29 July 2010 - Rare Books & Collectors' Specialist Sale

#0207

Lot 1026/0207

G.A.A.: General, 1936 – 1964, a collection of Ephemera relating to the G.A.A., to include Co. Dublin Junior Football Board Rules & Byelaws 1936 – 37, 1956 Official G.A.A. Guide, accounts, transfer forms, etc., together with one other item, a fine selection of ephemera, as a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1027/0207

G.A.A.: Official Guides, Gaelic Athletic Association, Official Guide, 1938, sm. 8vo D. (Wood Printing Works Ltd.), some loose & wear, ptd. wrappers; Gaelic Athletic Association, Official guide 1956, 8vo d. 1956, some repair work, ptd. cloth, faded, both otherwise good Reference copies. (2)
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Lot 1028/0207

G.A.A.: Hurling, Clar, Commortais Iomanaidheachta i bpairc mhic Dhonnchada, Aonach urmhumhan, 14.5.1944, Ahane V. Eire Og (Anacarty), 8vo, Nenagh 1944, illus. ptd. wrappers. Fine. Scarce. (1)

Lot 1029/0207

SOLD Hammer price €200

N.A. & C.A. (I.): Limerick Army Week, 1945, Open Sports (in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund) at Thomond Park, Sunday 29th July 1945, 8vo Limerick (Limerick Leader) 1945, adverts, 8pps., ptd. wrappers. Good & Scarce. (1)

Lot 1030/0207

G.A.A.: Co. Galway, 1956, Great Northern Railway Board, All-Ireland G.A.A. Football Final (Cork V. Galway) at Croke Park, Sunday 7th October 1956, 8vo, D. 1956, 6pps, ptd. wrappers; together with original Press Photograph of the Galway Hurling Team, c. 1950’s. Good. (2)

Lot 1031/0207

Cycling & Athletics, 1946 – 48, [Gaedhael Cummann Luth-cleas agus Rothuidheachta na hEireann] An Tourainn i Luth-chleasa na hEireann (Partition in Irish Athletics), 8vo, D. 1946, ptd. wrappers. Scarce; Sweeney (J.J.) Cumann Rothuidheachta Noisiunta na hEireann, The year Book….. 1947 – 8, 8vo D. 1948, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good. (2)
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Lot 1032/0207

SOLD Hammer price €160

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)

Lot 1033/0207

SOLD Hammer price €110

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)

Lot 1034/0207

SOLD Hammer price €420

Early Three In a Row for the Dubs
G.A.A.: Photograph, Co. Dublin 1900, an original black and white Photograph of the Geraldine Gaelic Athletic Club (Dublin), a group photograph depicting the entire Team and Officials, in front a clear view of the trophy, (The Croke Cup prior to being re-names later the Sam Maguire Trophy), each player sporting their various medal achievements on their jerseys. The base of the photo displaying a legend of the sitters (team) and the records of the team, approx. 12″ x 13 3/4″ (30cms x 35cms), some fading, otherwise good, in a contemporary style frame. Extremely Scarce. (1)
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Lot 1035/0207

Early G.A.A. Overseas Hurling Team (1912)
G.A.A.: Photograph, Co. Kilkenny 1912, an original black and white Photograph of Kilkenny Hurling Team, Champions, New York City, 1912, depicting the entire team sporting their jerseys, alongside officials, [the photograph giving a clear indication of the shape of the hurls during that period], the official in the centre holds a stars & stripes flag, and sports and attractive medal on his lapel. The base of the photo with the legend of names identifying players, the photograph is by Charles Steinberg, 202 East, 106th Street, New York, U.S.A., mounted on a hand painted surround, approx. 41cms x 51cms (16″ x 20″), in contemporary frame, good and extremely rare. (1)
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Lot 1036/0207

G.A.A.: Football, Co. Kildare, a heavy Galway stone Wall Plaque or Relief, depicting Squires Grannon, and also The Same Maguire Trophy, engraved The Same Maguire Trophy, 1928, approx. 63cms x 93cms (24 3/4″ x 36 1/2″), an unusual and rare memento of this historic event in both Kildare and G.A.A. History. (1)
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Lot 1037/0207

SOLD Hammer price €100

Paul Downey – (20th / 21st Century Irish)
“Kilkenny Vs. Tipperary,” watercolour, signed, 16″ x 20″ (41cms x 51cms). (1)
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Lot 1038/0207

Paul Downey (20th / 21st Century Irish)
“Royal County Warriors,” watercolour, signed, also dated on label verso, 19″ x 17″ (49cms x 42cms). (1)
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Lot 1039/0207

SOLD Hammer price €250

A Comprehensive Collection of GAA Press Photographs
G.A.A.: Photographs, Hurling & football, a large collection of black and white Photographs of various football and hurling matches, railway cup, all-Ireland, depicting iconic moments in the G.A.A.’s History, some reproduction and photographies. A very large and important collection, as photographs, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 1040/0207

G.A.A.: Match Jerseys, an Official Match Jersey for Cork, signed on front by 26 of the panel, and an Officiate Jersey for Kilkenny signed by Henry Shefflin, as jerseys, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 1041/0207

G.A.A.: O’Caithnia (L.P.) Sceal na hÍomana, D. 1980, d.w.; de Burca (M.) Michael Cusack and the G.A.A., D. 1989; also The G.A.A., A History, D. 1980, illus.; Fitzgerald (Dick) How to Play Football, 12mo Cork 1914, lacks port. & covers. (4)

Lot 1042/0207

G.A.A.: Smith (Raymond) The Clash of the Ash, FIRST & NEW EDITIONS; The Football Immortals, 1973 / 4 & Great New Edition; The Hurling Immortals, FIRST EDN., & Centenary Edn., all 8vo, illus., & ptd. wrappers, some wear, otherwise good. (6)

Lot 1043/0207

G.A.A.: Co. Wexford, Furlong (N.) The Greatest Hurling Decade, D. 1993, signed by the author; Rackard (B.) No Hurling at The Dairy Door, D. 1996; Mc Govern (J.) Coming of Age In Wexford, G.A.A., Enniscorthy 2005, all 8vo, illus. & ptd. wrappers. Good. (4)

Lot 1044/0207

SOLD Hammer price €40

G.A.A.: Guiney (David) Book of Gaelic Football, D. 1976, illus.; The Day of the Little Green Apples, D. 1976 (Reprint); Good Days and Good Friends, D. 1985, all 8vo, ptd. wrappers. Good. (3)

Lot 1045/0207

SOLD Hammer price €60

Signed by the Author
G.A.A.: O’Maolfabhail (Art) Caman Two Thousand Years of Hurling in Ireland, 8vo Dundalk 1973, FIRST EDN., Signed by the Author, illus., boards & d.j. Good. (1)
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