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

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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
151 Yeats (W.B.)

Words for Music Perhaps and other Poems

Dublin 1932 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
152 Moore (David) & Goodman More (A.)

Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica

Dublin 1866 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.50
153 Pease (Z.W.)

The Catalpa Expedition

Massachusetts 1897 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 175.00
154 Hawkey (Rev. J. Pullein)

Dundalk Author: The Gallic and Civil Wars of Caesar

Dublin 1788 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 225.00
155 [Combe (Wm.)]

Coloured Plates: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, ... The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of a Wife

Lond. EUR 130.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
156 Cusack (M.F.)

Co. Cork: A History of the City and County of Cork

Dublin & Cork 1875 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 137.50
157 Andrews (J.H.)

A Paper Landscape - The Ordnance Survey in Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Ulster History Foundation 1975

Dublin 1997 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 375.00
158 Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (Andrew)

Maps of the Roads of Ireland

Surveyed 1777 EUR 550.00 - 750.00 EUR 850.00
159 Burke (Sir B.)

Genealogy: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland

Lond. 1912 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 275.00
160 Scale (B.)

With Fine Hand Coloured Maps Atlas: An Hibernian Atlas

Lond. 1776 EUR 500.00 - 750.00 EUR 825.00
161 O'Malley (Tony & Jane)

50 Years - A Selective Retrospective of Works on Paper

2002 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 62.50
162 Lyall (Sir A.)

Northern Ireland interest: The Life of The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava

Lond. 1905 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 87.50
163 Donleavy (J.P.)

The Ginger Man

Dublin 2015 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 312.50
164 [O'Brien (E.)ed.]

Beckett (Samuel) Dream of Fair to Middling Women

Dublin 1992 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 287.50
165 O'Donovan (John)ed.

Three Candles Binding: The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many

Dublin 1843 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 375.00
166 Pearson (Henry J.)

Arctic Travel: Beyond Petsora Eastward

London 1899 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
167 Begley (C.) & MacCurtin (H.)

First Compilation of the English-Irish Dictionary The English Irish Dictionary An Focloir Bearla Gaeidheilge ar na chur a Meagar

Paris 1732 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,250.00
168 Cooke-Trench (T.R.F.)comp.

Irish Genealogy: A Memoir of the Trench Family

1897 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
169

Hand-Coloured Plates: La Belle Assemblee, for 1818

1818 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
170

With Fine Decorated Binding Belfast Trades & Labour Council: Souvenir of the Trades Union Congress at the Grosvenor Hall, Belfast

Belfast 1929 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 350.00
171 Newenham (Thomas)

A View of the Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland

London 1809 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 300.00
172 Tillotson (John)

Engraved Plates: Ireland and its Scenery,.. by Various Artists

Lond. n.d. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
173 Hall (Rev. George)

Genealogy: The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers

Belfast 1869 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 125.00
174 Caulfield (Richard)

The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork,... 1609 to 1643 and from 1690 to 1800

Guildford 1876 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
175 Cartwright (J. Joel) ed.

Irish Travel - The Camden Society - The Travels through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of Meath and of Ossory during 1750, 1751, and later years

Lond. 1888-89 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
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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.
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    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.