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	BICKERDYKE, John. Wild Sports in Ireland. With sepia and monochrome photographs. London: Upcott, 1897. Crown octavo. pp. xii, 234, [12 (Publisher’s List)], [12 (Advertisements)]. Original pink papered boards, title and duck in gilt on upper cover, repeated on spine. A very good copy. Very scarce. John Bickerdyke, an Englishman (real name Charles Henry Cook), wrote several books about angling, shooting, sailing, beer and photography. His writings […] €225.00
	CHARLTON, Jack: The Autobiography [Signed First Edition] Partridge Press, 1996. Hardcover. Condition: Fine in very good dustjacket. Signed by Charlton on the title page. €150.00
	GALLAGHER, Patrick. My Story (Paddy the Cope). With a foreword by E.P. McDermott. Revised edition. Illustrated. Dungloe: Templecrone Co-operative Society, n.d. (c.1961). Printed by The Kerryman, Tralee. Crown octavo. pp. [viii], 328. Purple papered boards, titled in gilt. Signed presentation copy from the author to his friend Len Stuckey – ‘Patrick Gallagher / Paddy the Cope,’ dated 1964. A fine copy in […] €125.00
	MacNEVIN, William James. M.D. A Ramble through Swisserland in the Summer and Autumn of 1802. With map of Switzerland. Dublin: Printed by J. Stockdale, 62 Abbey-Street, 1803. pp. [iv], 280. Modern half red morocco on marbled boards, title in gilt direct along spine. Several contemporary manuscript notes to margins. A near fine copy. Exceedingly rare. COPAC locates the BL copy only of this edition. Only eBook on WorldCat. William James MacNevin, M.D., a distinguished […] €575.00
	MAXWELL, W.H. Wild Sports of The West. With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches. Illustrated with five steel engravings and twelve vignettes. Two volumes. SCARCE FIRST EDITION London: Richard Bentley, 1832. Octavo. First edition. pp. (1) xvi, 327, (2) viii, 343. Five lithograph plates and twelve woodcut vignettes. Half calf on marbled boards, title in gilt on green morocco labels in the first panel, volume number in gilt direct in the fourth, the remainder blind tooled to a geometric […] €675.00
	MUHAMMAD, Imam Warithuddin: Prayer and Al-Islam [Signed dedicated poem on title page by Muhammad Ali] First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Herald, Pray, Muhammad Ali. Love is the net, where hearts are caught like fish. 6-13-87” In fine condition. Prayer and Al-Islam was published by the Muhammad Islamic Foundation, started by Muhammad Ali and originally […] €750.00
	O’CONNELL, Mick. A Kerry Footballer. Illustrated. Dublin and Cork: Mercier Press, 1974. Demy octavo. pp. [v], 158. Green papered boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in very good dust jacket. Mick O’Connell was one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of all time. On retirement from playing O’Connell published his autobiography, ‘A Kerry Footballer’, in 1974. Ten years […] €175.00
	Shankly, Bill: Origional Autograph “Best wishes, Bill Shankly” Liverpool F.C: 1973-74 League Champions card display with original signature of Liverpool legend Bill Shankly. [WR] €375.00
	SHANKLY, Bill: Shankly with tipped-in autograph London: Book Club Associates, 1976. Red cloth. Fine in very good dustjacket. Tipped-in signature of “Bill Shankly 1972” on title page. €325.00
	SMITH, Raymond. The Football Immortals. A popular history of Gaelic Football (1884- 1984). With a foreword by Paddy Buggy, President of the G.A.A. Illustrated. Dublin: Aherlow Publishers, 1983. Demy octavo. Centenary edition. pp. 512. Green papered boards. Signed and dated by the author. A fine copy. Scarce. €75.00
	SWEENEY, Tony: The Sweeney Guide to the Irish Turf from 1501-2001. Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, Sires, Records, Great Races, Flat & Jumping, Places of Sport, Past & Present, The Dish Spiced with Anecdotes, Facts, Fancies. Profusely illustrated with coloured plates. Dublin: De Búrca, 2002. Folio. pp. 648. Bound in full buckram gilt. Apart from racing enthusiasts, this is a most valuable work for students of local history as it includes extensive county by county records of race courses and stud farms, with hitherto unfindable details. The late Dr. Tony Sweeney, Anglo-Irish racing journalist and commentator, […] €150.00
	The Sportsman in Ireland. A New Edition with illustrations (some in colour) by P. Chenevix Trench. London: Arnold, 1897. Small quarto. pp. xvii, 306. Contemporary half red morocco on red linen boards; spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands; title, author and year in gilt direct in the second, fourth and sixth, the remainder tooled in […] €275.00