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First edition limited to 500. copies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostal Telegraph written by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1e68e4;\"\u003eWalter Shipley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. the verso is written by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #266fe9;\"\u003eEdward Napier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e to Shipley laid in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGustavus Charles Reichman was a chess editor, analyst, problem composer, solver and player. He was chess editor of the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorth American\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the Games Editor of \u003ci\u003eBrentano's Chess Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e (1881-1882). From 1895 to 1905, he was Secretary of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia. In his earlier years, he was a piano tuner. For many years, he was chess champion of Philadelphia. In 1886, he took 2nd place in the world championship solving tournament, which had 109 entrants from around the world. He played two matches against Mackenzie in 1866 and 1867. The first match of six games was Mackenzie +5 -0 =1; the second match was Mackenzie +7 -0 =2 and was timed with an hour glass. Reichhelm died of heart disease in a Pennsylvania Hospital and had accumulated a large library of chess literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Chess in Philadelphia\u003c\/em\u003e is compiled and edited by Messrs. G. C. Reichhelm and W. P. Shipley, and is a complete history of the game in that locality from the early part of the century to the present day. Philadelphia, more than any other city in the land, has encouraged the cultivation of the game, and the many matches, tournaments and other similar events in connection with the game are carefully recorded and amply illustrated in the book. Only five hundred copies will be struck off, of which already two hundred and fifty have been subscribed for. Those desiring to possess a copy should, therefore, without further delay, send their subscription to Mr. W. P. Shipley, Girard Building, Philadelphia. The price of book is $2.50 per copy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Penn Shipley was a well-known organizer and chess patron. He was friendly with many famous players, including Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Jose Raul Capablanca, and was the referee of Capablanca - Marshall (1909) and the temporary referee of the Lasker - Capablanca World Championship Match (1921). He was also an organizer of the Cambridge Springs (1904) and New York (1924) tournaments, two of the strongest tournaments ever held in the United States. As a long-time official (including president) of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia, he was able to raise the funding for visits by many strong masters who frequently played not only simuls but also individual games and even short matches with the strongest club players. At the eighth American Chess Congress in Atlantic City in 1921, the US Chess Association (a forerunner of the present US federation) was formed and Shipley elected its first president.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Ewart Napier (1881-1952) was an American chess master of English birth. At the beginning of 1899 Napier traveled to Europe, in order to study music there, and visited the chess clubs of London, Paris and Berlin. In 1900 he returned to the US and established himself in Pittsburgh. There he wrote the chess column of the newspaper Pittsburgh Dispatch. In 1901, he won a master tournament in Buffalo versus Eugene Delmar, placing behind tournament winner Harry Nelson Pillsbury, but still above Marshall. This success encouraged him to participate in the following years in some international master tournaments. He played in Monte Carlo and Hanover in 1902 as well as in Cambridge Springs in 1904. He won none of those tournaments, but in each case received a special prize for brilliantly played games, for example winning the Rothschild Brilliancy Prize for his game against Mikhail Chigorin. In July 1904, he visited Great Britain and won a well-attended tournament in London against Richard Teichmann, Joseph Henry Blackburne and Isidor Gunsberg. Subsequently, he participated in the British championship in Hastings, where he was, because of his English birth, entitled to take part, and won the tournament against Henry Atkins, whom he defeated in the pass fight with 2.5-1.5, to become the first British Chess Federation Champion. Thereafter, Atkins became the most dominant player in the history of the British Championship, winning the next nine championships in which he competed. In 1905 Napier played two matches: against Jacques Mieses the match was undecided (4-4 with 2 draws), against Teichmann he lost 1-5 with 4 draws. His best historical Elo number was 2662. He was, at the time, 11th place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrevious owner's name on front end paper, some pencil tick marks in margins, closed three inch tear at head title page else a better than very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500961579208,"sku":"1260","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc36tcc.jpg?v=1618133484"},{"product_id":"39","title":"The Chess Players; Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on the Game of Chess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGossip, G[eorge] H[atfield] D[ingley] (1840-1907)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDick \u0026amp; Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e156+[iv ad] pages. Duodecimo (6 1\/2\" x 5\") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. (Betts: 10-43) First American edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Hatfeild Dingley Gossip was a minor American-English chess master and writer. He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success. The writer G. H. Diggle calls him \"the King of Wooden Spoonists\" because he usually finished last in strong tournaments. Gossip was also a noted writer. His treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Chess-Player's Manual—A Complete Guide to Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, a 900-page tome published in 1874 after several years of work, was harshly received by the critics, largely because he had included a number of informal skittles games that he had (atypically) won against stronger players. As a result, Gossip developed a lifelong enmity toward chess critics, whom he often attacked ferociously in his books. However, his 1879 book Theory of the Chess Openings was well received. Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess Champion, wrote that the 1888 edition of The Chess-Player's Manual was one of the best available books on the game. Thanks in part to a 122-page appendix by S. Lipschütz, it became one of the standard opening works of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains analysis of 35 openings, four illustrative games, analysis of eleven endgames and an addenda of recent opening analysis. Gossip made his living primarily as a journalist, author, and translator. He wrote for publications in England, France, Australia, and the United States. At various times he resided in each of those countries, as well as in Germany and Canada. Chess writers have often mocked Gossip's play, calling him a \"grandpatzer\" and the like. However, Kenneth Whyld, one of his previous critics, suggests that history may have judged him unfairly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorners bumped, points rubbed, spine ends rubbed. 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Octavo (8 1\/4\" x 5 1\/2\") bound in half leather with red label in gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Edited by Peter Pratt. (Whyld: 1817:19) Fifth edition.  First published in 1749. