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American Chess Bulletin

American Chess Bulletin

by Hermann Helms (1870-1963)

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American Chess Bulletin 1934 New York, 1934 Very good to fine 1st Hardbound Tall 8vo 172p Volume 31. Bound in Blue cloth with black stamping. Some age darkening to some edges.. Hardcover.
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Postcard to Alex Lindström from Henri
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Postcard to Alex Lindström from Henri

by Henri Rinck (1870-1952) signed

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Post card written in German in Rinck's neat hand signed at the bottom. Items in Rinck's hand are scarce. Henri Rinck was a French chess study composer, considered one of the most important early figures in the field. He was born in Lyon (France) , where his family were brewers (Brasserie Rinck). He graduated as a chemical engineer at the Technische Hochschule of Munich (Germany). He then worked at the Facultdes Sciences in Lyon as an assistant of Dr. Barbier. In 1897 he discovered a refining process for green vegetable oils, which was applied in Marseille (France), then by several olive oil refineries in Spain. In 1900 he set up a factory in Badalona (Spain) and lived there with his family. Before the end of the Spanish civil war he had to leave Spain. He established himself in Marseille, but returned to Spain later. His first chess endgame studies appeared from 1902 in the Deutsche Schachzeitung. In 1909 he published the first collection 150 fins de partie (with an introduction by Johann Berger). A… Read More
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben

by Albert Becker (1896-1984) [editor]

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384 pages with diagrams, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. Volume XXIX (29). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener Schach-Zeitung and was edited by I R Wahle and A Lewitt; however, within a year it had recaptured its old title and in 1926 another great editor, Albert… Read More
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Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, Forschungen
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Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, Forschungen

by von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Tassilo (1818-1899)

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viii+260+[ii ad] pages with diagrams and figures. Small quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 242) 1st edition.Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as "Baron von der Lasa" was an important German chessmaster, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades). His name is usually abbreviated as "von der Lasa", as this is how he signed his letters. However both contemporary and more recent writers have used other abbreviations, such as "von Heydebrandt" (which is a mis-spelling) and "Der Lasa". The Prussian King (later Emperor) William I made a joke out of the confusion by saying, "Good morning, dear Heydebrand. How is von der Lasa doing?" Von der Lasa was born 17 October 1818 in Berlin. He studied law in Bonn and Berlin. From 1845 he was a diplomat in the service of Prussia.… Read More
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Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer...
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Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer vollstandigen Sammlung seiner Partien

by Ludwig Ernst August Bachmann, (1856-1937)

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4 volumes: 1859-1877: xiv+418 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1878-1883: 232+[ii ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; 1884-1893: viii+482+[vi ad] pages with frontispiece and diagrams; 1894-1900: xviii+391+[iv ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and table. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in beige cloth with original covers laid on. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana:3131] First edition.Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. Some contemporaries and later writers described him as world champion since 1866, when he won a match against Adolf Anderssen. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a re-match in 1897. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems… Read More
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben Volume X (10)Schachleben
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben Volume X (10)Schachleben

by Marco, Georg (1863-1923)

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vii+420 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, photographs and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped ruled edges. From the library of Hans Thanhofer. Volume X (10). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Miemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener… Read More
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Beatlemania:  The Illustrated Treasury - The Trivia Game

Beatlemania: The Illustrated Treasury - The Trivia Game

by P & R Enterprises - (re The Beatles)

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Montreal: P & R Enterprises, 1984. -----Beatlemania: The Illustrated Treasury - The Trivia Game. Comes complete with two boxes of question and answer cards (never used), 24" by 24" (full colour with illustrations) playing board (never used), die & 6 colourful men still in original sealed plastic bag, complete directions (your goal, the rules, squares & their worth, scoring) and full pad for scoring (never used), comes complete in original red and white illustrated black box in Very Good condition with minor rubbing mainly to corners. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual game and not stock photo. First Edition. Boxed Game. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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The British Chess Magazine Volume XLII (42)
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The British Chess Magazine Volume XLII (42)

by Richard Clewin Griffith (1872-1955) editor

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viii+494 pages with diagrams, illustrations, plates, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over brown boards. Volume XLII (42). (Betts: 7-27) First edition.Published monthly from January 1881, Huddersfield, Leeds, London, Trench, Trubner, (1881-1919); London, Walbrook & Co (1920); Leeds, Whitehead & Miller, (1921-1937); London, Pitman (1938-April 1949); London, St Leonards-on-the-Sea (1949- ) Editors John Watkinson (1881-1887); Robert Frederick Green (1888-1893); Isaac MacIntyre Brown (1894-1919); R C Griffith (1920-1937); acting, September 1940-November 1940; Harry Golombek (1938-August 1940); Julius du Mont (December 1940-April 1949); B Reilly (May 1949- ). Continued the chess section of The Huddersfield College Magazine.Condition:Bound in quarter leather, a few pencil check marks internally else a very good copy.
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Berlin International Masters' Tournament, 1928
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Berlin International Masters' Tournament, 1928

by Edgar George Reginald Cordingley (1905-1962)

