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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
![<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.")
