Fonsie Mealy's RARE BOOKS & COLLECTIBLES December 7th & 8th, 2021

66 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 454. Extensive Collection of F.A. Cup Final Programmes Soccer: F.A. Cup Finals 1958 - 2009, a collection of 25 original Match Programmes for F.A. Cup Finals at Wembley Stadium from 1958 to 2009 (not inclusive) all illus. and adverts, ptd. wrappers, all clean examples. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €350 - €420 455. “Prayers”& Rebuilding The Team” Soccer: Manchester United: Busby (Sir Matt) A typed Autograph Letter signed to Mrs. Doyle, dated 29th May 1958, on Team headed Notepaper, thanking her for her “Prayers and Scapular,” stating that they “turned the scales in my favour” and also referring to the rebuilding of the team, after the Munich Air Disaster, as a letter, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 456. Soccer: Patience (Bob)ed. Football is a Funny Game According to Saint and Greavsie, 4o L. (Stanley Paul) 1986, illus. by Jake Tebbit, Signed by St. John and Greaves, pictorial boards. Good Copy. (1) €50 - €70 454 455 Distillery Football & Athletics Club (Grosvenor Park, Belfast). Minute Book, 1932-1941 . In a thick folio volume, hf. morocco on heavy buckram-covered boards, 474 numbered pages (and a few unnumbered), mostly typescript reports laid down, from June 1939 some manuscript reports directly written in, all duly signed by Chairmen. Covers worn but internally in very good condition throughout. Directors’meetings were generally held monthly. The minutes, which are tersely written, usually include attendance of directors and shareholders, applications and correspondence, financial matters, transfer requests and decisions (some to and from English clubs, with much detail about named players), appointments, disputes and disagreements, legal matters, relations with the Irish Football League, etc. From September 1939 onward there are occasional references to war conditions, availability of players who may have returned from England, petrol rationing, air raids (meeting 30 June 1941, p.464, Glentoran offered use of Grosvenor Park as ‘owing to the recent Air Raid’ their own ground was wrecked , war damage insurance etc., otherwise business as usual. [The German air raids on Belfast took place in April and May 1941]. The volume concludes with the meeting of 22 Sept. 1941, followed by minutes of the AGM of 5 July 1940 (out of sequence), countersigned 6.10.41. A volume of particular interest and importance to anyone with knowledge of the players and personalities involved. The Distillery Club was founded in 1879. €1000 - €1500 458. Signed by Pele Soccer: Brazil F.C., a replica Brazil International Jersey, Signed in black marker by Pele (size XL), framed, with certificate of authenticity. (1) €600 - €700 457. Distillery F & AC in Peace andWar