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[4]+32 pages with table. Octavo (9" x 7") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Cordingley limited editions of tournament books number 17. (Betts: 25-86) First edition limited to 220 copies of which this is number 101.
The 45 games typescript in algebraic figurine notation are chiefly taken from German chess magazines. In 1928 the Berliner Schachgesellschaft celebrated its centenary with a tournament from February 4th to the 20th followed by another tournament, the Ehrenpreis der Stadt Berlin, held from September 22nd to October 6th. It was on the heels of this event that Jacques Mieses organized an 'Elite Turnier' through his newspaper, the Berliner Tageblatt. The Elite Turnier was held in the Café König, Unter den Linden, Berlin from October 11th to the 29th. Eight of the world's best players were invited to participate in the double round robin event, including former world champion Jose Capablanca, former world challengers Siegbert Tarrasch and Frank Marshall, and potential world… Read More
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Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St Petersburg im Jahre 1914 Sammlung samtlicher Partien mit...
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Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St Petersburg im Jahre 1914 Sammlung samtlicher Partien mit ausfuhrlichen Ammerkungen Lm Auftrage des Turnier-Komitees

by Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934)

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xxiv+185 pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") issued in blue stiff boards with black lettering to spine and front cover. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5322) Second edition.The tournament celebrated the 10th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Chess Society. The president of the organizing committee was Peter Petrovich Saburov. Members of the committee were: Boris Maliutin, Peter Alexandrovich Saburov, and O. Sossnitzky. They intended to invite the present top twenty chess players, with world champion Emanuel Lasker, challenger Jose Raul Capablanca, and the two winners of the All-Russian Masters' Tournament 1913/14 (Alexander Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch). Unfortunately, Amos Burn, Richard Teichmann, and Szymon Winawer declined for reasons, such as old age. From the other side, Oldřich Duras, Geza Maroczy, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar and Max Weiss could not accept due to tensions of Russia with Austria-Hungary in the year 1914.… Read More
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Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: A Catalogue of the Chess Collection in the Royal Library...
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Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: A Catalogue of the Chess Collection in the Royal Library The Hague

by Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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342 pages with index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, original wrappers bound in. From the library of Arne Berggren. Foreword L Brummel. Adviser, Christiaan M Biji. First edition.This catalog is a record of several collections which have at widely varying periods enriched the Royal Library. The chess library of the well-know Netherlands scholar and publicist Dr Antonios van der Linde was acquired by the Royal Library in 1876. Van der Linde, who spent the first period of his life in his native Holland, was in 1876 appointed Librarian of the Landesbibliotek at Wiesbaden. This he remained till 1895, being accorded the style of Professor in 1887. He published studies and bibliographies on the most widely varying subjects, in the first place on the invention of printing, but also on Antoinette Bourignon, David Jorisz, Balthasar Bekker and Spinoza. His various publications on the history of chess are specially important. In compiling his bibliographical writings in… Read More
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Il Libro del Cortegiano del conte Baldassar Castiglione
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Il Libro del Cortegiano del conte Baldassar Castiglione

by Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529)

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4 books in 2 volumes: [8]+xvi+255 pages with frontispiece; 205 pages with index and errata. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4) bound in stiff wrappers with labels to spines and deckle edges. This edition not in Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana; however, there are a number of listings for this title in the bibliography (4315 through 4330), listing 16 editions of various dates and publishers. First published in 1528.Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novilara was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author. He was born into an illustrious Lombard family at Casatico, near Mantua. In 1494, at the age of sixteen, Castiglione began his humanist studies in Milan, which would eventually form his future writings. However, in 1499, after the death of his father, Castiglione left his studies and Milan to succeed his father as the head of their noble family. Soon his duties seem to have included representative offices for the Gonzaga court. For the Gonzaga he traveled quite often; during one… Read More
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Porgy

by Du Bose Heyward

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THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.
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Nouvelles règles de la poule a deux billes. Rédigées d’après les avis des plus forts...
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Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by… Read More
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The Hippodrome

by Hayward, Rachel

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Hayward, Rachel The Hippodrome , 1913 George H. Doran Company, New York. American First Edition. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilt still fairly bright. EXLIB Good condition. / No DJ Included. Early noir detective novel set in Paris in the 1860's- 70's, and the Story of Arithelli, the beautiful English equestrienne. 295 PAGES. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. 295 pages. QUITE RARE. We are pleased to consider offers.
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