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Philidor was the greatest chess player of his time, he professed to be just a musical composer (of which he was great in his day), because chess was not fully understood by the masses. He was the first great blindfold chess player, playing three opponents while blindfolded. He did this three times. In the 18th century, this almost amounted to witchcraft. He was the first to understand the value of playing the pawns correctly and hence wrote the first real strategy book on chess. He invented the Philidor's Defense: His musical skills were of the highest order. In his career, he composed more than 20 operas. At the age of six, he became a member of the Chapel-Royal choir in Versailles. This is where he learned chess, as musicians in those days were very knowledgeable in chess, or at least, more than the average person. He learned by watching others play. There were other great players that learned chess this way: Morphy, Capablanca, Karpov, etc.\u003cbr\u003eAt the age of 11, his first musical composition was played before King Louis XV. That is definitely big time stuff. When he was 14, his voice changed, and he had to leave the Chapel-Royal choir. At 15, he was tutored in chess by France's greatest chess player of the day, Sire de Legal. Three years later, he quit instructing Philidor, because he became stronger than he was. At 18, Philidor had become the strongest chess player in the world, with no one to tutor him anymore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this time (1744), Philidor played two chess games blindfolded simultaneously in public in Paris. He said he learned how to do this when he could not sleep at night and played chess without sight of a chessboard. This was the first time blindfold play against two opponents was ever recorded. Philidor became quite famous with his chess abilities at this time. He played chess against Voltaire and Rousseau. And, of course, he creamed them. At the age of 19, Philidor went to Rotterdam, Holland to present his musical compositions. But the concerts were cancelled and he was stranded in Holland with no money. He then supported himself by teaching and playing chess and Polish checkers, especially to English army officers at The Hague. At the age of 21, he travelled to London, England and beat the two best English chess players of the day, Stamma and Sir Janssen, at Slaughter's coffee house. Philidor was at the top of the world at this point. Phillip Stamma was the best English player, and Philidor challenged him to a ten-game match with an extraordinary set of rules. Philidor insisted that Stamma play White in all of the games, and that any draw would count as a win for Stamma. This is either cocky or stupid. Nevertheless, Stamma accepted the terms (who wouldn't?) and Philidor won 8 games and lost 2, one of the losses being a drawn game. He also beat Sir Janssen 4 wins and 1 loss. At 22, Philidor wrote \u003ci\u003eL'analyze des Eschecs\u003c\/i\u003e (Analysis of Chess). Some of the early subscriptions were: Lord Sandwich (10 copies), Duke of Cumberland (50 copies), English army officers (119 copies). This made Philidor and the publishers quite wealthy. At 23, 433 copies of his book were published in London, England. It was the first chess book translated into Russian, and was one of the favorite books of Thomas Jefferson. This was the first chess book that organized the chess openings. He was invited to the courts of Europe to play chess in front of the royalties. He played in King Frederick's castle at Potsdam. He played for the Duke of Mirepoix. In 1755, he beat the great Legal in a match at the Cafe del la Regence in Paris, France. He spent the next 40 years of his life intermixing chess and composing music. In 1795, at the age of 68, he died in London, England. The newspaper obituary read, \"On Monday last, Mr. Philidor, the celebrated chess player, made his last move, into the other world\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome foxing through out, previous owners name on front pasted down and end papers. Over all a better than very good copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500961743048,"sku":"1717","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc40tcc.jpg?v=1618133542"},{"product_id":"56","title":"Studies of Chess: Containing a Poem by Sir William Jones, a Systematic introduction to the Game; and the whole Analysis of Chess","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePhilidor, Andre Danican (1726-1795)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSamuel Bagster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 volumes. 264 pages with frontispiece; 272 pages. Octavo (8 3\/4\" x 5 3\/4\") bound in original publisher's full leather with gilt stamping on spine with black label lettered in gilt. Edited by Peter Pratt. (Whyld and Ravilious 1808: 10)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancois-Andre Danican Philidor was born on September 7, 1726 in Dreux, France. His father Andre (1647-1730) was the keeper of the music for King Louis XIII of France. In 1725, Andre introduced the public concert. Andre had 20 children and was 79 when Francois-Andre was born. Francois was the last child of Andre and the first son of his third wife. Andre's third wife was in her 20s. In 1731 at the age of six, Francois-Andre entered the choir of the Chapel-Royal in Versailles. As a pageboy in the royal chapel, he studied music with Andre Campra. Philidor's father had died earlier and was living on a royal pension. The young Philidor was recognized as a musical prodigy among the 80 musicians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1736 at the age of 10, Francois-Andre was exposed to chess by the musicians who played chess during spells of inactivity. Cards were forbidden to pass the time, so chess was played. He learned the game by watching the band members play. He later visited the Cafe de la Regence in Paris and spent much of his time playing chess there. In 1737, at the age of 11, his first music composition, a religious piece, was played before King Louis XV. He left the Chapel Royal choir in 1740 when his voice changed. In 1740 he went to Paris where he earned a living by copying music and giving music lessons. In 1741 Philidor was being instructed by M. de Kermur, Sire de Legal (1702-1792), the leading French chess player. Legal initially gave Philidor rook odds. For the next three years Kermur taught Philidor until Philidor was too strong for his teacher. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1744 Philidor played two chess games blindfolded simultaneously in public in Paris. He said he had learned how to do this when he could not sleep at night and played chess without sight of a board. This was the first time blindfold play against 2 opponents was recorded. This performance was chronicled in the article on chess by the Chevalier de Jaucourt for the great \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedie of Diderot and D'Alembert\u003c\/i\u003e in 1751. Philidor played chess with Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, both persistent but weak chess players. In December, 1745, Philidor went to Rotterdam to assist in presenting concerts with Geminiani and Lanza. The musical tour involved a 13-year old girl who played the harpsichord. However, she died during the concert tour. Later, the concerts were canceled because of the girl's death and he was stranded in the Netherlands with no money. He supported himself by teaching and playing chess and Polish draughts (10 by 10 checker board), especially to English army officers at The Hague. The English officers suggested that Philidor could make a living playing chess in England. In 1747 he went to London and started playing chess at Slaughter's coffee-house. There, he beat Phillip Stamma and Sir Abraham Janssen (1720-1795), two of England's top chess players, in chess matches. Philidor challenged Stamma to a 10-game match and he stipulated that Stamma was to have White in all games and that draws were counted victories for Stamma. Philidor won 8 games, lost 1, and drew 1. He also beat Janssen with 4 wins and 1 loss. From that time on, Philidor was the unofficial champion of the world. In 1748 Philidor, age 22, returned to Holland and wrote \u003ci\u003el'analyse du jeu des Eschecs\u003c\/i\u003e (Analysis of the Game of Chess). Philidor went out to find subscribers for the book before it was published to pay for publishing costs. Lord Sandwich subscribed to 10 copies. The Duke of Cumberland subscribed to 50 copies. The English army officers subscribed to 119 copies. The moves were written out as full sentences. In 1749 433 copies of his Analysis of Chess were published in London. Two more reprints occurred in 1749 and an English version followed in 1750. The book was the first chess book translated into Russian (1824) and was one of the favorite books of Thomas Jefferson. The book analyzed 4 games and 10 variations of games. Philidor favored the Bishop's Opening and frowned upon the King's Knight Opening as weak. The book has gone through more than 100 editions, 4 in the first year. Philidor's chess books was the first chess book that organized the openings, that explained the middlegame, the overall strategy of chess, and the importance of pawn formation. In his book he made the observation that 'Les pions sont l'ame du jeu' (the pawns are the life of the game). This phrase has become \"the pawns are the soul of chess.