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Lot 605/0196
Postcards: Co. Wicklow – Very good collection of approx. 45 cards includ. some attractive coloured chromes and sepia’s of Bray, real photos of Arklow, & others of Wicklow Town, Greystones, Glendalough etc., most unused. V. good lot. As postcards. (45)
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Lot 606/0196
Postcards: Co. Wicklow: 22 cards, Baltinglass, Wicklow, Glenmalure, Poulaphouca, Avondale etc., mostly unused. (22)
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Lot 607/0196
The Works of George Moore
Moore (George) A very large collection of the authors work, over 125 volumes, plus periodicals etc., many FIRST EDNS or LIM. EDNS., include, Aphrodite in Aulis, roy 8vo L. 1930, LIM. EDN. Signed, vellum; = A Communication to my Friends, L. (Nonesuch Press) 1933 LIM. EDN; = The Making of an Immortal, N.Y. 1927. SIGNED LIM. EDN.; = many others. As a coll., w.a.f. (125)More details › -
Lot 608/0196
G.A.A. – Football: Gallogly (Rev. D.) Cavan’s Football Story, 4to Cavan 1979. FIRST EDN., illus., d.w.; = also The Story of Templeport G.A.A., 1888-1984, 8vo Cavan 1984, illus., wrappers. (2)
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Lot 609/0196
G.A.A. – Hurling: O’Maolfabhail (Art) Caman 2000 Years of Hurling in Ireland, 8vo Dundalk 1973. FIRST EDN., illus. boards, & pict. d.w. V. good. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 610/0196
Hockey: Dagg (T.S.C.) Hockey in Ireland, Tralee 1944 FIRST EDN., illus., cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 611/0196
Presentation Copy
G.A.A.: Fogarty (V. Rev. P. Canon) Tipperary’s G.A.A. Story, 8vo Thurles 1960. FIRST EDN., Signed Pres. Copy, illus. errata slip, red cloth, orig. cream printed d.w. Scarce. V. good. (1)
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Lot 612/0196
G.A.A. – Football: Lennon (Joe) Coaching Gaelic Football for Champions, 8vo Tralee 1964. First & Only Edn. Published by J.F. & A. Lennon & Son, Newry, Co. Down. Illus., boards & pict. d.w. Good & V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 613/0196
The Hardman of Tipperary
G.A.A.: Doyle (Tommy) & Smith (R.)ed. A Lifetime In Hurling, 8vo, L. 1955, FIRST EDN., frontis, illus., orig. cloth, lacking dust jacket, otherwise a nice clean copy. Good. (1)More details › -
Lot 614/0196
A Valuable Reference on Munster G.A.A.
G.A.A.: Cronin (J.) Munster G.A.A. Story, 8vo Ennis, Clare Champion, c. 1986, illus., orig. cloth, gilt lettered spine, orig. dust jacket. Good. (1)More details › -
Lot 615/0196
G.A.A.: Co. Tipperary, King (S.J.) G.A.A. History of Cashel & Rosegreen 1884 – 1984, 8vo Naas (Leinster Leader) 1985, illus., Signed on title page by the author, contributors & members of the G.A.A., orig., cloth. Fine. (1)
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Lot 616/0196
Fishing: Venables (Col. R.) The Experienced Angler, 12mo L. (T. Gosden) 1827. One engd. title & 18 sm. engd. tipped-in illus., hf. mor., good.; = also Salter (T.F.) The Angler’s Guide: A Plain and Complete Practical Guide on the Art of Angling, 12mo L. 1830. SEVENTH EDN., engd. port. frontis. wd. cut plts. & illus., uncut, orig. ptd. boards. (2)
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Lot 617/0196
Fishing: Lambert (Osmund) Angling Literature in England, sm. 8vo L. 1881. FIRST EDN., hf. title, vellum boards, worn. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 618/0196
Fishing: Wright (W.) Fishes and Fishing, Artificial Breeding of Fish, Anatomy of their Senses, Their Loves, Passions and Intellects… . 12mo L. 1858. FIRST EDN., cont. hf. mor., tooled gilt spine, mor. labels., upr. joint cracked. (1)
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Lot 620/0196
Race Cards: The Kildare Hunt – Sportsman’s Races at Narraghmore, Monday 20th March 1950, 8pp; = Curray, Sept. 11th, 1974; = Killarney, July 1973; = others for Phoenix Park & Leopardstown, together 12 items, as a lot, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 621/0196
First Book on Rugby by An Irishman
Rugby: Rahilly (Jerome J.) Rugby Football, 8vo L. (c. Arthur Pearson Ltd.) 1904. FIRST EDN., Frontis plan, adverts. etc., front inner joint cracked, pict. boards. Very Scarce.
* Interesting item, containing rules, and early lists of results of Internationals etc. Written by Rahilly who was a member London-Irish Rugby F.C., it is also full of wonderful quotations… ‘A first class captain must, besides being one of the finest players in his team, possess the organising powers of a Prime Minister and the leadership of a general.’ (1)
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Lot 622/0196
Soccer: Manchester United: Salute to Manchester United, 1959/60, 4to booklet, orig. pict. wrappers; = also Manchester United Official Yearbook, 1999, 8vo L. 1999. Fully illustrated, pictorial wrappers. (2)
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Lot 623/0196
“One of Tipperary Greatest Hurlers”
G.A.A.: Co. Tipperary: Wall (Tony) “Hurling,” 8vo, D. (City View Press) 1965, FIRST EDN., illus., & orig. ptd. wrappers. Good clean copy. (1)
* Tony Wall played Inter-County Hurling with Tipperary from 1953 – 67, he captained Tipperary to success in 1958, he also coached in 1986 season.
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Lot 624/0196
Fishing: Bickerdyke (J.) The Book of the All-Round Angler, L. n.d. [1900], illus.; = Waddington (R.) Fly-Fishing for Solmon, L. 1951, FIRST EDN., illus. & d.w.; = Mackie (A.) The Art of Worm Fishing, L. 192, cloth; = Wanless (A.) Complete Fixed Spool Angling, L. 1953. FIRST EDN., illus., d.w.; = & 1 other sim. (5)
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Lot 625/0196
Titanic Disaster: White (Mrs. Alma) The Titanic Tragedy God Speaking to the Nations, 8vo Bound Brook, N. Jersey 1913; = Everett (Marshall)ed. Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic. The Ocean’s Greatest Disaster, 8vo 1912; = also Marshall (Logen)ed. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, N.Y. 1912, all profusely illustrated, & decor. cloth; = & Lord (Walter) A Night to Remember, N.Y. 1955, FIRST EDN., illus. & d.w. (4)
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