Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

133 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1131. 1924 Rules of Hurling G.A.A. [1924] Co. Roscommon [K.B.S.] The Rules of Hurling with detailed instructions for Every Player on the Team of Fifteen and three Hurling Songs, 8vo Boyle (Hearld) 1924, First Edn., 16pps, adverts, ptd. wrappers. (back cover loose) as is. Ex. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 1132. The G.A.A. ‘Down Under’, in the 1920’s G.A.A.: [1920’s] New South Wales, Hurling Association, 12mo, Sydney (O’Loughlin Bros.) [1920’s], 16pps, lacks cover. Ex. Rare. (1) €200 - €300 1133. G.A.A. (1926/27) Official Guide 1926- 27 Gaelic Athletic Association, 12mo, Wexford (W. Hanrahan) 1927, dual text (Gaelic & English) ptd. wrappers. (1) €100 - €150 1134. Rare & Early G.A.A. Football Booklet G.A.A. [1914] Fitzgerald (Dick) How to Play Gaelic Football, sm. 8vo, Cork (Guy & Co.) 1914, First Edn., hf. title, portrait frontis & plts., adverts, original decorative printed wrappers. Good copy. Scarce. (1) €400 - €600 1135. Rare Early G.A.A. Publication G.A.A.: O’Sullivan (Thos. F.) First History of Great Organisation, Story of the G.A.A., 8vo, D. 1916, First Edn., illus., rebound (replica front cover), good working copy. Scarce. (1) €180 - €220 1136. G.A.A [1930] O’Neill (Phil)comp. Twenty Years of the G.A.A. 1910 - 1930, [Sliabh Ruadh], 8vo Kilkenny (Journal) 1930, First Edn., port. frontis, & fold. pts., adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 1137. G.A.A.: [1930’s] Official Guides 1932/33 and 1934/35 Gaelic Athletic Association , 8vo, D. (Wood Printing Works Ltd.) 1932- 35, dual language (Gaelic & English) ptd. wrappers. Good. (2) €120 - €140 1138. G.A.A.: Golden Jubilee Souvenir of the Founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association - A Review 1884-1934, 4to, D. (I.A.P.) 1934, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good Copy. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 1139. G.A.A. [1934-5] Devlin (P.J.)contr. The Gaelic Athletic Annual 1934-5, All About Gaeldom, Official Record of Gaelic Athletic Association, 8vo, D. (Wood Printing Works) 1935, (published by Croke House) adverts, ptd. wrappers. (1) €150 - €180 1140. G.A.A. [1937] C.L.G. - Gaelic Athletic Association Playing Rules , 12mo D. (wood Printing Works) [1937] 24pps., ptd. wrappers. (1) €80 - €120 1141. G.A.A. Interest: Foyle (J.F.) Using our Gaelic Games - The Case for the Alternative to the Ban Method, 8vo, Thurles (Nationalist) 1968, First Edn., illus. ptd. wrappers; Mac Sithigh (P.) The Ban, Reproduction of a Lecture by Very Rev. Canon Hamilton, P.P., 8vo, D. (Regent Printing Co.) [1955] ptd. wrappers; O’Duinnin (E.) Irish on the Playing Field, 8vo, D. [n.d.] ptd. wrappers; [Co. Tipperary GAA Board] - Notes for Hurling Coaches, 8vo, Thurles (The Tipperary Star) 1962, ptd. wrappers; O’Ceallaigh (S.) Gaelic Athletic Memories, 8vo D. (Fodhla Press) 1945, illus. & adverts. (lacks wrappers), as a lot. (1) €150 - €200 1134 1138 1131 1132 1133