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 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
26	Rose (Sir Alex)	My Lively Lady	Hampshire	1968	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
27	Barry (Com. T.)	Guerrilla Days in Ireland, Cork 1955, illus., cloth &d.j.; Hogan (D.) The Four Glorious Years	Dublin	1953	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
28	McLaverty (Michael)	Call My Brother Back	Dublin	1970	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	EUR 32.50
29	[Boate (Ger.) Molyneux (Thos.)etc.]	A Natural History of Ireland, in Three Parts	Dublin	1726	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
30	Davy (Sir Humphry)	Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, In a Course of Lectures for The Board of Agriculture.	London	1814	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
31	Thicknesse (Philip)	A Years Journey through France and Part of Spain, 2 vols.	London	1789	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
32	Wilde (W.R.)	Catalogues of the Antiquities .. in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, 2 vols.	Dublin	1857 & 1861	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 62.50
33	Beckett (Samuel).	Murphy.		1947	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
34		Modern Irish Poetry, Some of Wexford interest etc: Montague (John) The Rough Field, D. 1974; Casey (Philip) Dialogue in Fading Light, 2005; Wall (Eamon) A Tour of Your Country, Co. Clare 2008, ...			EUR 70.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
35	[Charles Wain]	A Miscellany of Short Stories,	London	1933	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 218.75
36	Irish Literature etc: Murphy (R.)	The Battle of Aughrim	London	1968	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	EUR 106.25
37		Medical interest: Dublin Hospitals Reports, 26th - 40th Report, bound as one		1884-1898	EUR 35.00 - 50.00	EUR 218.75
38	La Fontaine Pauly (Alphonse)	Oeuvres de J. de La Fontaine, d'Apres les textes originaux. 4 vols. (Vols. I - IV)	Paris	1875	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
39	Toplady (Augustus)	Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England, 2 vols.	London	1774	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	EUR 31.25
40	Dickens (Charles)	Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols.	London	1865	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
41		St. Brendan: Benedict - The Anglo-Norman Voyage of St. Brendan	Oxford	1928	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 62.50
42	Barton(B.H.)	& Castle (Thos.) The British Flora Medica:... Medicinal Plants of Great Britain.	London	1877	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
43	Sadler (Michael Thomas)	Ireland; Its Evils, and their Remedies: ... Errors of the Emigration Committee... A Synopsis .. on The Law of Population.	London	1828	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
44	McGahern (J.)	The Collected Stories	London	1992	EUR 30.00 - 50.00	EUR 32.50
45	Dickens (Charles)	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	London	1870	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	EUR 100.00
46		Bibliographical interest: Catalogue of The Scientific Books in The Library of The Royal Society	London	1839	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
47	Maty (M.)	Miscellaneous Works o the late ... Earl of Chesterfield, 3 vols.	Dublin	1777	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
48	MacNeven (Wm. J.)	Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland, of The Origin and Progress of the Political System of the United Irishmen;	New York	1807	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
49	With Illustrations by Bewick Thompson (James)	The Seasons, Roy	London	1805	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
50		I.M.C.- Correspondence of Emily, Duchess of Leinster (1731-1814), Edited by Brian Fitzgerald. 3 vols.	Dublin	1949, 1953 & 1957	EUR 180.00 - 240.00	Not Sold

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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