Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Spring Rare Book & Collectors' Timed Auction. Rare & Antiquarian Books: to include the Residue from the Library of the Late Dr. Philip Murray, Sligo and Select items from Other Private Clients., 42424, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 24, 2024 - April 24, 2024
Page Size: 710 items in 29 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Dawe (Gerard)

The Lundys Letter, Gallery 1985; Sunday School, Gallery 1991; Heart of Hearts, Gallery 1995, All Signed First Editions; Carson (Ciaran) Until Before After, Gallery 2010, ...

EUR 40.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
2

Pamphlets: 1 Rolls Office. Court of Error in Ireland - Hetherington, V. Wogan

Dublin 1817 EUR 25.00 - 45.00 EUR 68.75
3

Rare Dublin Printing Hawkey Classic: S. Crispi Salustii Opera

Dublin 1747 EUR 25.00 - 50.00 EUR 32.50
4 Cary (John)

New Itinerary: or, An Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads,... throughout England and Wales,...

London 1798 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 26.25
5 Kipling (Rudyard)

The Jungle Book

London 1894 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 143.75
6 [Connellan (Thaddeus)]

An English Irish Dictionary, intended for the Use of Schools.

Dublin 1814 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 EUR 156.25
7 L'Estrange (Sir R.)

Seneca's Morals by Way of Abstract

London 1696 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 106.25
8 Lawrence (D.H.)

The Lost Girl

London 1920 EUR 25.00 - 50.00 EUR 18.75
9 Fitzgerald (John)

The Time Being,

2021 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
10 O'Sullivan (Seumas)

The Twilight People

Dublin 1905 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 62.50
11 [L'Estrange (Miss M.)]

Heligoland or, Reminiscences of Childhood. A Genuine Narrative of Facts by An Officers Daughter. Ed. by Mrs. C.W.

London 1850 EUR 35.00 - 50.00 EUR 31.25
12 V. Good Collection Hewitt (John)

The Day of the Corncrake: Poems of the Nine Glens,

1969 EUR 45.00 - 80.00 EUR 131.25
13 Broderick (John)

The Rose Tree

London & N.Y. 1985 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 26.25
14 [Yeats (W.B.)] Duryee (M.B.)

Words Alone are Certain Good,

Dublin 1961 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 31.25
15 Elliot (J.)

A Complete Collection of the Medical and Philosophical Works of John Fothergill

London 1781 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 32.50
16 Edgeworth (Maria)

Moral Tales, 3 vols.

London 1821 EUR 40.00 - 70.00 EUR 81.25
17

Letters from a Young Painter Abroad to his Friends in England, 2 vols.

London 1750 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 18.75
18 Kohl (J.C.)

Reisen in Ireland, 2vols.

Dresden und Leipzig 1843 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 87.50
19

Periodical: Leabhar na h'Eireann, The Irish year Book

1908, 1909, 1910 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
20

Novels etc: [Brunton (Mrs. Mary)] Discipline: A Novel, by The Author of 'Self-Control,' 3 vols.

Edinburg 1815 EUR 35.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
21 Allingham (William)

Irish Songs and Poems, sm.

London 1887 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 100.00
22 Hume (David)

The History of England, 8 vols.

London 1773 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
23 [Bisani (Alessandro)]

An Italian Gentleman, A Picturesque Tour through Part of Europe, Asia, and Africa: ... With Plates after Designs by James Stuart.

London 1793 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
24 [Jonathan Swift] Orrery (John, Earl of)

Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, ... in a Series of Letters.

Dublin 1752 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
25

Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast

London 1964 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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