29 July 2010 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale

#0207

Lot 1006/0207

G.A.A.: Football & Hurling, various Tournaments 1960 – ’66, a group of nineteen Official Match Programmes for competitions such as St. Brendan’s Cup, Gaelic Weekly Tournament, Thomas Ashe tournament, Lagan Cup and others, all 8vo, ptd. wrappers, a most unusual group. Scarce. (19)

Lot 1007/0207

SOLD Hammer price €700

G.A.A.: Hurling & Football, 1960 – 1969, a comprehensive collection of approx. 50 Programmes from Club, County, National League, Semi-Finals and All-Ireland’s in Hurling and Football, all ptd. wrappers, adverts & illus. throughout, as a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1008/0207

SOLD Hammer price €700

G.A.A.: Football & Hurling, 1970 – 79, a comprehensive collection of approx. 100 Programmes of Club, National League, Provincial finals, Semi-Finals and All-Ireland, all profusely illus. & adverts throughout, ptd. wrappers, an extensive run. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1009/0207

SOLD Hammer price €400

G.A.A.: 1970 / 80’s / 90’s, a collection of approx. 40 Official Match programmes for All-Ireland’s Challenge matches, Provincial Championship, National League & others, all ptd. wrappers, illus., & adverts, as a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1010/0207

SOLD Hammer price €470

G.A.A.: Periodical – G.A.A. Digest, An Saoghal Gaedhlach, 4to, Tralee Oct. 1947 – 1951, 14 issues (non consecutive) illus. & averts ptd. wrappers. Good clean copies. (14)

Lot 1011/0207

SOLD Hammer price €60

G.A.A.: Cork, [Christy Ring] O’Tuama (L.) The Spirit of the Glen, 4to Dorset 1973, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers; Dorgan (Val.) Christy Ring, 8vo D. 1980, illus. ptd. wrappers; Lynch (J.) Official unveiling of Christy Ring Memorial, 1.5.1983, 4to Cork 1983, illus., ptd. wrappers. Good. (3)

Lot 1012/0207

SOLD Hammer price €200

G.A.A.: O’Ceallaigh (S.) Gaelic Athletic Memories, 8vo D. (The Fodhla Printing Co.) 1945, Signed First Edn., (inscribed on front loose end by author), illus. & adverts, orig. cloth backed boards. Good & Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1013/0207

SOLD Hammer price €120

Important G.A.A. Reference Work
G.A.A.: O’Ceallaigh (Seamus) Gaelic Days, 8vo Tralee (The Kerryman) 1944, illus. & adverts throughout, ptd. wrappers. Good clean copy. (1)
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Lot 1014/0207

G.A.A.: Mehigan (P.D.) aka “Carbery,” Mountain Heath, Irish Life, Love, Sport & Adventure, 8vo Tralee 1944 (Reprint), cloth; Carbery Annual 1961 – 62, & Carbery Annual 1963 – 64, both 8vo, Tralee 1961 – 64, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good. (3)

Lot 1015/0207

G.A.A.: Co. Tipperary – Fogarty (Canon P.) Tipperary’s G.A.A. Story, 8vo, Thurles (Tipperary Star) 1960, signed on F.E.P. by Martin Kennedy, illus., cloth & d.j., some staining. Fine. (1)

Lot 1016/0207

SOLD Hammer price €230

G.A.A.: Co. Limerick, O’Ceallaigh (S.P.) History of the Limerick, G.A.A., Part 1 – 1884 – 1908, 8vo, Tralee, 1937, all issued, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, good clean copy. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1017/0207

G.A.A.: Co. Tipperary – O’Meachair (An t Athair S.) s.o., Conventions or A Dozen Years with the Gaels of Tipperary, 8vo Tipperary [1939], illus., fold-out picture, some defects (double pages 17-32 entered), orig. cloth, gilt lettering, stained, otherwise. Good example. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1018/0207

Tipperary’s Tour of America
Kenny (Thomas J.) Tour of the Tipperary Hurling in America 1926, 8vo, L. (George Roberts) 1928, FIRST EDN., hf. title, pict. frontis, illus., orig. cloth. Good clean copy. (1)
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Lot 1019/0207

SOLD Hammer price €280

G.A.A.: Official Guide, Gaelic Athletic Association Official Guide 1919 – 1920, 12mo Wexford (W. Hanrahan) 1920, some wear, ptd. wrappers, a good early G.A.A. Reference, Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1020/0207

SOLD Hammer price €140

Galway G.A.A. Day in Long Island
G.A.A.: Galway, Annual Picnic and Games of the Galway Men’s Association at Celtic Park, LI., Sunday 19.6.1922, Junior & Senior Hurling & Football….., 1 sheet, 8vo, N.Y. 1921, some wear, no lose to text. Good & Rare. (1)
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Lot 1021/0207

Early Croke Park Exhibition, 1924
Rodeo/Equestrian: Dublin’s Rodeo, Direct from Wembley Stadium, London, Croke Park, August 18th – 24th, 1924, Official Programme, sm. 8vo D. 1924, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers, worn, but otherwise fine. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1022/0207

SOLD Hammer price €300

Rare Tailteann Games Brochure
G.A.A. & General: Tailteann Games 1928, Aonach Tailteann (Tailteann Games) 11 – 16th August 1928, Dublin, tall 12mo D. (Browne & Nolan) 1928, fold-out sheet, clean stamp on front, illus. cover. Good clean copy. Rare. (1)
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Lot 1023/0207

SOLD Hammer price €180

Tailteann Games: Tailteann Games, Daily Programme, Friday August 15th, 1924, 8vo D. (Helys Ltd.) 1924, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers; Aonach Tailteann, Wednesday & Thursday July 6th & 7th, Daily Programme, 8vo D. (Juverna Press) 1932, adverts, ptd. wrappers, some staining, otherwise two good copies. (2)
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Lot 1024/0207

The Treble Crown for the Premier
G.A.A.: Hurling 1930, Tipperary’s Treble Crown 1930, The Prize Poem (Mr. Tom Keating) & other Poems…, 8vo Thurles 1930, loose & some minor staining, otherwise good copy. Extremely Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1025/0207

G.A.A.: Co. Tipperary 1932, Annual General Convention 1932, Golden Vale Hall, Dundrum, 31.1.1932, lg. 8vo, Thurles (Tipperary Star) 1932, 12pps., centre loose, ptd. wrappers, stained, fine. Scarce. (1)