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
429

Napoleon: Two rare 19th Century French coloured Prints, entitled "Exhumation des Cendres de Napoleon" and "Translation des Cendres de Napoleon aux Invalides"

Paris c. 1840's EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 125.00
430

An Tostal [1954], A group of Ephemeral Items including a carboard Promotional Print for 'Ireland at Home - April 18th - May 9th, 1954,' and a similar Postcard (with An Tostal Stamp) and a Tie-pin on original Bord Failte Card

EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 137.50
431

Co. Louth: Broadsides: The Kilaurley Evictions, a printed ballad sheet

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
432

Dublin Play Bill: Theatre Royal, Dublin - Fourth Appearance of Mr. Macready .. in Sheridan Knowles celebrated Tragedy of 'Virginius: Or, The Liberation of Rome,' etc. etc.

EUR 80.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
433

Railway interest: Co. Waterford, Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway Company, certificate of 100, PS10 Shares issued to John Aloysius Blake of Ely Place

Dublin on 30th Sept., 1873 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
434 Adare (Viscount)

Rare Collection of Irish Travel Interest Co. Limerick: The Shamrock Coach, and The Thomond Coach, Two rare travel advertising Posters (mounted on card)

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
435

Co. Monaghan Printing: Printed Poster, Timber for Sale

July 15th 1832 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
436

Irish Theatre: [Dublin] - Queen's Theatre [Mr. J.C. Joseph (Patentes) & Mr. Henry Webb (Lesser)

19th Century EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
437

[Co. Carlow] Auction Poster, 1907 a Broadside, 'To be Sold by Public Auction in one lot before Hon. Mr. Justice Ross, Wednesday 12th June 1907

EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 187.50
438

Co. Louth: A 19th Century printed Poster, The Pure Bred Short-horned Bull Red Sultan

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 175.00
439

Employment Poster: Workmen's Compensation Act 1934

Dublin 1955 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
440

Early 18th-century Dublin Printing of 17th-century Quaker Broadside Rigge, Ambrose

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
441

Poster for Hotel in Tullamore Poster: Grand Canal of Ireland: Bagot (Daniel) Grand Canal Hotels - To be Let,... The Grand Canal Company's Hotel at Tullamore

EUR 150.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
442

Co. Waterford: Attractive coloured Music Cover

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 300.00
443

Co. Kilkenny - The Castlecomer Collieries, Limited, a PS100 Debenture

9th November, 1918 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.50
444

Co. Monaghan: How Monaghan was Lost and Won, The Play of the Fisherman

c. 1880 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
445

Photographs: A group of 12 late 19th Century Irish Photographs, mounted on card, castles, churches, monuments, etc.

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 112.50
446

Queen Victoria in Dublin Photographs - Royalty - A large photograph of platform etc.

1900 EUR 120.00 - 170.00 EUR 225.00
447

Royal Photographs: Two original Photographs by Lafayette of Dublin, of Their Majesties, King Edward VII, & Queen Alexander visiting Ireland in 1904, one of them 'Leaving Kingstown en route for Dubin'

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
448

Irish & Other Photographs: A good

1902 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
449 [Synge] Edward

Ferns & Leighlin: Lord Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, Two Affidavits in Relation to the Demands of Tythe-Agisment in the Diocese of Leighlin

Dublin 1736 EUR 120.00 - 170.00 Not Sold
450 Meltop (Thos. L.)

Pamphlets: 1. The Life of the Most Reverend William Magee, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Dublin

Dublin 1822 EUR 160.00 - 240.00 EUR 75.00
451 Molyneux (WM.)

Pamphlet: The Case of Ireland's Being Bound by Act of Parliament Made in England, Stated...

Dublin 1782 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 100.00
452

Irish Legal Interest: Typed folders containing draft rules for membership of the Leinster Bar, 1940, and for revised version of same, 1941

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 1,250.00
453 Johnson (Edmond)

Catalogue of Celtic Artefacts Catalogue - Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of some of the principal Reproductions of Ancient Irish Art in Gold, Silver and metal Work

Dublin 1893 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 600.00
  • 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.