrington (Sir J.)	Historic Memoirs of Ireland, comprising Secret Records of ... The Rebellion, and The Union,2 vols. sq. folio	London	1833	EUR 170.00 - 220.00	EUR 162.50
625	Yeats (W.B. & Jack)	A collection of 22 volumes varied, mostly hardbacks, include. On the Boiler	Dublin	n.d.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 200.00
626		Fine Collection on Co. Mayo, etc. Postcards: A very good collection of over 170 original Postcards, many real photographic of Co. Mayo, and with a few of Co. Galway.			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 675.00
627	Abbey (Maj. J.R.)	Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, - A Bibliographical Catalogue.	San Francisco	1991	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
628	Lewis (Samuel)	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols.	London	1837	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 375.00
629	Harvey (John) of Malin, Co. Donegal -	A hardbacked Letter-Book containing carbon copies of monthly reports from the London Times reporter in Montevideo to his editor from 2 May 1894 to 14 December 1896,			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 425.00

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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