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THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS ST. PETERSBURG, 1909 by Lasker, Emanuel - 1910

THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS ST. PETERSBURG, 1909

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NY: Lasker. Good. 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Spine, bottom edge and hinges tape reinforced, four chips to covers; Photos and diagrams .
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American Chess Bulletin  Volume 35
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140 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations and pictures of this era. Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Volume 35. (Betts: 7-50) First edition.Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933. Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963. Condition: Stained, small worm hold through pages else about very good.
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LE MANUSCRIT DE L'ILE BARBE ET LES TRAVAUX DE LA CRITIQUE SUR LE TEXT D'AUSONE (3 Vols.)

LE MANUSCRIT DE L'ILE BARBE ET LES TRAVAUX DE LA CRITIQUE SUR LE TEXT D'AUSONE (3 Vols.)

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Letter to Fritz Englund
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Fritz Carl Anton Englund (1871-1933,) entered the Stockholm chess circles as a young man, and soon became a friend of Ludvig Collijn, and publisher of Collijn's books. Englund was also a noted problemist, and an editor of Tidskrift för Schack and its problem column.
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 89
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x+408 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and spine label. Volume 89 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) 1st edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945–1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged in the Berlin… Read More
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The British Chess Magazine Volume XLII (42)
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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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American Chess Bulletin  Volume 35
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by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) editor

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140 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations and pictures of this era. Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Volume 35. (Betts: 7-50) First edition.Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933. Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963. Condition: Stained, small worm hold through pages else about very good.
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LE MANUSCRIT DE L'ILE BARBE ET LES TRAVAUX DE LA CRITIQUE SUR LE TEXT D'AUSONE (3 Vols.)

LE MANUSCRIT DE L'ILE BARBE ET LES TRAVAUX DE LA CRITIQUE SUR LE TEXT D'AUSONE (3 Vols.)

by Mirmont, H. de La Ville de

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Bordeaux - Paris: Imprimerie Nouvelle F. Pech - Hachette, 1917. First American. Original Wraps. 202 pp. v, I; 282 pp. v.II; 324 pp. v. III. Comparisons of editions of text found in the monastery of the Ile Barbe in 1557 of a Borde lais poet.
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Letter to Fritz Englund
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Fritz Carl Anton Englund (1871-1933,) entered the Stockholm chess circles as a young man, and soon became a friend of Ludvig Collijn, and publisher of Collijn's books. Englund was also a noted problemist, and an editor of Tidskrift för Schack and its problem column.
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 89
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x+408 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and spine label. Volume 89 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) 1st edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945–1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged in the Berlin… Read More
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The British Chess Magazine Volume XLII (42)
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The British Chess Magazine Volume XLII (42)

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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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The International Chess Congress St. Petersburg 1909
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The International Chess Congress St. Petersburg 1909

by Emanuel Lasker

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St. Petersburg, 1909: The Famous Tournament Book by the Second World Chess Champion
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St. Petersburg, 1909: The Famous Tournament Book by the Second World Chess Champion

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The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909
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The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909

by Emanuel 1868-1941 Lasker

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The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909

by Emanuel 1868-1941 Lasker

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The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (Classic Reprint)
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The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (Classic Reprint)

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THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS ST. PETERSBURG, 1909.

by Lasker, Emanuel

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New York:: Press of Dr. Emanuel Lasker,. 1910. Hardcover. Green cloth covers heavily faded, soiled; spine stamped in black "St. Petersburg, 1909." May not be original binding, although it is old. Short Scotch tape repair to upper edge of copyright page and another tape repair to last page that extends length of page, with penny-size pink spot (does not obscure text) . All pages tight but show evidence of wear in the form of soft creasing, etc. , with at least one instance of marginalia in pencil; a few instances of uneven page browning due to laid-in material. 192 pages with photos of tournament participants. ; .
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Oswald Jacoby on Poker

Oswald Jacoby on Poker

by Jacoby, Oswald [Foreword By Grantland Rice, Introduction By William E McKenney]

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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First Edition [stated] . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xi, 155 Pp. Grey Blue Cloth Printed In Red, Top Edge With Publisher's Red Stain. Near Fine Book, Unmarked, Unworn, No Fading Or Staining. Dj Complete,Price $1.00, Very Clean And With Light Wear Mostly To Corners With Minor Losses, 1" Tear To Bottom Edge Of Front And Rear Panels, Red Color In Bottom 1" Of Spine Is Faded To Light Yellow, 1/8" To 1/4" Chipping At Top Of Spine With Loss Of Very Top Of A Few Letters In Author's First Name, 1/8" Chipping Along Bottom Of Spine, 1/8" Or Less Chipping At Tips.
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Solaces Bibliograficos
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Solaces Bibliograficos

by Vindel, Francisco (1865-1921)

