Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny

Auction Details

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
1137

G.A.A.: [1930's] Official Guides 1932/33 and 1934/35 Gaelic Athletic Association

Dublin 1932-35 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
1138

G.A.A.: Golden Jubilee Souvenir of the Founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association - A Review 1884-1934

Dublin 1934 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 212.50
1139 Devlin (P.J.)contr.

G.A.A. [1934-5] The Gaelic Athletic Annual 1934-5

Dublin 1935 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 137.50
1140

G.A.A. [1937] C.L.G. - Gaelic Athletic Association Playing Rules

Dublin [1937] EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
1141 Foyle (J.F.)

G.A.A. Interest: Using our Gaelic Games - The Case for the Alternative to the Ban Method

Thurles 1968 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1142 O'Cellaigh (Seamus)

G.A.A.: [1944] Gaelic Days (illustrated handbook)

Tralee 1944 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1143 Britton (L.D.) director

[G.A.A. & Wembley] Dublin's Rodeo, Direct from Wembley Stadium

Dublin 1924 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 475.00
1144

Rare Match Ticket for Bloody Sunday

1920 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
1145

1936 All-Ireland Football Final

1936 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,375.00
1146

1938 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1938 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 575.00
1147

1939 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1939 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,187.50
1148

1940 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1940 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 625.00
1149

1943 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1943 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,000.00
1150

1943 All-Ireland Football Final (Replay)

Dublin 1943 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,750.00
1151

Oireachtas Football Cup, 1943

[Dublin] 1943 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 262.50
1152

G.A.A.: Munster C.L.G. [1944]

Clonmel 1944 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1153

1944 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1944 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 750.00
1154

G.A.A.: (Football - 1945) Clar Oifigeamhail, Inger-Provincial (Railway Cup) Football semi-final

Dublin 1945 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 150.00
1155

G.A.A.: [Munster 1945] Program, C.L.G., Comhairle na mumhan, Championships, Minor and Senior Football semi-finals at Dungarvan June 24th, 1945 - Tipperary v. Cork (Senior)

Dungarvan 1945 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
1156

1945 All-Ireland Football Final

Dublin 1945 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 312.50
1157

1946 All-Ireland Football Semi-Final

Dublin 1946 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 350.00
1158

1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Semi-Final

Dublin 1946 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
1159

1946 All-Ireland Football Final "Save The Harvest"

Dublin 1946 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
1160

1946 All-Ireland Football Replay

Dublin 1946 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 650.00
1161

1947 Munster Football Semi-Finals

Cork 1946 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 175.00
  • 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.