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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | O'Connell (John)ed. | Bindings: The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M.P. |
Dublin | 1854 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 302 | Heaney (Seamus) | Beowulf |
London | 1999 | EUR 350.00 - 420.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 303 | Heaney (Seamus) & Hughes (T.) | One of 200 Copies The School Bag |
London | 1997 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 304 | Heaney (Seamus) | Wintering Out |
London | 1972 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 305 | Heaney (Seamus) | Door Into the Dark |
London | 1969 | EUR 280.00 - 350.00 | EUR 312.50 |
| 306 | Heaney (Seamus) | Field Work |
London | 1979 | EUR 350.00 - 420.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | Heaney (Seamus) | One of 100 Signed Copies New Selected Poems 1966-87 |
London | 1990 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 700.00 |
| 308 | Heaney (Seamus) | The Spirit Level |
London | 1996 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 309 | Heaney (Seamus) | Electric Light |
London | 2001 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 310 | Clarke (R.D.)ed & Heaney (S.) | One of 10 Numbered Copies Austin Clarke Remembered |
Dublin | 1996 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 311 | Heaney (Seamus) | Electric Light |
London | 2001 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 312 | Smith (Chas.) | The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry |
Dublin | 1756 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 313 | Orpen (Goddard H.) | Ireland Under the Normans 1169-1216 |
Oxford | 1968 | EUR 120.00 - 170.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 314 | McCarthy (Cormac) | The Crossing |
N.Y. | 1994 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 600.00 |
| 315 | McCarthy (Cormac) | Signed Limited Edition Cities of the Plain |
N.Y. | 1998 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 316 | Pim (Jonathan) | The Condition and Prospects of Ireland |
Dublin | 1848 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 317 | Ball (J. Elrington) | The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 |
N. York | 1927 | EUR 120.00 - 170.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 318 | [Mahon (Derek)] | A collection of Limited Edn. paperbacks, pamphlets, & hardback Books |
EUR 250.00 - 320.00 | EUR 250.00 | ||
| 319 | Thomson (Richard)ed. | With Engraved Plates A Faithful Account of the Processions and Ceremonies Observed in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England |
London | 1820 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 320 | Heaney (Seamus) | Opened Ground, Poems 1966-1996 |
London | 1998 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 321 | Heaney (Seamus) | Station Island |
N.Y. | 1985 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 322 | Heaney (Seamus) | Death of a Naturalist |
London | 1966 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 323 | Dillon Redshaw (Th.) | Lettered Copy Signed by Some of the Contributors Hill Field |
Minneapolis & Oldcastle | 1989 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 324 | O'Leary (Jos.) | The Law of Rent Charges, in lieu of Composition for Tithes in Ireland |
Dublin | 1839 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 325 | Locke (John) | An Essay Concerning Human Knowledge,... |
Lond. | 1817 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 |
![<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.")
