Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 678 | Lowell (Percival) | Astronomy: Mars |
Lond. | 1896 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 679 | Connolly (Billy) | Rambling Man, My Life on the Road |
London | 2023 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 680 | Scudamore (Chas.) | Medical: A Treatise on The Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism |
Lond. | 1817 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 681 | Beke (Chas. T.) | Travel: An Enquiry into M. Antoine D'Abbadie's Journey to Kaffa,... to discover The Source of the Nile |
Lond. | 1851 | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 682 | MacCormac (H.) M.D. | Pamphlets: 1. The Painless Extinction of Life in Animals designed for Human Food |
London | 1864 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 683 | Morricone (Ennio) | Life Notes |
London | 2016 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 200.00 |
| 684 | Longley (Michael) | Signed Limited Editions Sea Asters |
Rockdale | 2015 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 685 | Murphy (Richard) | Signed Limited Editions The Price of Stone |
1985 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 686 | Crone (John S.) | Bibliography: A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography |
Dublin | 1928 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 687 | MacCarthy (Fiona) | Eric Gill |
London | 1989 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 688 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Scarce Newton Masterpiece Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light |
London | 1718 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 689 | Winkler (Henry) and Oliver (Lin) | Children's interest: Ghost Buddy, Zero to Hero |
N.Y. | 2012 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 690 | Donovan (Edward) | With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates [Natural History] The Natural History of British Birds |
London | 1794-1819 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,375.00 |
| 691 | Donovan (Edward) | Hand Coloured Plates: [Natural History] The Natural History of British Quadrupeds |
London | 1820 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 692 | Toibin (Colm) | All Signed by the Author A collection of 6 hardback Editions of the Authors Works to include: The Blackwater Lightship |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 693 | Frein (J.T.) | Signed by the Author Periodical: Tomorrow, A Monthly Review |
London | 1896 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 694 | Spender (S.)ed. | [Heaney (S.)]contributor, Hockney's Alphabet |
London | 1991 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 695 | Toibin (Colm) | Signed by the Artist Irish Art: Sean Scully-Walls of Aran |
London | 2007 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 696 | Le Brocquy (Louis) | Irish Art: The Head Image |
Cork | 1996 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 697 | Walker (Joseph C.) | Historical Memories of the Irish Bards |
Lond. | 1786 | EUR 220.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 698 | Howitt (Mary)ed. | Binding: Biographical Sketches of The Queens of England |
Lond. | n.d. [c. 1870] | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 699 | Bartlett (W.H.) | In Fine Binding The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland |
London | n.d. | EUR 220.00 - 320.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 700 | Crofton Croker (T.) | Researches in the South of Ireland |
Lond. | 1824 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 200.00 |
| 701 | Musgrave (Sir Richard) | Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland |
Dublin | 1801 | EUR 175.00 - 250.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 702 | Brash (R. Rolt) | The Ogam Inscribed Monuments of the Gaedhil |
Lond. | 1879 | EUR 150.00 - 220.00 | EUR 150.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