\" His book was also the first to examine the R+B vs. R endgame. It also had some analysis of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6, the Philidor's Defense. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1750 Philidor was considered the strongest player in France, England, and the Netherlands. The French Ambassador, the Duke of Mirepoix, invited Philidor for his weekly chess dinners. In 1751 Philidor left England for Prussia, playing before King Frederick (Frederick the Great) at Potsdam. He then visited Berlin where he played 3 blindfold games simultaneously, winning them all. He then returned to England. In November 1754 he returned to France after being gone for 9 years. He started composing music again. He did not return to England until 1772. He applied unsuccessfully for the post of court composer at Versailles. A rumor had started that nobody could be a chess master and compose good music, so his church music was not really his own. His church music was not accepted by the French royalty because Philidor added an Italian influence to it, so he turned to comedy opera. In 1755 he beat Legal in a chess match at the Cafe de la Regence. On February 13, 1760, at age 33, he married Angelique Richer (1736-1809). He had 5 sons and 2 daughters with her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld recasing nicely done, spine ends chipped, corners bumped and rubbed, some pencil notations through out. 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Issued in decorative embossed cloth with lettering and decorative gilt design on the spine. (Hagedorn: 45). First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Frere (1820-1900) was one of the foremost promoters of chess in the USA in the 19th century. He helped organize the 1st American Chess Congress in New York. He was a player in the minor tournament of that congress. He organized the first Brooklyn chess club. He was one of the organizers of the Manhattan Chess Club. He organized the Fifth American Chess Congress in 1880 and the Sixth American Chess Congress in 1886. He worked as a clerk at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorners bumped, spine ends rubbed through, previous owner's name on front end paper, title soiled, Doodling in pencil to back free end paper else about very good.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500962791624,"sku":"C5938","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc179tcc_2nd.jpg?v=1618130775"},{"product_id":"389","title":"An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; containing One Hundred Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the work of Philidor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBaldwin Craddock and Joy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[8]+254+[2 pages publisher's advertisements] with fold out frontispiece of chessboard. Small octavo (7 3\/4\" x 4 3\/4\") rebound in brown buckram with original spine label laid on. Contains Sir William Jones' poem \"Cassia: or The Game of Chess, A Poem\"; based upon Pratt's \"Studies of Chess\". (Van der Linde: 613) Fifth English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1802 (2 volumes). First published in America in 1817 and reprinted in 1824. The name of the compiler has never been established. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest. The openings and games are all in the numerical notation and no diagrams are given. 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He wrote \u003ci\u003eGames at Chess by Philidor and his Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e (1835), \u003ci\u003eChess Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (1844) containing 1000 games, including the La Bourdonnais-McDonnell match games, and \u003ci\u003eChess and Chess Players\u003c\/i\u003e (1850), an entertaining but inaccurate book. 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Translated from the Italian of Dr Ercole Dal Rio","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDomenico Lorenzo Ponziani \u003c\/span\u003e (1719-1796) translated by Ercole del Rio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eJ J Stockdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exvi+[17]-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo (8\" x 5\") bound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. (Whyld: 1820:14)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from \u003ci\u003eIl guioco incomparablile degli schcchi\u003c\/i\u003e (1769) by Ponziani, here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith, RN \"Quotes and queries\", \u003ci\u003eBritish Chess Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, November 1978, page 523. Irwin's \"Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as \u003ci\u003eWhyld\u003c\/i\u003e 1795:3.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli, and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of \u003ci\u003eIl giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi (The Incomparable Game of Chess)\u003c\/i\u003e. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work (\u003ci\u003eOpera d'Autore Modenese\u003c\/i\u003e) it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition, the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham, \u003ci\u003eThe Incomparable Game of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli, Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame, with no discussion of the middlegame. (Murray, H. J. 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First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Chess for four players (rules; correspondence resulting from the publication of the author's \"Four Handed Chess\", 1881, concerning points of play; varieties of Four Handed Chess with rules varying from those given by him 1881). Chess for three players (varieties of Three Handed Chess with descriptions, rules of play). Chess for two players (varieties of play in ordinary chess: the old games as played in India, Syria, Arabia, Hindustan, Tibet, Burma, Java, Borneo, China; the Small, or Old chess; Persian chess; the Double Chess game; varietes of placing the pieces; varieties of boards; varieties with additional pieces, such as the Courier Game, The Emperor's Game, The Arabic Game, Full Chess Game, Turkish Chess). Chess for six players, eight players and other oddities of the chess board.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorners bumped, edge wear, re-backed, boards rubbed and faded, new label.  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Kenny (1788-1867) was an accomplished chess player and teacher, as well as the author, editor, or compiler of numerous instructive books, including this popular manual and its companion, \u003ci\u003ePractical Chess Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e (1818).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccasional foxing and darkening, new paste downs and end papers. Damp stain to final original blank leaf,(affecting last few text leaves); generally very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500973703368,"sku":"6503","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc959tcc.jpg?v=1618133861"},{"product_id":"992","title":"Chess for Beginners. 