15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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15 September 2009 - Irish Literary & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
#0196
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Lot 626/0196
Fishing: Hardy’s Angler’s Guide, 1931, 8vo Alnwick 1931., 53rd Edn., cold. plts., adverts etc., orig. cloth backed pict. boards; = 2 other vols. dam.; = & Tight Lines, No. 81, oblong 8vo 1982, wrappers. (4)
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Lot 627/0196
Dogs: Gardner (Phyllis) The Irish Wolfhound, A Short Historical Sketch, 8vo Dundalk (Dundalgen Press) 1931. FIRST EDN., wd.-cut illus. thro.-out, uncut, orig. cloth. Very Scarce; = also Gordon (John) The Irish Wolfhound, 4to L. 1973, illus., d.w. (2)
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Lot 628/0196
Fishing: Hary’s Bros. Ltd. Hardy’s Anglers Guide, 8vo Alnwich, 1926 Edition. cold. & other illus., orig. cloth backed pict. boards; = also Fishing Rods and Tackle, a Catalogue for Joseph Braddell & Son, Arthur Sqnere, Belfast, 8vo Belfast 1926, illus. orig. ptd. wrappers. As catalogues, w.a.f. (2)
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Lot 629/0196
Soccer: Wright (Billy) Football is My Passport, L. 1957, FIRST EDN.; = Glanville (B.) Soccer Nemesis, L. 1955, FIRST EDN; = Carter (Raich) Footballer’s Progress, L. 1950, FIRST EDN; = Joy (B.) Forward Arsenal! L. 1952, FIRST EDN; = Mc Kinstry (Leo) Jack & Bobby, L. 2002, FIRST EDN; = Miller (D.) Stanley Mathews, L. 1989. FIRST EDN. All d.w.’s; = & 4 others, all sim. (10)
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Lot 630/0196
Soccer: Doherty (Peter) Spotlight on Football, L. & Glasgow 1948; = Edelston (M.) & Delaney (T.) Masters of Soccer, L. 1962, illus.; = Churchill (R.C.) English League Football, L. 1961, illus. all d.w. Scarce. (3)
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Lot 631/0196
Golf: Beldam (George W.) Great Golfers, Their Methods at a Glance, 8vo L. 1907, Re-Issue Third Edn., illus. thro-out, orig. cloth rebacked, good; = The Golfer’s Handbook, 8vo Glasgow 1969. Sixty-Sixth Year of Publication, orig. boards; = Round Ireland with a Golf Bag, roy 8vo D. (Irish Times) n.d., wrappers; = & programme for The Walker Cup, at Turnberry, 24-25 May 1963. (4)
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Lot 632/0196
Scarce Reference Book
Banknotes: O’Kelly (Eoin) The Old Private Banks and Bankers of Munster, 8vo Cork 1959. FIRST EDN., illus., orig. cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)More details › -
Lot 633/0196
Watty Hanrahan’s Copy
G.A.A.: Gaelic Athletic Association – Official Guide 1923 – 24, 16mo Wexford (W. Hanrahan) 1924. FIRST EDN., 203pp., orig. ptd. wrappers, recent green cloth, with 2 business cards of W. Hanrahan loosely inserted.
