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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Martyn (Edward) | The Tale of a Town and An Enchanted Sea |
London | 1902 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 225.00 |
| 127 | Cannon (Richard) | Military: Historical Record of The Eighteenth, or The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot |
Lond. | 1848 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 128 | Rutty (John) | A Chronological History of the Weather and Seasons, and of the Prevailing Diseases in Dublin |
Lond. | 1770 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 425.00 |
| 129 | Pope (Alexander) | Painting of Carlow Castle Fore-Painting: The Poetical Works of...,For the Use of Young People |
Lond. | 1849 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 130 | Joyce (James) | Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, Fragments from Work in Progress |
Lond. | 1932 | EUR 160.00 - 220.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 131 | Macnamara (M.A.) | Authentic Derivations of Place-Names in County Dublin |
Dublin | 1922 | EUR 80.00 - 130.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 132 | [Ashworth (J.H.)] | Irish Travel: The Saxon in Ireland: or, The Rambles of An Englishman in Search of a Settlement in the West of Ireland |
Lond. | 1851 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 133 | Chaskey (S.), O'Casey (Breon) illus. | One of 100 Signed Copies Stars are Suns |
London | 1993 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 134 | Colum (Padraic) | Ten Poems |
Dublin | 1957 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | K'eogh (John) | Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom... |
Corke | 1735 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 136 | K'eogh (John) | Rare Irish 18th Century Animal Treatise Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica: or a Treatise of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Reptiles, or Insects... |
Dublin | 1739 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,000.00 |
| 137 | Scully (Reg. W.) | Co. Kerry: Flora of County Kerry, including the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Chavaceae |
Dublin | 1916 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 138 | Lee (James) | Coloured Plates: An Introduction to the Science of Botany, chiefly extracted from the Works of Linnaeus |
London | 1810 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 139 | [Maxwell (W.H.)] | Wild Sports of the West |
London | 1832 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | Patterson (R.)ed. | Ulster Nature Notes (Series 1) |
Belfast | 1908 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 141 | Murdoch (Iris) | Under the Net |
London | 1954 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 142 | Doherty (W.J.) | Donegal Interest: Inis-owen and Tirconnell: Notes Antiquarian and Topographical |
Dublin | 1891-1895 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 200.00 |
| 143 | [Blenkinsop (A.) / Gregory (Sir W.H.)] | Paddiana; or Scraps and Sketchs of Irish Life |
London | 1847 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 144 | Rivers (Elizabeth) | Stranger in Aran |
Dublin | 1946 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 650.00 |
| 145 | Barlow (S.) | The History of Ireland |
Lond. | 1814 | EUR 80.00 - 130.00 | Not Sold |
| 146 | [Anon.] | Irish Political Interest: The Evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords and Commons, to inquire into the State of Ireland |
London | 1825 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 212.50 |
| 147 | Longford (Earl of,) & O'Neill (T.P.) | Signed Copies de Valera - Eamon de Valera |
Lond. | 1970 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 212.50 |
| 148 | O'Gorman (James) | Angling Interest: The Practice of Angling, particularly as regards Ireland |
Dublin | 1845 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 149 | Synge (J.M.) | The Tinker's Wedding |
Dublin | 1907 | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 150 | Yeats (W.B.) | If I were Four and Twenty |
Dublin | 1940 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 225.00 |
![<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.")
