Rare Book & Collectors' Sale June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

146 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1163. G.A.A.: Periodical [1958-1979] Our Games - Ar gCluichi Fein, a Collection of 20 volumes from 1958-1979 (no 1961), all lg. 4to D. 1958-79, prof. illustrated, boards & ptd. wrappers. Extensive collection, as a periodical. (1) €400 - €600 1164. G.A.A.: Periodical: Cuchulainn Annual, [1955-75] A collection of the periodical including 1955-1966 (12 issues), 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974 & 1975 (5 issues) all 4to, illus & adverts, ptd. wrappers. As a lot. (17) €300 - €400 1166. Medal: Co. Dublin, Billiards. A 9ct gold shield shaped Medal, the obverse of etched design with shamrocks and harps, the reverse inscribed ‘Dublin Central Interclubs Billiards T’ment 1944/45 Winners, c.b.ppu., hallmarked. (1) €250 - €320 1167. 1929 Inter-Provincial Football Winners Medal G.AA., Medal: Football 1929, Leinster GAA. A 9ct gold Inter Provincial Winners Medal, of pierced cross shape, coats of arms (one damaged), and central engraving of a train for to represent the competitions name “The Railway Cup,” the reverse inscribed “ Inter Provincial F’ball C’ship 1929,’ hallmarked. (1) * Leinster defeated Munster on a score line of 1.7 to 1.3, captained by Kildare’s Bill Gannon. €800 - €1000 1168. Medals: Dublin Soccer (1951-55) A group of Home Farm, F.C. silver Medals, for Youths Cup, Minors, and 1st Division (Winners and Runners UP)all hallmarked, as a collection. (5) €200 - €300 1162. Rare G.A.A. Periodical including First Issue G.A.A.: Periodical The G.A.A. Digest, 44 issues, 1946 (1st) to 1955, (including rare editions), all 4to, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. (1) * The publication ran from 1946 and ended in 1955 (Consecutive runs are extremely rare) €1,500 - €1,800 1165. [Gold Medal] T.C.D. (Trinity College Dublin) A cased 9ct gold Prize Medal, awarded to (with inscription) “ Barbara F. Gregg 1933 - Litteris Regentioribus Gall. et Ital. Feliciter Excultis, ” decorated with image of Queen Elizabeth, and T.C.D. College Arms, hallmarked in original red leather presentation case, fromWest & Son, Dubin, approx. 30.9gms. (1) Note: Barbara Fitzgerald was born Barbara Gregg in Cork on 16 December 1911. Her parents were John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg and Anna Gregg (née Jennings). Fitzgerald spent her youth in Kilkenny and Dublin, attending school in England. She entered Trinity College Dublin as a foundation scholar in 1931. In 1933 she graduated with honours in Italian and French. She married Michael Fitzgerald Somerville on 21 August 1935 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Dublin. As a society wedding, people lined the streets of Ballsbridge to watch the wedding party pass. Fitzgerald’s father performed the wedding ceremony, with the couple then honeymooning in Scotland. Her husband was an oil executive, and the couple lived in west Africa until the beginning of WorldWar II when they returned to England. Her father-in-law was Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, who was murdered on 14 March 1936 by the IRA.[1] Her first novel, We are besieged , was published in 1946 and describes the destruction of an Irish big house in 1920, Butler’s Hill. Some of the scenes and settings are similar to those used by Elizabeth Bowen. Her second novel, Footprints upon water , was first published in 1955 and was reissued after her death, in 1983.[1] We are besieged was republished again in 2011, and Footprints upon water in 2012 leading to a rediscovery of her work.[2][3][4] Fitzgerald retired to Ireland in 1968 with her husband. She suffered with ill health for a number of years, succumbing to early dementia. She died in Dublin on 21 May, 1982. €800 - €1200 1163