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
830 Fitzgerald (F. Scott)

"The Victor Belongs to the Spoils" The Beautiful and the Damned

New 1922 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
831 Longley (Michael)

Signed by Michal Longley Ten Poems

Belfast -1965 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
832 Heaney (Seamus)

The Authors First Publication Eleven Poems

Belfast 1965 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,875.00
833 Heaney (Seamus)

Signed First Edition A Lough Neagh Sequence

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 625.00
834 [Heaney (Seamus) et al]

Trench

Belfast 1964 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 675.00
835 [Heaney (S.)]comp. & Hammond (D.)producer

Signed by Seamus Heaney & David Hammond Explorations

London 1973 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,187.50
836 [Heaney (S.) contributor]

Signed by Heaney Interest, An Independent University Magazine

Belfast 1965 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 1,187.50
837 Heaney (Seamus)

A Rich Hour

1990 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 650.00
838 Heaney (Seamus)

One of 50 Copies Signed A Family Album

EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 2,375.00
839 Heaney (Seamus)

One of 60 Copies Signed Clearances

1986 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,250.00
840 Heaney (Seamus) trans.

Arion

San Francisco 1999 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 750.00
841 Heaney (Seamus) & Pearson (H.) illus.

Signed Limited Editions of 100 Copies The Riverbed,...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
842 Heaney (Seamus)

The Loose Box

N.Y. 2001 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 650.00
843 Heaney (Seamus)

Tollund

1994 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 750.00
844 Heaney (Seamus)

Holly

1981 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 750.00
845 Heaney (Seamus)

Spelling it Out

2009 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 575.00
846

Signed by Heaney and Kinsella [Abbey Theatre] Poets' Offering

Dublin 1968 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 400.00
847 Heaney (Seamus)

Both Inscribed by the Author Changes

1983-12-01 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,000.00
848 Heaney (Seamus)

Robert Lowell, A Memorial Address and An Elegy

London 1978 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 550.00
849 Heaney (Seamus)

Limited Edition Signed by the Author Commencement Address - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

May 12th, 1996 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
850 Heaney (Seamus)trans.

One of 200 Signed Copies Hallaig - Somhairle Mac Gill Eain

2002 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
851 Heaney (Seamus)

One of 10 Artists Copies The Gravel Walks

1992 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,187.50
852 Heaney (Seamus)

One of 175 Signed Copies The Gravel Walks

North Carolina 1992 EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 450.00
853 Heaney (Seamus)

Signed Lettered Copy The Gravel Walks

North Carolina 1992 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,312.50
854 Heaney (S.)

A Shiver

Thame 2005 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 150.00
  • 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.