Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books and Collectors' Sale, 43025, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 30, 2025 - May 01, 2025
Page Size: 723 items in 29 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Edgeworth (Maria & Richard Lovell)

Essay on Irish Bulls

Lond. 1802 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
2 Boswell (James)

The Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson L.L.D.

Dublin 1785 EUR 75.00 - 125.00 EUR 62.50
3 Dickens (Charles)

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby...

London 1839 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 312.50
4

First Dublin Edition Dublin Printings: Goldsmith (Oliver)...

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 175.00
5

Irish Travel: Campbell - A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland...

Dublin 1778 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 312.50
6

The Devon Commission: Digest Evidence taken before Her Majesty's Commission of Inquiry into the State of the Law and Practice in respect to the Occupation of Land in Ireland...

Dublin 1848 EUR 150.00 - 240.00 EUR 200.00
7 Dickens (Charles)

Our Mutual Friend

Lond. 1865 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 287.50
8

Scarce Numismatic Periodical Periodical: Young (Derek)ed....

EUR 220.00 - 350.00 EUR 875.00
9 Madden (R.R.)

The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated...

Lond. 1833 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 300.00
10

Novels: [Bulwer - Lytton] 'Pisistratus Caxton,' What Will he do With It...

Edin. 1859 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
11

Directories etc: Watson Stewart - The Gentleman's & Citizen's Almanack, 1802, 1805, 1814, & 1833...

Dublin 1802 - 1833 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 187.50
12

Fishing: Walton & Cotton - The Complete Angler...

Lond. 1797 EUR 80.00 - 130.00 EUR 100.00
13 Knowles (James Sheridan)

The Dramatic Works...

Lond. 1841 EUR 80.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
14

Irish Economy: Ireland and Her Staple Manufactures...

Belfast 1865 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 525.00
15 Smith (Charles)

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork

EUR 260.00 - 350.00 EUR 350.00
16

Paley (Wm.) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy...

Lond. 1788 EUR 75.00 - 125.00 EUR 87.50
17 Bougainville (Lewis de)

A Voyage Round the World,... In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769

Dublin 1772 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 375.00
18 Smith (Charles)

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford

Dubin 1774 EUR 220.00 - 350.00 EUR 200.00
19

Toibin (Colm) The Testament of Mary...

London 2012 EUR 80.00 - 130.00 EUR 75.00
20 Coote (Sir Chas.)

R.D.S.: Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh with Observations

Dublin 1804 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
21 Sampson (Rev. G. Vaughan)

R.D.S.: Statistical Survey of the County of Londonderry, with Observations

Dublin 1802 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
22 Froude (J. Anthony)

The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Lond. 1872 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 387.50
23 Temple (Sir John)

The Irish Rebellion or A History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion...

EUR 220.00 - 350.00 EUR 437.50
24 Brooke (Miss)

The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke Esq.

Dublin 1792 EUR 40.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
25

Brooke (Miss) Reliques of Irish Poetry...

Dublin 1799 EUR 125.00 - 175.00 EUR 300.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Peter Max, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore (Versions 1,2, 5, 6), 2001. Estimate $10,000-15,000
    DOYLE: The iconic screen-used wall-mounted "M" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Estimate $5,000-8,000
    DOYLE: The Mary Tyler Moore Show by Al Hirschfeld. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Annie Leibovitz presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke for Vanity Fair. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    DOYLE: Al Hirschfeld presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in the CBS Wednesday Night Lineup. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    DOYLE: Richard McKenzie, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore. Estimate $1,000-2,000
    Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Three Original Bill Hargate Costume Designs for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Estimate $600-800
    DOYLE: The famous Bonnie and Clyde "Wanted" broadside. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE: Ticket to the Final Episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show Estimate $400-600
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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