RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS' SALE April 30th & May 1st 2025

170 info@fonsiemealy.ie 640 G.A.A.: [Wembley Games] 1958 & 1959, two Official Match Programmes for Games in Wembley: 1958 - Football (Galway v. Derry) & Hurling (Kilkenny v. Clare); 1959 - Football (Galway v. Down) & Hurling (Kilkenny v. Cork), both 8vo, illus. & adverts; together with Official Programme All Ireland Senior Football semi-final Dublin v Galway, Croke Park 17.8.58, 2pps, ptd. wrappers. As a lot (3) €120-€140 641 Signed by 10 of the Participants Snooker: Benson and Hedges Irish Masters Snooker 1988, roy 8vo, D. 1988, signed by Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Neal Foulds, Clifff Thorburn, Joe Johnson, Terry Griffith, Alex Higgins, Denis Taylor, Rex Williams, and Eugene Hughes, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. (1) €150-€200 642 Going for Gold in Melbourne Athletics: Olympics, Melbourne 1956 , two Official Programmes, Athletics, Main Stadium (Melbourne Cricket Ground) 30th November & 1st December 1956, [Ronnie Delany won gold in the 1500 meters], both 8vo, Melbourne 1956, m/ss notes, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (2) €180-€220 643 The G.A.A. Down Under G.A.A. & Australian Rules: Official Commemorative Brochure, October 1986, 4to Melbourne 1986, illus., and autographs of the Tour Officials, Players and Team Officials, ptd. wrappers; together with four Official Match Programmes, Ireland v. New South Wales (26.10.86), 2nd & 3rd Tests v. Australia 19th & 24th October, and Australia v. Ireland, 13.10.86, signed by Jim Stynes and others, as a lot. (5) €200-€300