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
653 Edelman (Hope)

Martin Sheen and Emilie Estevez, Along the Way, The Journey of a Father and Son

N.Y. 2012 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
654 Hadfield (Chris)

Signed by Chris Hadfield An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth

London 2013 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 250.00
655 Hibberd (S.)ed.

Coloured Plates: The Floral World and Garden Guide

London 1873 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
656 Barry (Rev. M.)

All Cork Interest Mallow Printing: A Funeral Sermon,.. of the late V. Rev. D.M. Colins, Parish Priest of Mallow

Mallow 1847 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 425.00
657 Woodfall (Wm.)ed.

Pamphlets: Debate in the House of Commons, 1785,... by the Rt. Hon. Thomas Orde...

Lond. 1785 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 125.00
658 [Doyle (Bishop James)]

J.K.L. Letters on the State of Ireland

Dublin 1825 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 162.50
659 Hanks (Tom)

The Making of Another Major Motion Pictue Masterpiece

London 2023 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 150.00
660 Graves (Rob. James)

Medical: A System of Clinical Medicine

Philadelphia 1848 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
661 Longley (Michael)

Signed by Michael Longley Collected Poems

London 2006 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 Not Sold
662 Leslie (Rev. James)

History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes in the County of Louth

Dundalk 1908 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 75.00
663 Falls (Cyril)

With Original Dust Wrapper Military: The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division

Belfast 1922 EUR 75.00 - 150.00 EUR 100.00
664 [Hutchinson (John Hely)]

Irish Economics: The Commercial Restraints of Ireland considered in a Series of Letters to a Noble Man...

Dublin 1779 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
665 Clark (J. Paterson)

Medical: The Odontalgist: or, How to Preserve the Teeth, cure Toothache...

Lond. 1854 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
666 Whytt (Rob.)

Medical: Observations on the Dropsy in the Brain

Edin. 1768 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
667 Boerhaave (Her.) & Bellini (L.)

Medical: De Urinis et Pulsibus, de Missione Sanguinis, de Febricus, de Morbis Capitis, et Pectoris

Leyden 1730 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
668 Brown (Christy)

All First Editions My Left Foot

London 1954 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
669

Dublin Interest: The Picture of Dublin, for 1811, being a description of the City, and a Correct Guide,...

Dublin 1811 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 375.00
670 Masefield (J.)

The Faithful

London 1915 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
671 Murphy (Richard)

The Battle of Aughrim

London 1968 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 162.50
672

Index to Articles: Dublin Review 1836-1936

London 1936 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
673 D'Alton (John)

The History of Ireland,.. The Annals of Boyle

Dublin 1845 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
674 Gurwood (Lt. Col.)

Wellington - Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington

Lond. 1842 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
675 Beckett (Samuel)

Company

London 1980 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 162.50
676 Fleming (Ian)

The Fifth Book in the James Bon Series From Russia, with Love

London 1957 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
677 Fehr (J.M.)

Miscellanea Curiosa sive Ephemeridum Medico - Physicarum Germanicarum Academiae Naturae Curiosorum, Decuriae II Annus Primus Anni MDCLXXXII

Nuremberg 1683 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
  • 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.