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
1112 McGrath (Raymond) ed. & compiler

G.A.A.: The Clash of the Ash

Dublin 1972 & 1981 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
1113 Carty (Brian) comp.

G.A.A.: [Periodicals / Annual] The Championship - Football and Hurling

Dublin 1995-2019 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
1114 O'Connell (Mick)

Inscribed by Mick O'Connell Kerry G.A.A.: A Kerry Footballer

Dublin & Cork 1974 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 237.50
1115 Dorgan (Val)

G.A.A.: Christy Ring, A Personal Portrait

Dublin 1980 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1116 O'Muircheartaigh (M.)

G.A.A.: From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain

Dublin 2006 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
1117 Kenny (T.J.)

[Co. Tipperary G.A.A.] Tour of the Tipperary Hurling Team in America 1926

London 1928 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 137.50
1118

[Co. Kerry, GAA] P.F. Kerry's Football Story

Tralee 1945 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 125.00
1119

G.A.A.: Co. Meath, a group of Official Programmes and booklets

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
1120

The Four Match First Round G.A.A.: Leinster [1991] A group of four Official Programmes to include the First Round Championship encounter with Dublin and Meath including the three Replays

EUR 120.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
1121

G.A.A.: [1960's - 1980's] A large collection of Official Match Programmes for Provincial, National League

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 425.00
1122

1969 All-Ireland Semi-Finals G.A.A. [1969] Official Programme

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
1123

1975 G.A.A. 7 A-Side Championship

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 62.50
1124

G.A.A.: A collection of varied Yearbooks: including Our Games Annuals (1965, 1966, 1967 & 1968)

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 275.00
1125

G.A.A.: [Tipperary CLG] Toomevara G.A.A. a framed Commemorative Poster

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.00
1126

G.A.A.: [1907] Official Guide 1907-8-9, Gaelic Athletic Association

Wexford 1907-9 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
1127 [Dollard (James B.)]

Rare 1910/11 G.A.A. Annual G.A.A.: [1910/11] The Gaelic Athletic Annual and County Directory for 1910-11

Dublin 1911 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.00
1128 Riordan (J.)president

Rare 1911 Co. Limerick G.A.A. Bye-Laws G.A.A. [1911] Co. Limerick: Bye Laws 1911

Limerick 1911 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 262.50
1129

Changes to 15 a Side G.A.A.: [1913] Official Guide 1913-14 Gaelic Athletic Association

Wexford 1913 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 475.00
1130

G.AA. [1923/23] Official Guide 1923-24 Gaelic Athletic Association

Wexford 1924 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 325.00
1131

1924 Rules of Hurling G.A.A. [1924] Co. Roscommon [K.B.S.] The Rules of Hurling with detailed instructions for Every Player on the Team of Fifteen and three Hurling Songs

Boyle 1924 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 625.00
1132

The G.A.A. 'Down Under', in the 1920's G.A.A.: [1920's] New South Wales, Hurling Association

Sydney [1920's] EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1133

G.A.A. (1926/27) Official Guide 1926-27 Gaelic Athletic Association

Wexford 1927 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 275.00
1134 Fitzgerald (Dick)

Rare & Early G.A.A. Football Booklet G.A.A. [1914] How to Play Gaelic Football

Cork 1914 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1135 O'Sullivan (Thos. F.)

Rare Early G.A.A. Publication G.A.A.: First History of Great Organisation

Dublin 1916 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
1136 O'Neill (Phil)comp.

G.A.A [1930] Twenty Years of the G.A.A. 1910 - 1930

Kilkenny 1930 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.