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(Whyld: 1846:7) Third edition, revised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLewis (1787-1850) a distinguished chess player and the author of numerous books on the subject. Each of the handsome plates depicts a chess board within an elaborate frame, all printed in green on white, with the opposing pieces printed in red and dark blue. This book may be \"the first use of color printing in a nineteenth century book, in Britain, for a practical rather than an aesthetic purpose\" Ruari McLean, VBDCP, p. 35; VPBBCL, p. 6.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames J. Barrett wrote a few chess columns in the Buffalo area. In a chess magazine beginning on page 1 of the March 1948 \u003ci\u003eChess Review\u003c\/i\u003e: he wrote a letter of complaint about the magazine's choice of front-cover photographs. He played a substantial role in \u003ci\u003ePaul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e by David Lawson (New York, 1976), and in the Acknowledgments (page vii) Lawson wrote, \"I wish particularly to express gratitude for the suggestions and generous help of James J. Barrett, with special reference to the selection, preparation, and proofreading of the games.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorners bumped, extremities rubbed, book plate of Barrett on front paste down. 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Octavo ((8\" x 5 1\/2\") bound quarter green boards with label to spine over stiff paper boards. Notes and remarks by William Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eOriental chess\u003c\/i\u003e. Translation of Stamma's \u003ci\u003eEssai sur le jeu des echecs\u003c\/i\u003e (1737). First published in English 1818. (Whyld \u0026amp; Ravilious: 1819:13) Second edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #40710e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance Birmingham Chess Club with their stamp on title.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Stamma, a native of Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book \u003ci\u003eEssai sur le jeu des echecs\u003c\/i\u003e published 1737 in France (English translation: \u003ci\u003eThe Noble Game Of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e 1745). This book brought the Middle Eastern concept of the endgame to the attention of Europe and helped revive European interest in the study of the endgame. Stamma was a regular at Slaughter's Coffee House in St. Martin's Lane (London), a center of 18th century English chess, and was considered one of England's strongest players. He was defeated quite handily by Philidor in a famous match in 1747, which marked the beginning of Philidor's rise to fame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorners chipped, new spine and spine label, some internal foxing, previous owner's name on title, book plate label on front paste down, pencil notation to front end paper with marginalia to text, previous owner's neat signature on title, else a good copy of a scarce item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500975571144,"sku":"C1901","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc1028tcc.jpg?v=1618130239"},{"product_id":"1029","title":"A Selection of Games at Chess, actually played by Philidor and his contemporaries; now first published from the original manuscript","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWalker, George (1803-1879)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSherwood, Gilbert \u0026amp; Piper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exvi+110 pages with frontispiece and illustrations. Small octavo (7\" x 4 3\/4\") bound in original publsihers green cloth with label to front cover. With notes and additions by George Walker. Provenance gift inscription to Birmingham Chess Club on title. Subsequently reprinted, without notes, in Walker's \u003ci\u003eChess Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (1844). Whyld \u0026amp; Ravilious: 1835:4) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a writer on the game, George Walker's reputation was European. His first publication, a pamphlet of twenty-four pages, on \u003ci\u003eNew Variations in the Muzio Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e (1831), was followed in less than a year by his \u003ci\u003eNew Treatise,\u003c\/i\u003e which gradually supplanted the chess \u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e of Peter Pratt (1803, \u0026amp;c.) and the far from thorough \u003ci\u003eTreatise\u003c\/i\u003e by J. H. Sarratt (1808) as amended by William Lewis in 1821; of the \u003ci\u003eNew Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e a German version went through several editions. Walker's style was bright and often witty. To later editions was appended an excellent bibliography; but this has been almost entirely superseded by the \u003ci\u003eSchachlitteratur\u003c\/i\u003e of A. Van der Linde (1880). Walker's fine chess library was dispersed by Sotheby on 14 May 1874 (Westminster Papers, 1 May 1874). He was also a benefactor to the cause of chess as a founder and promoter of clubs, notably the Westminster Chess Club (1832–1843), famous as the battle-ground of Macdonnell and Labourdonnais, and of Popert and Staunton, and its successor in reputation, the St. George's Club, which still flourishes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew spine, corners bumped, front cover label soiled with wear to edges, some light foxing. 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Translated from the Italian of Dr Ercole Dal Rio","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDomenico Lorenzo Ponziani\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (1719-1796) translated by Ercole del Rio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eJ J Stockdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exvi+[17]-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo (8\" x 5\") bound in 3\/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. (Whyld: 1820:14)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from \u003ci\u003eIl guioco incomparablile degli schcchi\u003c\/i\u003e (1769) by Ponziani, here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith, RN \"Quotes and queries\", \u003ci\u003eBritish Chess Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, November 1978, page 523. Irwin's \"Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as \u003ci\u003eWhyld\u003c\/i\u003e 1795:3.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli, and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of \u003ci\u003eIl giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi (The Incomparable Game of Chess)\u003c\/i\u003e. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work (\u003ci\u003eOpera d'Autore Modenese\u003c\/i\u003e) it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition, the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham, \u003ci\u003eThe Incomparable Game of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli, Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame, with no discussion of the middlegame. (Murray, H. J. 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Octavo (8 1\/4\" 5 1\/4\") bound in marbled boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 673) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis-Charles Mahe de la Bourdonnais was born into a noble family on Reunion Island, then called Bourbon Island, in the Indian Ocean. He was sent to Paris where he attended the Henry IV College and learned to play chess in 1814. From 1818 onwards he played seven days a week at the Caf� de la Regence, where he had his own table. In 1821 he defeated Alexandre Deschapelles and John Cochrane and in 1823 he defeated Lewis in London. In 1825 he visited England again and there he married Eliza Waller Gordon. In 1831 he lost the money that he had inherited from his father in a land speculation in Saint-Malo. From then chess was his only source of income. In 1833 he published \u003ci\u003eNouveau Traite du Jeux des Echecs\u003c\/i\u003e and in 1834 he played a match against Alexander MacDonnell. The match consisted of six parts and La Bourdonnais. They didn't speak each others language and could only say 'check' to one another. MacDonnell took far more time to make his moves and in between them La Bourdonnais played quick chess against other players to earn some extra money. During the sixth and last part La Bourdonnais was recalled to France on urgent business matters and MacDonnell died before the match could be resumed. In 1836 he became one of the editors of the first chess magazine, \u003ci\u003eLa Palamede\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1838 he suffered a stroke and then from dropsy. Things went downward from then. He had to sell his books, furniture and clothes and in 1840 he returned to London where he was employed at Simpson's Divan. 