Author: Dale Alden Brandreth (1931-2019) editor from the library of Lothar Schmid
Year: 1960
Publisher: Dale A. Brandreth
Place: Miquon
Description:
66 leaves printed as a typescript with tables and appendix. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9") bound in original publisher's spiral binding. From the library of Lothar Schmid. (Betts 27–18) First edition.
The historic rivalry between World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker and American genius Harry Nelson Pillsbury comprises 14 intensely contested tournament games played between 1893 and 1904, ending with a lifetime score of +5 -4 =3 in Lasker's favor.
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 - 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels. He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches, in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavic. He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia. It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world, as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe.
Condition: Lothar Schmid's book plate to front wrapper verso. Cover tone with edge wear and bumped corners else very good.