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Gorringes: Book and Weekly

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Auction Name	Book and Weekly	Total Sales (GBP)	15,990.00
Auction Date	September 11, 2023 - September 11, 2023	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	8,160.00
Sale Number	#91123	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	12,020.00
Total Lots	90
Sold Lots	85	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	8,470.00
% of Lots Sold	94.44%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	12,460.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	128.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
290	Horsfield, Rev. Thomas Walker	The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex	1835	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 676.50
313	Lysons, Daniel-	Magna Britannica; Being A Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain	1806-1822	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 541.20
271	Shoberl, Frederick	A Topological and Historical Description of the County of Sussex	1813	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 516.60
292	Shakespeare, William	A Midsummer-Night’s Dream	1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 516.60
278	David, Elizabeth	French Provincial Cooking	1960	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 442.80
318	Ireland, Samuel.	Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon… to Its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury	1795	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 418.20
311	Hargrove, E.	The History of the Castle	1782	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 393.60
312	[Edward Daniel Clarke].	A Tour Through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, Made During the Summer of 1791	1793	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 393.60
733	Arthur Rackham (1867-1939),	pen and ink illustration, Elves climbing a branch,		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 393.60
272	Fleming , Ian	Goldfinger	1959	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 369.00
314	Denholm, James.	The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs… to which is added A Sketch of a Tour to Loch Lomond and the Falls of the Clyde	1798	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 369.00
316	Pitt, William.	General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford	1796	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 344.40
260	Hentzner, Paul.	Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth	1797	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 319.80
286	Watson, Rev. John	Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey and their Descendants to the Present Time	1782	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 319.80
282	[Pigot, John M.B.]	History of the City of Chester from Its Foundation to the Present Time	1815	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 295.20
284	Hutchinson, W.	A View of Northumberland with an Excursion to the Abbey of Mailross in Scotland	1778	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 270.60
287	Smith, John Thomas.	Antiquities of London and Its Environs… containing Views of Houses	1791-[1800]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 270.60
317	Pitt, William.	A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including Its Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures	1817	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 270.60
296	Lambarde, William	Dictionarium Angliae Topographicum & Historicum. An alphabetical description of the chief places in England and Wales ...	1730	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 246.00
263	Rouse, James	The Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex forming a General Illustration of its Ecclesiastical and Castellated Remains	1825	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 233.70
324	King, Edward.	Munimenta Antiqua; or, Observations on Antient Castles. Including Remarks on the Whole Progress of Architecture	1799-1801	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 233.70
261	[West, Thomas.]	A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire	1799	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 221.40
276	Burnham, James	The Managerial Revolution, or What is Happening in the World Now	1942	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 221.40
308	[I. Still]	The Hastings Guide; or a description of that Ancient Town and Port	1804	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 221.40
310	Manning, Owen and William Bray.	The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey	1804-1814	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 221.40

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s
Summer Rare Book
& Collectors’ Sale
July 30-31, 2024

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.

Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.

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