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(Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:476) First German edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrançois-André Danican Philidor ((1726-1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He was also regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book \u003cem\u003eAnalyse du jeu des Échecs\u003c\/em\u003e was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century, and a well-known chess opening and a checkmate method are both named after him. Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from 'New England', Mr. Benjamin Franklin. The best player in France at the time, Legall de Kermeur, taught him. At first, Legall could give Philidor rook odds, but in only three years, Philidor was his equal, and then surpassed him. Philidor visited England in 1747 and decisively beat the Syrian Phillip Stamma in a match +8 =1 −1, despite the fact Philidor let Stamma have White in every game, and scored all draws as wins for Stamma. The same year, Philidor played many games with another strong player, Sir Abraham Janssen, who was then the best player in England, and with the exception of M. de Legalle, probably the best player Philidor ever encountered. He could win on an average one game in four off Philidor, at even terms; and Philidor himself declared that he could only give to Janssen the pawn for the move. In 1754, Philidor returned to France, after nine years of absence spent mostly in Holland and England. He was now a much stronger player, having successfully played with opponents of the calibre of Philip Stamma and Abraham Janssen, but, as G. Allen reports in The life of Philidor, it was not until his match with de Legal in 1755 that he can be considered the strongest player in the world. When Philidor left Paris, in 1745, although he had for some time been playing even games with M. de Legal... he had not ceased to recognize his old master as still his master and superior. But nine years of practice, with a great variety of players, had authorized him to look for neither superior nor equal; and when, in 1755, a match was arranged between the pupil and his master, who was still at the height of his strength, the result placed the crown firmly and indisputably upon the head of Philidor. In 1749, Philidor published his famous book \u003cem\u003eAnalyse du jeu des Échecs.\u003c\/em\u003e He printed a second edition in 1777, and a third edition in 1790. The book was such an advance in chess knowledge that by 1871, it had gone through about 70 editions, and had been translated into English, German, Russian and Italian. In it, Philidor analyzed nine different types of game openings. Most of the openings of Philidor are designed to strengthen and establish a strong defensive center using pawns. 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Octavo (8\" x 5\") rebound in 3\/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. (Whyld Ravillous 1821:4) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacob Henry Sarratt was a London schoolmaster who learned his chess from Verdoni and established himself as \"Professor of Chessia\". He was the leading English chess master from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. He was a frequenter of the London Chess Club which met at Tom's Coffee House in Cornhill. His fee was a guinea a lesson. Under his influence stalemate was accepted as a draw. He was the first great English author on chess. His reputation was high and a revelation to English players. His works were of a pioneering character as to chess and the English language. His first excellent books were \u003ci\u003eA treatise on the Game of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e Vol 1 and Vol 2 1808. There is a prefix listing books on chess from Damiano onwards and some friendly criticism of Philidor. Vol 1 contains \"Different Methods of Opening the Games\" then follows 75 Critical Variations. Vol 2 is \"Teaching the Player who does not have the move how to frustrate his adversary's attack\". Then there are instructions how to checkmate and a section on endings with pawns only. His next book introduced in translation the works of Damiano, Lopez and Salvio. Published in London in 1813 it deals with those \"old\" authors extensively. His next book was Vol 1 Gianutio, Vol 2 Selenus with a preface giving some details of the authors. In 1821 was published \u003ci\u003eA New Treatise on the Game of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a more exhaustive work than the 1808 publication. He was assisted in this work by his pupil W Lewis. Sarratt died in 1821. His widow then went to Paris and taught chess. 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Small octavo (7 1\/2\" x 5 1\/2\") issued in dark brown cloth with embossed chess men and decoration on covers, embossed pictorial and gilt lettering to spine. From the library of \u003cspan color=\"green\" style=\"color: green;\"\u003eJames J Barrett\u003c\/span\u003e (Betts: 10-13)(Hagedorn: 53) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovers the elements, laws, basic mates, basic endgames, openings (a survey pages 143-184), forming a plan (with illustrative games) and problems (35 various with solutions, pages 267-279)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is dedicated to Lieutenant General Scott. It is written with a considerable display of learning, metaphysical or otherwise. The nomenclature and phraseology are sometimes very curious. We notice some remarkable errors in spelling, such as \u003ci\u003eGuioco\u003c\/i\u003e instead of \u003ci\u003eGiuoco, Del Rio\u003c\/i\u003e for \u003ci\u003eDel Rio\u003c\/i\u003e, etc. The author has also fallen into some bibliographical errors, in his Introduction and elsewhere, such as mistaking Ponziani's work for Del Rio's treatise. (Fiske XXXVI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames J. Barrett wrote a few chess columns in the Buffalo area. In a chess magazine being on page 1 of the March 1948 \u003ci\u003eChess Review\u003c\/i\u003e: he wrote a letter of complaint about the magazine's choice of front-cover photographs. He played a substantial role in \u003ci\u003ePaul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e by David Lawson (New York, 1976), and in the Acknowledgments (page vii) Lawson wrote, \"I wish particularly to express gratitude for the suggestions and generous help of James J. 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A new, combined edition of the author's \u003ci\u003eA series of progressive lessons on the game of chess\u003c\/i\u003e (1831), and, \u003ci\u003eSecond series of lessons on the game of chess\u003c\/i\u003e (1832).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew spine with label, corners bumped, some occasional pencil marks and notations, previous owner's name on front end paper, end papers chipped, lacks binders slip of instructions else a very good copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500992250056,"sku":"C00091","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc1674tcc.jpg?v=1618130685"},{"product_id":"1881","title":"Theoretisch-praktischer Unterricht im Schachspiele von einer Gesellschaft von Liebhabern. Aus dem Französ. übersetzt und mit den hundert Spielen des Philipp Stamma vermehrt.","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTraité des Amateurs: Leger, Bernard, Carlier and Verdoni\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: green;\" color=\"green\"\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom the library of Borje Borjesson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFriedrich Nicolai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eBerlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[i-viii]+430 pages. small octavo (7\" x 4 1\/2\") bound in contemporary half leather with marbled boards. Foreword by Friedrich Nicolai, Translated by K F Trost. First published in French (Paris) in 1775 as \u003cem\u003eTraite Theorique et Pratique du Jeu des Eches.