* W. Hanrahan was Secretary of the Leinster Council also. (1)
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Lot 635/0196
G.A.A.- Gaelic Football: Fitzgerald (Dick) How to Play Gaelic Football, 12mo Cork 1914. FIRST EDN., 2 portraits & other plates, orig. decor. green boards. Very Rare. (1)
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Lot 636/0196
G.A.A.: “The Ban.” Hamitlon (V. Rev. Canon) The Ban Reproduction of a Lecture, Supplemtary Article by Bryan Mac Mahon, … . 8vo D. (Club Caman Peil), n.d., FIRST EDN., 14pp.; = Foyle (Joseph F.) Using Our Gaelic Games, The Case of the Alternative to the Ban-method. 8vo Thurles 1968. FIRST EDN., 62pp., ports. both orig. ptd. wrappers, v. good. Very Scarce. (2)
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Lot 637/0196
G.A.A.: O’Ceallaigh (Seamus) Gaelic Athletic Memories, published by Gaelic Athletic Publications, Ballinacurra Limerick, 8vo D. 1945. FIRST EDN., port. on t.p., 192pp., adverts etc., thro.-out, orig. ptd. wrappers. Very good copy. Very Rare. (1)
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Lot 638/0196
Two Rare G.A.A. Publications
G.A.A.: O’hAonghusa (T.)ed. Games of the Gael – “An Gaedheal Og,” For the Dublin Schools League G.A.A. Sm. 8vo Drogheda (Independent) 1923. Only Edn., illus. with ports. of Dublin Schools League Teams, adverts, 62pp., lacks outer covers;= also Anelius (Jos.) National Action, A Plan for the National Recovery of Ireland. 8vo Published by G.A.A. Croke House, Clonliffe Rd., Dublin Dec. 1942. FIRST EDN., 118pp., orig. wrappers. Both V. Rare. (2)
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Lot 639/0196
G.A.A. – O’Neill (Phil) “Sliabh Ruadh” Twenty Years of the G.A.A. 1910 – 1930. History and Book of Reference for Gaels. 8vo Kilkenny (Kilkenny Journal) 1930. FIRST & ONLY EDN., illus. etc. Orig. decor. cold. wrappers. Good copy of a scarce item. (1)
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Lot 640/0196
Cricket: Ranjitsinghi (K.S.) The Jubilee Book of Cricket, Edin. & L. 1897. THIRD EDN., illus. cloth; = Bradman (Sir D.) The Art of Cricket, 4to L. 1958. FIRST EDN., illus., d.w.; = Warner (P.F.) My Cricketing Life, roy 8vo L. n.d. FIRST EDN., illus. cloth; = The M.C.C. Cricket Coaching Book, L. 1952, illus. d.w. (4)
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Lot 641/0196
Cricket: Green (B.) The Wisden Book of Cricketer’s Lives, 8vo L. 1986; = Carew (D.) To the Wicket, L. 1950; = Williams (M.)ed. Double Century – 200 Years of Cricket in The Times, L. 1985; = & 2 others all d.w.’s. (5)
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Lot 642/0196
Rugby: All Blacks, Fox (D.), Bogle (K.) & Hoskins (M.) A Centenary of the All Blacks in Brtain and Ireland, 8vo Gloucestershire 2006, FIRST EDN., illus., signed by Fox & Hoskins, paperback. Good. (1)
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Lot 643/0196
Golf: Punch – The Funny Side of Golf, 4to L. n.d., illus after Phil May & others; = Cotton (Henry) My Golfing Album, 4to L. 1959; = Dobereiner (P.) The Glorious World of Golf, 4to L. 1979, illus.; = & 4 others on Golf. (7)
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Lot 644/0196
Soccer: Limerick, Corr (A.) & Spain (B.)eds. The End of an Era, A History of Limerick Senior Soccer at the Markets Field, 1937-84, roy 4to, Limerick 1985, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, scarce. Good. (1)
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Lot 645/0196
Rugby: Biographies & Histories: Laidlaw (C.) Mud In Your Eye, A Worm’s Eye View of the Changing World of Rugby, L. 1974; = Williams (M.) Rugby Sevens, L. 1975; = Robbie (J.) The Fame of My Life, L. 1989; = Van Esbeck (E.) Irish Rugby 1874 – 1999, D. 1999; = Coughlan (B.) The Irish Lions 1896 – 2001, Cork 2001; = Bills (P.) & Mc Bride (W.J.) Willie John, The Story of My Life, L. 2004; = Keane (B. & M.) Rucks, Mauls & Gaelic Football, D. 2005, mostly 4to, with cloth & d.j., illus., as a collection, w.a.f. (7)
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Lot 646/0196
Rugby: A scarce group of Rugby Almancks, including: The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand, editions for 1953 & 1955; = also 1955 South African Rugby Annual; = and Fred Cogley’s Yearbook of Irish Rugby, 1971-72, Signed Pres. Copy to Karl Mullen, together 4 items, all illustrated, orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good copies. (4)
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