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xi+193 pages with illustrations and reproductions. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") issued in wrappers. Prolog by Miguel Herrero. (Not in Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana) (Kruijswijk, Bibliotheca van der Linde - Niemeijeriana aucta, 1222). Limited to 1400 copies. First edition.Although this is a bibliography of Spanish books in chess and checkers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it also covers other bibliographic works such as the early works of in the Sixteenth Century published in Spanish which were translated for Italian. There are other bibliographic works as well. The work has the title pages of chess works in reproduction.Condition:Some light edge wear, spine heal chipped, some pages unread else a very good to fine copy.
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Chess Volume 16
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Chess Volume 16

by Baruch Harold "B H" Wood (1909-1989) editor

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288 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates, lacks index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in half green cloth with green marbled boards. Twelve issues. Volume 16 numbers 181-192. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).
Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34

by Kurt Richter (1900-1969) editor

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192 pages with diagrams, illustrations and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in stiff boards. Volume 34. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6066) First edition.Deutsche Schachblätter was a German chess publication, published monthly from 1909 to 1943, with a wartime interruption. It was an organ of the German Chess Federation or of the Greater German Chess Federation. After the war, the magazine was published from 1948 to 1952 in Leipzig . A magazine of that name existed in the Federal Republic from 1962 to 1987.Condition:Occasional notations, some age toning, rebound else a very good copy.
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939

by Moshe Czerniak (1910 1984)

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87 pages with illustration, tables and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5601). First edition.The Torneo Internacional Circulo de Ajedrez was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19th of October 1939 at the Circulo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolome Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 8:30 in the evening. All participants, except Paul Keres, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres tied for first with 8 1/2; Gideon Stahlberg and Moshe Czerniak tied for second through fourth with scores of 7 each. Fifth through six was a tie by Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard. Robert Grau held seventh place by himself. The other participants were Markas Luckis, Jose Gerschman, Franscio… Read More
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Der 21. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921
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Der 21. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921

by Juluis Dimer (1871-1945)

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230 pages with diagrams; tables and advertisement laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5340) First edition.The 21st DSB–Congress was held in Hamburg. Ehrhardt Post captured first place with 8 1/2 ahead of eleven other contestants. Friedrich Samisch was second with 7 1/2 points. Third was Willi Schalage with 7; Walter John was next with 6 1/2. Carl Carls, Paul Kruger and Georg Shories tied fifth though seventh with scores of six. There were several Hauptturnier played as well as the master tournament.Condition:Spine sunned, re-cased with original paper boards and spine laid on, pages age darkened, points bumped,about very good copy issued without jacket.
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chess world Volume 6
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chess world Volume 6

by Cecil John Seddon Purdy (1906-1979) [editor]

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288 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, pictures and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in blue and white pictorial wrappers. Volume 6, 12 issues. (Betts: 7-106) First edition.Published from 1946-1967), published monthly from 1946-1965, varies after 1965. Incorporating Check and The Australian Chess Review. Volume 1 was first published in February and is a combined issue of numbers 1 and 2. The Nov/Dec 1967 number was not published. Editor was Cecil John Seldon Purdy. (Betts 7-106, Van Manen 355)Condition:Edge wear. A very good set.
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948

by Euwe, Machgielis (Max) [1901-1981]

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252 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") issued in beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Forewords by J J Gielen and W A J Visser. A History of the tournament by Dr J Hannak. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5732). First edition.The 1948 World Chess Championship was a tournament played to determine a new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. The tournament marked the passing of control of the championship title to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Mikhail Botvinnik won the five-player championship tournament, beginning the era of Soviet domination of international chess that would last over twenty years without interruption. Before the tournament, Botvinnik was considered the favorite because of his victory at Groningen 1946 and his pre-war results. Keres and Reshevsky were veterans of international competition. Although Euwe was the former world champion, he had played poorly since… Read More
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950

by Euwe, Machgielis (1901-1981) and Lodewijk Prins

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279 pages with diagrams, photograph and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") Bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine with origibnal wrappers bound-in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5791) First edition.
In the winter of 1950 Lodewijk Prins, backed by a committee presided over by Hendrik Jan Van Steenis, organized an international chess tournament that was held at the stock exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Invitations went out to all the strongest chess masters of the day, whether they reside in Europe, the Soviet Union, or the Americas.
The Soviet Chess Federation declined the invitations sent to their masters (they would refrain from entering international competitions until late 1952), as did Lazslo Szabo. Nevertheless, the eventual line-up was still one of the finest selections to be found of the best, active Western chess masters of the day. The field was notable also for the healthy mix of both early century chess mastery and post-war talent emerging for the next… Read More
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923

by Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932)

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102+[1] pages with table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with black lettering to cover. Forward by Herausgeber. (Bibliotheek Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5358) First edition.In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to be held in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (Mährisch is German for Moravian, Ostrau is Ostrava). In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were billeted at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1-18 in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. The event culminated in another victory for Lasker, who finished undefeated in his first tournament since 1918, a full point ahead of second place Réti.Condition:Some soiling with a stain at the head hinge, corners bumped spine ends rubbed, some pencil notations through out, previous owner's name on front end paper, pages age darkened else a good to very good copy.
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