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #6aab2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the library of Borje Borjesson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 414) First German edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Traite des Amateurs\u003c\/em\u003e is a chess treatise composed, by a \"Society of Amateurs\" contemporaries of Philidor; who all frequented the Cafe de la Regence, in Paris. Of these, the strongest players were Bernard, Carlier, Leger, and Verdoni. Philidor, constantly resident in London, took no part in writing the \"Traite des Amateurs;\" which in fact embodies many criticisms and comments upon his earlier printed book. Only four masters of the group, considered the strongest, are known: Bernard, Carlier, Leger and Verdoni. A part, partially, from Verdoni, who is the only one of the Amateurs with his own entry in the Oxford Companion to Chess, not very much is known about the life of these masters. Their first names, places and dates of birth or deaths (the year of death of Verdoni, tough, is known) are for instance unknown. They, however, appear periodically in the chess literature of the time and, consequently, it is possible to provide some details on their lives and styles. Concerning their games, several Verdoni's games are known, while only one game of Bernard and Carlier playing together and winning against Philidor, who gives to them the advantage of Pawn and Move, survived. Verdoni, Bernard, Carlier and Leger, although they didn't even approach Philidor's level, were considered the best in the world in the years following death of Philidor and, directly or indirectly (since Verdoni after the publication of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTraite\u003c\/em\u003e moved to London), have disputed each other the scepter of Philidor's successor. There are of course not records of their games and, consequently, it would be impossible for us to assess the relative strength of these player. Deschapelles, however, reported that Philidor classed Legalle as a player on even terms, Verdoni as one to receive pawn for the move, Bernard and Carlier as Pawn and move players. 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Small octavo (7 3\/4\" x 4 3\/4\") rebound in 3\/4 leather with paisley boards. Contains Sir William Jones' poem \"Cassia: or The Game of Chess, A Poem\"; based upon Pratt's \"Studies of Chess\". (Van der Linde: 613) 5th English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1802 (2 volumes). First published in America in 1817 and reprinted in 1824. The name of the compiler has never been established. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest. The openings and games are all in the numerical notation and no diagrams are given. 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Octavo (9\" x 5 1\/2\") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine and marbled edges. (Whyld and Ravillious: 1822:6). First edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Cochrane (1798-1878), Scottish Master, did not achieve note as player who had big practical successes. Spending most of his life in India (1824-69), his clashes against top players occurred during 1841-42, while on vacation in London. Cochrane played on equal terms against George Walker (1803-1879), William Davies Evans (1790-1872), and others. He even managed to win a match (6-4) against the Frenchman Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800-1872), though in a series of games against Howard Staunton (1810-1874) he was defeated convincingly. 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Duodecimo (6 3\/4\" x 4\") bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, spine tooled in gilt and marbled page ends. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3435) First published in 1717.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis enormously popular collection of games was first published in 1717 and went through numerous editions well into the 19th century. This edition of the work on chess was augmented by Philidor. Edmond Hoyle's work on Whisk was translated from the English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorming to front heal hinge, small chip to front heal edge, neat hand written not to front paste down. 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Octavo (8 3\/4\" x 5 3\/4\") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration of queen and lettering to front cover, front cover edge ruled. (Betts:24-15). First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of 400 miniature games (\u003ci\u003ei.e.\u003c\/i\u003e under 25 moves), played between 1760 and 1894, without annotations. in 113 cases, the winning continuations of the games are left for the reader to solve; solutions appear at the end. 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Chess and its variations are treated on pages 857-868; they a regarded as forming a stage in the development of divinatory games, a step forward from the various dice, knucklebones or staves games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHinges and corners rubbed, pages slightly age darkened, inscribed \"with the complements of the author\" on the front wrapper which is bound in. 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Series 1. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe picture of M Duchamp and V Halberstadt was taken at the Man Ray Studio in Paris. 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Octavo (8\" x 5 3\/4) bound in stiff wrappers with labels to spines and deckle edges. This edition not in \u003ci\u003eBibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaldassare 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 of his missions to Rome, he met Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. Urbino was at that time the most refined and elegant among Italian courts, a meeting point of culture ably directed and managed by duchess Elisabetta Gonzaga and her sister-in-law Maria Emilia Pia. The most constant guests included: Pietro Bembo, Giuliano de' Medici, Cardinal Bibbiena, Ottaviano and Federigo Fregoso, and Cesare Gonzaga, a cousin of both Castiglione and the duke. The hosts and guests organized intellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life producing brilliant literary activity. Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a literary form. In 1516, Castiglione was back in Mantua, where he married Ippolita Torelli, descendant of another ancient noble family; two passionate letters he wrote to her, expressing deep sentiment, have survived, but she unfortunately died only four years later. At that time Castiglione was in Rome again as an ambassador, this time for the Duke of Mantua. In 1521 Pope Leo X conceded to him the tonsura (first sacerdotal ceremony), and thereupon began Castiglione's second, ecclesiastical career. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1528, the year before his death, the book by which he is most famous, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano)\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in Venice by the Aldine Press run by Andrea d'Asolo, father-in-law of Aldus Manutius. The book is based on a nostalgic recreation of Castiglione's experience at the court of Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro of Urbino at the turn of the sixteenth century. It describes the ideal court and courtier, going into great detail about the philosophical and cultured and lively conversations that occurred at Urbino, presided over by Elisabetta Gonzaga. Castiglione himself does not contribute to the discussion, the book is his tribute to his friendship with the participants of the discussion, all of whom went on to have important positions. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e caught the \"spirit of the times\" and was soon translated into Spanish, German, French, and English. One hundred and eight editions were published between 1528 and 1616 alone. (Pietro Aretino's La cortigiana is a parody of this famous work.) Castiglione's depiction of how the ideal gentleman should be educated and behave remained, for better or for worse, the touchstone for all the upper classes of Europe for next five centuries.\u003cspan style=\"color: #42780d;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe work on chess is in the second volume of this work\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld stamps to title of volume two and first un-numbered page of volume one, Spine ends chipped with loss to heal, corners bumped, wrappers rubbed else a good copy of scarce title.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501012533448,"sku":"C0584","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2324tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618131723"},{"product_id":"2327","title":"Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs avec des reflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eElias Stein (1748-1812)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAux depens de l'auteur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Hague\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eviii+x+254 pages with illustrations. Octavo (8 1\/2\" x 5 1\/4\") bound quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine Page ends marbled. This first edition was not for sale and intended for subscribers only, of which an interesting list is added with 196 names. The princes themselves subscribed for 24 copies. With some copies for the author about 250 copies would have been printed. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 547) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElias Stein was a Dutch chess master, born in Lorraine into a Jewish family, he settled in The Hague. There he became the royal court's player. He explicitly related the experience of playing chess to military strategic ability. He was teacher of the princes of Orange to whom the book is dedicated in print, among them the later King William I. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe recommended the Dutch Defence as the best reply to 1.d4 in his book \u003ci\u003eNouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu\u003c\/i\u003e (1789), later published in Dutch (1834). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis biography was written by F.W. von Mauvillon in a book \u003ci\u003eAnweisung zur Erlernung des Schachspiels\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWear to boards, corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends rubbed with some chips, slight crack at front head hinge, previous owner's label to front pasted down, name to page 2 else a good copy of a scarce item.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501012664520,"sku":"C0587","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2327tcc.jpg?v=1618131729"},{"product_id":"2328","title":"Le jeu des Eschets","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGiaccino Greco (1600-1634)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eChez Jacques Le Febvre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eParis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e343 pages. Duodecimo (5 1\/2\" x 3 1\/4\"). Bound in vellum with black lettering to spine. Originally written in 1619 in Italian. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana: 402]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGioachino Greco, also known as Il Calabrese, was born around 1600 in Celico, which near Cosenza in Calabria. Calabria had already produced such players as Leonardo di Bono and Michele di Mauro. From his writing it's apparent the he wasn't educated and likely came from a lower class family. Already in 1619, Greco started keeping a notebook of tactics and particularly clever games and he took up the custom of giving copies of his manuscripts to his wealthy patrons. In Rome Monsignor Corsino della casa Minutoli Tegrini, Cardinal Savelli and Monsignor Francisco Buoncompagni all received copies (of which there are extant copies, dated 1620 in the Corsiniana library in Rome, under the title, Trattato del nobilissimo gioco de scacchi). Despite his popularity in Rome, in 1621 Greco took off to test himself against the rest of Europe leaving this paper trail as he went. In 1621 he left a fine copy of his manuscripts with Duke Enrico of Lorraine in Nancy. He traveled to Paris where he played Arnauld (Isaac) de Corbeville, Enrico di Savoia (the Marquis of St. Sorlin and the Duke of Nemours and Geneva) and others. He had apparently been quite successful because in traveling from Paris to England he was waylaid by robbers who divested him of 5,000 scudi, a princely sum. Finally making it to London, he beat all the best players. Sir Francis Godolphin and Nicholas Mountstephen were given copies of his manuscripts. While in London, Greco developed an idea to record entire games, rather than positions, for study and inclusion in his manuscripts. He returned to Paris in 1624 where he rewrote his manuscript collection to reflect his new ideas. He then went to Spain and played at the court of Philip IV. There he beat his mentor and the strongest player of the time (other than himself), don Mariano Morano. He finally returned to Italy where he was enticed to traveling to the New Indies, the Americas, by a Spanish nobleman. He seemingly contracted some disease there and died around 1630 (possibly 1634) at the young age of 30 (34). He generously left all the money he earned at chess to the Jesuits. Gioachino Greco stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries, a feat seldom duplicated. David Hooper, in The Oxford Companion to Chess, states that Greco probably made up the games in his manuscripts. The question of whether he actually played the games or invented them is rather moot since if he invented them, he was perfectly capable of playing them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld owner's inscription laid in to both front and back paste downs, some slight foxing, still has the original ribbon book mark. Other wise a good copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501012730056,"sku":"C0588","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2328tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618131731"},{"product_id":"3112","title":"Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474. A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition. With an introduction by William Axon, M.R.S.L.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJacobus de Cessolis (1250-c1322)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 1883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eElliot Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003e London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elxxii+[6]+201 pages. Royal octavo(9 1\/4\" x 6\") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine. Translated by William Caxton, with an introduction by William E A Axon. First written by Jacobus de Cessolis in 1275. William Caxton published the first English edition from the French in 1474. The second book published in English. Axon's 70 page introduction traces the biographical and literary history of the book and provides a useful bibliography of editions, reprints and translations.