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

Auction Details

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
101		Stud Book: Connemara Pony Stud Book		1931 - 1982	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 68.75
102		Irish Travel: The Tourists Illustrated Hand-Book for Ireland; Great Exhibition Year	Lond.	1853	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 550.00
103	Moran (Rt. Rev. P.F.)	Co. Carlow: Bp. of Ossory ed. The Letters of Rev. James Maher, D.D., Late P.P. of Carlow - Graigue on Religious Subjects	Dublin	1877	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
104	[Atwood (Wm.)]	The History, and Reasons of the Dependency of Ireland upon the Imperial Crown of the Kingdom of England, Rectifying Mr. Molineux's State of the Case of Ireland...	Lond.	1698	EUR 260.00 - 340.00	EUR 350.00
105	[Jackson (Mrs. John)]?	Irish Travel: Notes of a Journey in the North of Ireland in the Summer of 1827, to which is added 'A Brief Account of the Siege of Londonderry, in 1689'	Lond.	1828	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
106	Crofton Croker (T.)ed.	Irish Travel: The Tour of the French Traveller M. de la Boullaye le Gouz in Ireland, A.D. 1644	Lond.	1837	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 250.00
107	Wright (Rev. G.N.)	An Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin	Lond.	1821	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
108	Francis (Francis)	First Six Editions - With Hand-Coloured Plates Fishing: A Book on Angling	Lond.	1867	EUR 350.00 - 500.00	EUR 400.00
109	Owenson (Miss S.)	[Lady Morgan], The Lay of the Irish Harp; or Metrical Fragments	Lond.	1807	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
110	Hayes (Rev. Richard)	Augustinian Priest of the Catholic Church Sermons	Dublin	1823	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 87.50
111	Watson Stewart (John)	Almanac: The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack, with English Register, and Wilson's Dublin Directory, for 1795	Dublin	1832	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 75.00
112	Ferris (Richard)	Flying: How to Fly or The Conquest of the Air	Lond.	1910	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
113		Binding: Missale Romanum, Ex decreto Sacro - sancti Concilii, Tridentini Restitutum	Antwerp	1762	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
114	Wilde (Wm. R.)	Very Clean Copy The Beauties of the Boyne, and its Tributary, The Blackwater	Dublin	1850	EUR 120.00 - 170.00	Not Sold
115		Co. Meath : Presentments - County of Meath, Abstracts etc. of Presentments, Lent Assizes, Summer Assizes, 1836, and Lent and Summer Assizes 1831	Dublin	1830 - 1831	EUR 175.00 - 250.00	EUR 500.00
116	Gavan Duffy (Sir Charles)	To My Dear Wife A Bird's Eye View of Irish History (enlarged and carefully revised)	Dublin	1882	EUR 350.00 - 420.00	EUR 375.00
117	Martyn (Edward)	Signed by Edward Martyn The Heather Field	Dublin	[undated]	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 475.00
118	[Campbell (Archibald)]	Medical Pamphlets etc: 1. The History of the Man after God's Own Heart	London	1766	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	EUR 312.50
119	French (Rt. Rev. Nicholas)	Duffy's Library: The Historical Works of ...	Dublin	1846	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
120		Co. Meath: Meath Co. Council - Book of Standing Orders and General Information	Dublin	1900	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
121	Bennett (William)	Travel in Ireland at the Height of Great Famine Irish Travel: Narrative of a Recent Journey of Six Weeks in Ireland, in connection with the subject of Supplying Small Seed to Some of the Remoter Districts	Lond. & Dublin	1847	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 625.00
122	Weld (Chas. Richard)	Irish Travel: Vacations in Ireland	Lond.	1857	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 525.00
123		Periodical: An Chomhairle Naisuinta (The National Council) - Leabhar na hEireann - The Irish Year Book, 1908, 1909 & 1921	Dublin	1908-1921	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
124	Neville (Arthur)	Rare Manuscript Atlas of Dublin Dublin interest: City Surveyor. Book of Maps to show the Jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor, or the Boundary Line which divides the City from the County of Dublin, as established by Law and Copied...	Dublin	1829	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,500.00
125	Mac Greevy (Thomas)	Jack B. Yeats - An Appreciation and an Interpretation	Dublin	1945	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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.