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
805		Cuala Press: A collection of 35 hand coloured and decorated Greeting Cards			EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 750.00
806		[Cuala Press] a collection of hand coloured illustrated Prints			EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 350.00
807		[Cuala Press] 'Saint Patricks Breastplate'			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 200.00
808	Yeats (J.B.) & others	[Cuala Press] a collection of hand coloured illustrated Prints to include: * Rune of Hospitality...			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 1,875.00
809	[Yeats (W.B.)]	[Cuala Press] a collection of hand coloured Prints, to include: * The Lover Tells...			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 312.50
810		[Cuala Press] a collection of hand coloured illustrated Prints, to include: * The Message...			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 550.00
811		[Cuala Press] a collection of hand coloured illustrated Prints, to include: * The Pookawn...			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 275.00
812		[Cuala Press] a collection of attractive hand coloured Prints			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 500.00
813		[Cuala Press] A collection of hand coloured Prints, including * The Fairy Hill...			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 225.00
814		Maurice MacGonigal, PRHA (1900-1979) "Study for the National Ballet Poster," watercolour, approx			EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
815		Photograph: The O'Mahony, Grange Con			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 375.00
816	King (Marion)	Irish Juvenalia: Cait agus Col	Dublin		EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 187.50
817	Joyce (William)	Children's Interest: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore			EUR 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
818	Riddel (C.)illus.	Children's Interest: Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There	London	2020-2021	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
819	Moore (C.C.)	Children's Interest: Twas the Night Before Christmas	London	2021	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
820	Scott (Sir W.)	Sir Walter Scott Authorises payment of a Bill for Illustrations Manuscript: Note written and signed by Sir Walter Scott		2 October 1830	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
821	[Wilkie Collins (1824-1889)]	Letter from a famous Victorian Novelist best known for his mystery novel The Woman in White and pioneering detective novel The Moonstone	New York	14 Sept 1873	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
822		Tax problems of the Dublin Gate Theatre, 1954-1956 A File of Correspondence relating to the financial struggles of the Dublin Gate Theatre Productions Ltd			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 450.00
823	Yeats (W.B.)	Signed by W.B. Yeats Three Things	London	1929	EUR 220.00 - 320.00	EUR 450.00
824	Masefiled (John)	With a Fine Original Watercolour by the Author With the Living Voice an Address... Given at the First General Meeting of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse 24th October 1924	[London]	[1925]	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
825	De la Mare (Walter)	With Original Manuscript Peacock Pie	London	1954	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
826	Hughes (Ted)	With Illustrations by the Authors Daughter Animal Poems	Devon	[1967]	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 650.00
827	[O'Casey (Sean)]	Sean O'Casey Railway Timesheet Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), Engineering Department, an Official printed Timesheet			EUR 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
828	Deane (Seamus)	The Authors First Book While Jewels Rot	Belfast	1966	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 162.50
829	Eisenstaedt (A.)photographer	Irish Literature: 'George Bernard Shaw,' a Ltd. Edn. Photographic Print depicting the author and playwright seated with hand s to face looking at camera			EUR 150.00 - 220.00	Not Sold

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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.