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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 930 | Fitzpatrick (S.) | Republican Interest: [Co. Tipperary] A Recollection of the Fight for Irish Freedom |
Tipp | [1970's] | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 931 | [Breen (Dan)] | Co. Tipperary: a large early 1920's Irish Tri-colour Flag |
EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 1,375.00 | ||
| 932 | Irish War of Independence [1919-1921] A double Bandolier with ten pouches, and brass and steel fasteners |
EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 262.50 | |||
| 933 | Republican interest: Embroidered Banner, A Fuair Bas ar son na h'Eireann 1936-1943 |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 934 | [Sinn Fein] Anon | Republican Interest: Poster: How Much Longer Must we bear the burden of the British Judicial System? |
EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 940 | Kinney (J.) | Children's Interest: Diary of a Wimpey Kid, The Meltdown |
London | 2018 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 941 | Hamilton (Eliz.) | Letters on Education |
Dublin | 1801 | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 942 | Edgeworth (Maria) | Essay on Irish Bulls |
Lond. | 1803 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 943 | Hyde (Douglas) | Irish Language: The Story of Early Gaelic Literature |
Lond. D. & N.Y. | 1895 | EUR 220.00 - 350.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 944 | Bennett (Wm.) | Ireland Immediately After The Great Famine Narrative of a Recent Journey of Six Weeks in Ireland |
Lond. | 1847 | EUR 175.00 - 250.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 945 | O'Suilleabhain (Muiris) | Fiche Blian ag Fas |
Dublin | 1933 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 946 | Watson (Samuel) | 18th Century Irish Almanacs: The Gentleman's and Citizens Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1778, 1783, 1788 (with fold. engd. map) and 1793 |
Dublin | 1778-1793 | EUR 250.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 947 | With Rare List of Subscribers Early Dublin Printing: The Memorial of the Church of England: with An Impartial Account.. of the Tryal of Dr. Sacheverell, Dedicated to James, Duke of Ormonde, Gov. General of Ireland |
Dublin | 1711 | EUR 225.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 948 | Burns (Robert) | Belfast Printings: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect |
Belfast | 1790 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 949 | Hay (Edward) | 1798: History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, A.D. 1798 |
Dublin | 1803 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 950 | Turner (Dawson) | Inscribed from the Author Muscologiae Hibericae Spicilegium |
Yermuthae | 184 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 600.00 |
| 951 | [Walsh (Most Rev. Dr. W.J.)] | Statement of the Chief Grievances of Irish Catholics in the Matter of Education,... |
Dublin | n.d. [c. 1890] | EUR 70.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 952 | Synge (J.M.) | The Works of John M. Synge |
Dublin | 1910 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 953 | Heaney (Seamus) & others | All Signed Copies [John Malone Memorial Lecture] |
EUR 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 954 | Heaney (Seamus) | Signed Uncorrected Proof Seeing Things |
N.Y. | 1991 | EUR 250.00 - 320.00 | EUR 262.50 |
| 955 | Behan (Brendan) | The Hostage |
London | 1958 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 150.00 |
| 956 | O'Casey (Sean) | The Plough and the Stars |
London | 1926 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 957 | [Stafford (T.)] | Pacata Hibernia, or A History of the Wars in Ireland |
Dublin | Reprint from 1633 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 958 | Thornton (Arthur) | Medical: The X Rays [Popular Photographic Series, No. 10] |
Bradford | 1896 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 959 | Montague (John) | New Collected Poems |
2012 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | 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.")
