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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
703 Power (John)

Irish Maritime Interst: A Maritime History of County Wexford

Wexford 2011 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
704 Maille (Eamonn)ed.

Signed Limited Editions Irish Art: Blackshaw

Belfast 2003 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 350.00
705 Scully (S.)

Signed by Sean Scully Irish Art: Body of Light

Victoria 2003 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 300.00
706 Petrie (George)

R.M. Butlers Copy with his Harry Clarke design Bookplate The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland

Dublin 1845 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 525.00
707 Langtry-Lynas (J.)

Scarce Signed Limited Edition Psychological Satyr or The Hounds of Hell

London 1928 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
708 Kinsella (Thomas) & Le Bocquy (L.)illus.

The Tain - Tain Bo Cuailnge

Dublin 1969 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 850.00
709 Deane (Seamus)ed. & others

The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing & Irish Women's Writing & Traditions

Derry 1991 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 125.00
710 Share (B.) & Bolger (Wm.)

Children's Illustrated Volumes: The Bed that Went Whoosh Series

Dublin 1964-66 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 212.50
711 Smith (Chas.)

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

Cork 1893 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 162.50
712

Pugin - The Architectural Works of A.W.N. Pugin

Lond. 2014 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 162.50
713

Glass Collectors: Good collection of Periodicals of interest to glass Collectors

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
714 O'Muraile (Nollaig)ed.

Leabhar Mor na nGenealach - The Great Book of Irish Genealogies

Dublin 2003 EUR 220.00 - 350.00 EUR 250.00
715 Crouan (K.)ed.

One of 125 Special Editions Irish Art: William Crozier

Hampshire 2007 EUR 125.00 - 175.00 EUR 237.50
716 Nelson (E.C.)ed.

Signed Limited EditionCollectors Issue The Virtues of Herbs of Master Jon Gardener

Dublin 2002 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 375.00
717 Hayes (A.)ed.

Signed by the Artist Irish Art: Pauline Bewick - Seven Ages

Dublin 2005 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
718

Over 750 Coloured Prints

c. 1870-1895 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,125.00
719 Behan (J.) & Dawe (Gerald)

Irish Art: Revenant

Dublin 2022 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 200.00
720 Hamilton(James)

One of 100 Copies Irish Art: Hughie O'Donoghue Painting Memory Myth

London 2003 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 312.50
721 Muldoon (Paul)

Magnificent Production One of Only 50 Special Copies Incantata - In Memory of Mary Farl Powers

Dublin 1994 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,375.00
722 Walsh (W.)artist & Nelson (E.C.)cont.

Botanical Interest: An Irish Florilegium

London 1987 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
725 Bordone (Benedetto) [1460-1539]

Irish map: A Map of Ireland

Venice [1529] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 800.00
726 Ortelius (Abraham)cartographer, Botero (Giovanni)pseudo.

Irish Maps: Hibernia

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 162.50
727 Langenes (Barent) & Bertius (Petrus)

Irish Miniature Maps: Irlande - Hibernia, uncoloured

EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 425.00
728 Poracchi (Thomas)

Irish Map: Irlanda (Descrittione del l'Isola)

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 212.50
729 Poracchi (Thomas)

Irish Map: Ireland

1576 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
  • 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.