{"product_id":"the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-iv-4","title":"The Westminster Papers. A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and the Drama, Volume IV (4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Telemachus Brownsmith and William Norwood Potter (editors) \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 86, 21);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efrom the library of J. W. Rimington-Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear: \u003c\/strong\u003e1872\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW Kent \u0026amp; Co, J. Menzies \u0026amp; Co and McGlashan \u0026amp; Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon, Edinburgh and Dublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e224 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1\/2\" x 8 1\/2\") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands, black and red labels in gilt lettering over brown boards. \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(59, 94, 23);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the library of J W Rimington Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Volume IV. (Betts: 7-13) First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume one has the title \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Chess Club Papers\u003c\/em\u003e and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama\u003c\/em\u003e and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, \u003cem\u003eThe City of London Chess Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, writing, \".our \u003cem\u003eMagazine \u003c\/em\u003ewill be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the \u003cem\u003eWestminster Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe [Westminster] club rapidly grew to have a membership of two hundred; and in 1868 it was resolved to publish a magazine, \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Chess Club Papers\u003c\/em\u003e to give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to The Westminster Papers. This was to be a \u003cem\u003eMonthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama\u003c\/em\u003e, price sixpence, and appeared in April. Hewitt and Boden were at the beginning in general control, and Duffy was the chess editor; though on the cover of the third number there appeared the statement, in some archaic style of humor, Edited by Telemachus Brownsmith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Wilson Rimington Wilson (1822-1877) developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Inner hinges tape reinforced, Corners bumped and rubbed, spine exterior taped, spine ends rubbed else a good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45069128401096,"sku":"C2428","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/files\/w4.jpg?v=1777481785","url":"https:\/\/chesscollectorshop.com\/products\/the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-iv-4","provider":"The Chess Collector","version":"1.0","type":"link"}