Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Chatsworth Christmas Fine Arts and Antiques Sale, 120325, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 03, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 43 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
275		A collection of miniature leather bound poetry and religious Books, including English Dictionary			EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 150.00
309	19th Century Japanese School	A pair of attractive coloured woodcuts of Geisha Girls,		19th Century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 312.50
479	Sean Keating, PPRHA, HRA, HRSA (1889-1977)	Irish Free State Bacon			EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 825.00
554	Clark (W.G.) & Glover (J.)eds.	Fine Bindings: The Works of William Shakespeare, 9 vols.,	Cambridge & London	1863-1866	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,125.00
556	Bryant (Wm. Cullen)	Picturesque America; or The Lane We Live In, 2 vols.	New York	1872	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
557	Kernoff (Harry)	12 Woodcuts, lg. 4to	Dublin	n.d.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 300.00
559	Somerville (E.O.E.) MFH	Slippers ABC of Fox Hunting,	London	1903	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 675.00
560	St. Leger (Alicia)	A History of the Royal Cork Yacht Club	Cork	2005	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
561	Nelson (E.C.)ed. Walsh (W.) illus & de Burca (E.) pub.,	One of 150 Copies An Irish Flower Garden	Dublin	1997	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 312.50
562	Walsh (W.)artist & Nelson (E.C.)cont.	An Irish Florilegium, (Reprint 2008)		2008	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 450.00
563	Sex (Susan) & Sayers (Brendan	) Ireland's Wild Orchids	Belfast	2004,	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 450.00
564	Oxlade (D.)artist, Maxwell (R.), & Scott (R.) contrib.	A Tropical Glen, A Florilegium of Belfast	Belfast	2000	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 137.50
565	Georgian Society:	The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, Vol. I - Vol. V			EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
566		Dail Eireann - Diosboireachtai Pairliminte (Parliamentary Debates) Vol. 1 (Sept. - Dec. 1922) - 1969, (not consecutive)	Dublin	1922-1969	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
567		Waverley Novels, 47 vols. (ex 48, lacking Vol. 9)		1829	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
568	Anglesea (M.)ed. [Parker (Richard Dunscombe)]	Birds of Ireland,	Belfast	1983	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 350.00
569	Elliot (D.G.)	The Birds of Daniel Giraud Elliot	London	1979,	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
570	Piper (Raymond)	Piper's Flowers,	Belfast	1987	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 212.50
571		Bindings: A collection of approx. 85 varied leather bound volumes in English and French,			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 450.00
572	Murphy (Arthur)	The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, 4 vols	London	1793	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 937.50
573		Universal History, Ancient Part, from the Earliest Account of Time, 21 vols.	London	1747-1754,	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 650.00
583		Pub Memorabilia: Co. Kilkenny - James Sullivan & Co. Ltd. (Kilkenny Brewery) Finest Pale Ales -	Dublin	n.d.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,375.00
609	Myles Murphy, XX-XXI Century	The Barley Mow, Jerry Rooney's			EUR 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
663	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	Great Banks there was below in the Fields, Here ye are meelor sind him along at it.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 237.50
664	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	Tally-Ho back			EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 312.50

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.