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
251	Kinsella (Thomas)	Wormwood		1966	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
252	Robinson (J.C.)	Early Photographic Illustration Binding: Italian Sculpture of the Middle Ages and Period of the Revival of Art, Descriptive Catalogue - South Kensington Museum	London	1862	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
253	O'Brien (Edna)	Signed by Edna O'Brien A collection of hardback Firsts and other Editions of the Author's Works			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
254	Trevor (William)	A collection of 11 hardback copies of the author's works including The Children of Dynmouth, and other editions			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
255	Hamilton (Sir. J.)	Co. Down: The Hamilton Manuscripts: Containing Some Account of the Settlement of the Territories of Upper Clandeboye, Great Ardes and Dufferin, in the County of Down	Belfast	n.d. [1867]	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 137.50
256	Bowe (Nicola Gordon)	One of 50 Special Copies The Life and Work of Harry Clarke	Dublin	1989	EUR 160.00 - 220.00	EUR 350.00
257	Cullen (Fintan)	Both Limited Editions The Irish Face, Redefining the Irish Portrait	London	2004	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
258	Nelson (E.C.)annotator	One of 160 Special Copies Illustrated Volume: William Robins on The Wild Garden, A New Illustrated Edition	Dublin	2003	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 312.50
259	Cunningham (George)	Signed Limited Editions Co. Tipperary: The Anglo-Norman Advance into the South-West Midlands of Ireland 1185-1221	Roscrea	1987	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	EUR 150.00
260	Lilford (Lord)	Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood	London	1895	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
261	Somerville (E.OE.)	Inscribed Presentation Copy The Discontented Little Elephant, Told in Pictures and Rhyme	London	1912	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
262	Laffan (William)ed.	One of Thirty Numbered Copies & The Knight of Glin Painting Ireland, Topographical Views from Glin Castle	Tralee	2006	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 187.50
263	The Knight of Glin & Peill (James)	One of 75 Copies Specially Bound Irish Furniture, Woodwork and Carving in Irland from the Earliest Times to Act of Union	London	2002	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 625.00
264	Quaritch (Bernard)	Fine Bindings: A Catalogue of English and Foreign Bookbinding's	Lond.	1921	EUR 125.00 - 175.00	EUR 262.50
265	Bary (Valerie)	Houses of Kerry	Whitegate	1994	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 287.50
266		Illustrated Volumes Snaffles: Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances	Lond.	1951	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
267	Sidney (S.)	Attractive Coloured Plates The Book of the Horse, Thorough-bred, Half-bred & Cart-bred	Lond.	n.d. [c. 1870]	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 212.50
268		Irish Periodical: The Dublin Literary Gazette, or Weekly Chronicle of Criticism, Belles Letters, and Fine Arts		January 2, 1830 -Jan. 26, 1830	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
269	Morrin (James)ed.	Irish Law & Statues Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, of the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth	Dubin	1861-62	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
270	Feehan (John)	One of 20 Special Copies Farming in Ireland, History, Heritage and Environment	Roscrea	2003	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 400.00
271	Plunkett (Grace) (Illustrator)	Illustrated by Grace Plunkett Doctors Recommend It - An Abbey Theatre Tonic in 12 Doses	Dublin	1930	EUR 350.00 - 420.00	EUR 687.50
272	Yeats (W.B.) & Wellesley (Dorothy)	Signed by W.B. Yeats Cuala Press: A Broadside (New Series) January - December 1937			EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,750.00
273	Luke (P.)ed.	Irish Theatre: Enter Certain Players - Edward - MacLiammoir and the Gate 1928-1978	Dublin	1978	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 125.00
274	Kennedy (S.B.)	Signed by the Artists Irish Art: T.P. Flanagan R.H.A.	Cork	1995	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 375.00
275		Maps: The Map Collector		1977-1990	EUR 170.00 - 240.00	EUR 300.00

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.
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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.