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
665	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	The Timber Merchant			EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 375.00
668	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	Merry England			EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 237.50
669	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)	Carpet Beaters V. Bobbery Wallahs,			EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 525.00
670	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	The Stone Faceder			EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 325.00
671	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)	Great Banks there was below the Fields			EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
672	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	Peshewar Vale, The Gent in the black coat 'Begced!! That would shtop them meard Fellars'			EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 350.00
673	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	Once Upon a Time			EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 475.00
674	Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967	The Huntsman, - The 'Oss loves the 'Ound but I loves both			EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 237.50
676		Equestrian Prints: Portland Bill by a Naval Officer			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 162.50
679	Paul Mosse, Irish (B. 1946)	Armadillo			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 87.50
680	After Thomas Sautelle Roberts (1760-1826)	The Entrance to Waterford Harbour	London		EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 125.00
681	Malton (James) [1761-1803]	a fine quality set of 25 hand coloured aquatint views of Dublin	Dublin	(1792-1793),	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 4,750.00
682	After Francis Johnson, (1760-1829) & Samuel Brocas (1792-1847)	To the Right Honorable and Honorable Post Masters General of Ireland, this View of the Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin	London	March 1st, 1824,	EUR 350.00 - 420.00	EUR 400.00
685	Seale (R.W.)	Irish Map: A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland, from ye latest and best Observations	London	c. 1732	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 187.50
686	Raspe (G.N.)	Irish Sea Chart: A Map of Belfast Lough (Schamplatz der Gegen Wartigen Kriege - 1757)			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 112.50
687	Speed (John)	British Map: Barkshire Described, engraved by Jacobus Hondius,		c. 1623	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 125.00
688		A large Advertisement for 'Castle Line' Almanac 1898 listing rates of Postage, Fleets, list of Chief South African Towns, Photograph and Map,	London	1898	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 175.00
696	E. Whittle - 19th Century English School	The Brown Family, at Calverleigh, group silhouette		19th Century	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,500.00

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.