Author: Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932) editor
Year: 1921-1922
Publisher: Verlag von Bernhard Kagan
Place: Berlin
Description:
382 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 1 with out index, with supplement Das Problem-Heft Schach in Deutschland (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition.
Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157)
Condition:
Corners bumped, some rubbing to hinges, pages age toned, bound without original wrappers, else a very good copy.
Year: 1921-1922
Publisher: Verlag von Bernhard Kagan
Place: Berlin
Description:
382 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 1 with out index, with supplement Das Problem-Heft Schach in Deutschland (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition.
Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157)
Condition:
Corners bumped, some rubbing to hinges, pages age toned, bound without original wrappers, else a very good copy.