(Betts 43-15) (van der Linde-Niemeijeriana 4233) First edition thus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCessolis was a Dominican friar from north-west Italy. Somewhere between 1275 and 1300 Fràhe wrote \u003ci\u003eScachorum or De Moribus Hominum et de Officiis Nobilium Super Ludo Scaccorum\u003c\/i\u003e which is Latin for simply About the Game of Chess or About the Customs of Men and the Noble Actions Involving the Game of Chess. This book is a series of sermons metaphorically using chess to depict the relationships between a King and the various estates of his Kingdom. The complicated metaphor was useless for those who didn't play the game, so the author gave detailed instructions concerning the rules of chess as it was played in the 13th century. For all its moralization, the main interest of the text today is these instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was during the 14th century that this book was translated from the original Latin into Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian. It was translated into French and printed in Toulouse in 1476. \u003ci\u003eDe Ludo Scachorum\u003c\/i\u003e was first translated into French in 1347. In 1474, 2 years before it was printed in French, William Caxton translated the text from the French (of Jean de Vignay) into English and printed it under the title, \u003ci\u003eThe Game of Chess. The Game of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e was the second book printed in the English language. The first book, also printed by Caxton was The \u003ci\u003eRecuyell of the Historyes of Troye\u003c\/i\u003e, also translated from French (of Raoul le Fèvre) and also in 1474. Caxton printed almost 100 books, and of these 20 were translations from French or Dutch into English. The Game of Chess has the second distinction of being the first book to be reprinted! The second printing of the book in 1483 had an interesting sidebar. It was printed in Westminster. The first edition was printed in Bruges where Caxton had been politically involved in the local merchant's association. He had ingratiated himself with Margaret, the Duchess of York, the sister of King Edward IV - in fact it was under her urging that he translated The \u003ci\u003eRecuyell of the Historyes of Troye\u003c\/i\u003e to begin with. The book was dedicated to Edward's son and Margaret's brother - George, Duke of Clarence by his humble and unknown servant, William Caxton. Caxton set up a press in Westminster in 1476 and, when in 1483 he reprinted the book, he praises the book in the dedication for it's moral value and ...woodcut illustrations but doesn't mention George who happened to have been beheaded for treason in 1478. footnote: It seems possible, though not completely certain that Cessolis got his material from an earlier compilation of sermons written in 1252 called The Innocent Morality, supposedly written by Johannes Gallensis (aka John of Wales). But it's also been attributed to Pope Innocent III (where it gets it's title). The Innocent Morality, ironically perhaps was printed in French in 1470 and is the first time the term for Chess is seen in a printed book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer library with call number to spine and imprint on title. Corners bumped and rubbed thru, hinges cracked, spine taped, inner hinges cracked,  over all a good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501013024968,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/caxton.jpg?v=1655914366"},{"product_id":"2447","title":"Les stratagèmes des échecs, ou collection des cours d'échecs les plus brillans et les plus curieux, tant dans la partie ordinaire que dans les différentes parties composées; tirés des meilleurs auteurs, et dont plusieurs n'ont point encore été pub","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMontigny , Alfred de\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eJean-André Fischer, for Amand König\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eParis and Strasbourg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 volumes in one: 93+[1 blank] pages with tables, engraved plate in the text volume; 122 page of color diagrams. Sextodecimo (4 3\/4\" x 4\") bound in period leather with gilt stamping to spine and red spine label. First chess book to be published in color. Date reads X after the French revolution started publishing with the date I in 1792.(Schaakboekerij Niemeijer 1788); (Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:2152); (Rimington-Wilson 991-994); (Anton Schmid, \u003ci\u003eLit. des Schachspiels\u003c\/i\u003e, page 325) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition of a fine chess manual, a classic in its field, the plates here beautifully colored by hand. The engraved plate in the text volume of a chess board with all chess pieces set up in the starting position, the fields colored in white and gold and the pieces in red and black, the gold and red colored by hand (opposite page 28), and 120 engraved plates with similarly hand colored chess boards depicting chess problems in the plates volume. The tables with the full proceedings of all the chess games, illustrated on the engraved plates, are given in the text volume, accompanied by short explanations and the book starts with a general exposition of the rules of the game. In the first volume is Cerutti's poem on chess. Stamma is pillaged in this work. The work was published simultaneously at Strasbourg in German translation, and in 1816 it was translated into English. All these editions were several times republished as well, all through the 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlight worming to spine hinge, back board slightly bowed, small stamp to front end paper else a very nice copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501017284808,"sku":"C0678","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2447tcc.jpg?v=1618131892"},{"product_id":"2455","title":"Ludus Scacchiae: Chess-play: a game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain brief instructions therevnto belonging, translated out of the Italian into the English tongue: containing also therein, a prety and pleasant poem of a whole game playe","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eContributors: Damiano, de Odemira; Marco Girolamo Vida; James Rowbothum; G. 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(Whyld and Ravilious:1806:6) Reprint of the 1597 edition, variously dated 1806, 1809 and 1810.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlightly modernized extracts from the anonymous 1562 English translation of \u003ci\u003eQuesto libro da imparare giocare a scachi\u003c\/i\u003e by Damiano of Odemira (signed G B), together with \"Sacchia ludus\" (English translation of the poem by Marco Girolamo Vida, signed W. [G] B) and a final leaf of verse \"to the reader\" (signed: G B) Some authorities have identified GB as G Blochimo, but this is an error (See \"Chess bibliography\", \u003ci\u003eChess Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e volume 5, 1861 pages 134-6. 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Both poems were first published in 1527.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebound, the chess collector Manfred Mittelbach blind stamp to front end paper, title with some edge wear else a very good copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501018235080,"sku":"C0699","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2468tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618131932"},{"product_id":"2627","title":"Practical Chess Exercises; intended as a Sequel to the Practical Chess Grammar; containing various Openings, Games and Situations with Instructions and Remarks of the Principal moves of Each Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Stopford Kenny (1788-1867)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePrinted for T and J Allman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiv+239+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece, illustrations and diagrams. Duodecimo (6 3\/4' X 4 1\/4\")bound in original marbled boards with green label to spine and gilt lettering to label. (Whyld and Ravillous: 1818:5) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenny (1788-1867) was an accomplished chess player and teacher, as well as the author, editor, or compiler of numerous instructive books, including this popular manual and its companion, \u003ci\u003ePractical Chess Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (1818).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight edge wear, spine end rubbed, old book sellers stamp to front paste down. 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