Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025

Page Size: 1222 items in 49 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	O'Faolain (E.)	Children's Interest: The Shadowy Man	London	1949	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 87.50
2	O'Kelly (Seamus)	The Weavers Grave	Dublin	[1922]	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
3	Smith (Charles) & Harris (Walter)eds.	Co. Down: The Ancient and Present State of the County Down, containing a choreographed description, with the Natural and Civil History of the Same	Dublin	1744	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 325.00
4		Association Copy Nohl (Dr. Ludwig) & Lady Wallace	Lond.	1877	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
5	Tyndall (John)	Lessons in Electricity at the Royal Institution 1875-6	London	1876	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 275.00
6		Arctic Travel: The History of Greenland	London	1820	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 550.00
7	Lyell (Charles)	Travel: Travels in North America; with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia	London	1845	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
8	Henderson (Ebenezer)	Travel: Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the Years 1814 and 1815	Edinburgh	1818	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
9	Franklin (John)	Arctic Travel: Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-20-21-22	London	1824	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 325.00
10	Bryce (G.)	Polar Interest: The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole	London	1910	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
11	O'Siadhail (Michael)	Springnight	Dublin	1983	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
12	Fitzhenry (Edna C.)	Signed by Darrell Figgis Nineteen - Sixteen: An Anthology	Dublin	1935	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
13	Molyneux (Wm.)	The Case of Ireland's Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated	Lond.	1720	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 275.00
14	Leet (A.)	A Directory to the Market Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats and other Noted Places in Ireland	Dublin	1814	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 212.50
15	Lambarde (Wm.)	Eirenarcha, or Of The Office of the Justice of Peace, in Four Books Reused, corrected and enlarged,..	Lond.	1602	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
16		Hunting - Co. Meath, Annals of a Record Season: Being A Diary of Sport with the Meath Hounds, during 1895-96	Dublin	1896	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
17	Loftus (Chas.)	My Life from 1815 to 1849	Lond.	1877	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 100.00
18		Bindings: Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart	Edin.	n.d. (c. 1830)	EUR 160.00 - 240.00	EUR 237.50
19	Macaulay (T. Babington)	T.C.D. Prize Binding Binding: The History of England	Lond.	1854	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 625.00
20	Flynn (Paul J.)	The Book of the Galtees and The Golden Vein, A Border History of Tipperary, Limerick & Cork	Dublin	1926	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 187.50
21		Aberdeen (Countess of,) Irish International Exhibition, 1907, Home Industries Section - Irish Rural Life and Industry, with Suggestions for the Future	Dublin	1907	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
22		Dublin Printing: Les Pseaumes de David, Mis en vers Francois, avec La Liturgie, le Catechisme & la Confession de Foi des Eglises Reformees	Dublin	1731	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
23	[Thompson (Hugh) Artist]	Tales from Maria Edgeworth	Lond.	n.d.	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 112.50
24	M'Crie (Thos.)	Scottish interest: The Life of John Knox	Edin.	1814	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
25	O'Neill (Eamon)	Illustrated by Irish Artists trans. [P. O'Conaire], The Woman at the Window & other Stories	Dublin	n.d.	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 125.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.