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

Auction Details

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
913

Full Set of the Original Georgian Society Records [Architecture] The Georgian Society Records, Eighteenth - Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 vols.

Dublin 1909-1913 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,625.00
914 Presuhn (Emil)

Pompeji, Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874 bis 1881.

Leipzig 1882 EUR 175.00 - 250.00 EUR 350.00
915 Kirkman (F.B.)

The British Bird Book, An Account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles, 4 vols.

Edinburgh 1911 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
916

Ludlow -Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq., Lieutenant - General of Hors, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland ... and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640.

London 1751 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 287.50
917 Hockney (David) artist & Spender (Stephen)ed.

Hockney's Alphabet

London 1991 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 875.00
918 Le Brocquy (Louis)

Eight Irish Writers, portfolio, a series of 8 charcoal Drawings,

Paris 1981 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
919 Montague (John)

The Rough Field

Paris 2005 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
920

Signed by Heaney & Others [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including: * Water, Lawrence Sail; * The Fire Gaze, Seamus Heaney; * The Three Winds, Laurie Lee; * First Spring Dawn, Jenny Joseph;

1989 EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 425.00
921

Signed Limited Edition Portfolio [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including: * Fire, Lawrence Sail; * The Water Pause, Seamus Heaney; * Equinox, Laurie Lee; * Upside Down, Jenny Joseph,

1991 EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 400.00
922

One of 125 Signed Copies [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including, * Earth, Laurence Sail; * The Air Station, Seamus Heaney; * Fish and Water, Laurie Lee; * Lake Huron in Winter, Jenny Joseph

EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 400.00
923

Signed by the Contributors [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements, portfolio, including: * The Earth House, Seamus Heaney; * From Persephone, Jenny Josephy; * Air, Lawrence Sail; * Field of Autumn, Laurie Lee,

n.d. EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 450.00
924 Harry Kernoff, R.H.A. (1900-1974)

W.B. Yeats, Limited Edition, woodcut print, No. 40/100 Signed by the Artist,

pub. Edinburgh 1964 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
925

Catalogue: Christies - The Library of William Foyle, 3 vols.

London 2000 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 EUR 68.75
926 Milligan (Spike)

The Spike Milligan Collection, 7 vols. (cased)

London 1980-1992 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
927

Box - Irish Biography - A very good lot, mostly hardback books, on Irish biography, history, lives, etc.,

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
930

Soccer: F.A.I. Cup Finals 1950 - 1958, Official Match Programmes for the Football Association of Ireland Finals, at Dalymont Park 1950-58 (inclusive)

Dublin 1950-58 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 200.00
931

Programmes: Soccer, F.A.A., [1950's] a large Bundle of Official Match Programmes for Home and Away Internationals at Dalymount, Hampden, Lansdowne, Windsor etc.,

1950's EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 125.00
932

Soccer: Bohemians F.C., Official Programme Bohemians V. Corinthians, 26 April 1930, single page, D. (Sackville Press), 1930; Official Programme International Exhibition Club Match, Austria F. Club V. Bohemians, 19 August 1936

Dublin 1936 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 850.00
933

Soccer: F.A.I., [Dolphin Football Club,] a group of 6 Official Match Programmes, 1931-32

1931-32 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 12,500.00
934

Soccer: Duggan Cup, Shamrock Rovers V. Sheffield United, Exhibition Match at Dalymount, 1st Oct. 1934,

1934 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,125.00
935

Soccer: F.A.I., Free State Cup - Souvenir Programme, Dundalk Versus Cork at Dalymount Park, 11.2.1934 (semi-final)

1934 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 475.00
936

Soccer: Everton F.C., a group of 4 Official Match Programmes (Home Games)

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 275.00
937

Soccer: Liverpool F.C., Official Match Programme - Liverpool V. Charlton Athletic, 4.9.1937

London 1937 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 137.50
938

Soccer: Celtic F.C., Official Programme, Season 1937-38, Celtic V. Rangers, 1st January 1938

Glasgow 1938 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 1,312.50
939

Soccer: Arsenal Football Club Ltd - Official Programme Season 1938 - 39, Arsenal V. Derby County, 14th September 1938

London 1938 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 200.00
  • 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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