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
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