{"product_id":"the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-vi-6","title":"The Westminster Papers. A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and the Drama, Volume VI (6)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Telemachus Brownsmith and William Norwood Potter (editors) \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(66, 105, 28);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efrom the library of J. W. Rimington-Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW Kent and Company, W W Morgan, J Menzies and Company, McGlashan and Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon, Edinburgh and Dublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e264 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(82, 132, 31);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the library of J W Rimington Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Volume VI. (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\u003eand, 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\u003e will 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.\" The [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\u003eto give it its full title at the start, which was shortened after the first year to \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Papers\u003c\/em\u003e. This was to be a Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama , 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\u003eJ W Rimington Wilson's name to front end paper. Boards hinges cracked and detached but held by tape to the exterior, Corners bumped and rubbed else a good copy internally very good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45068284461256,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/files\/w6.jpg?v=1777399622","url":"https:\/\/chesscollectorshop.com\/products\/the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-vi-6","provider":"The Chess Collector","version":"1.0","type":"link"}