New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. Pfeiffer Collection. Many Illus., some in color. Square 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1968). Very good. Over hundred chess sets illustrated. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1889. Illustrated. 156 pages. 12mo, original burgundy cloth; rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, light dampstain at foot of covers. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1889. A worn, but still very good copy with clean interior. More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. 224 pages, 8vo, black boards with a gilt-stamped spine, dust wrapper. New York: Bloomsbury, (2007). First U.S. Edition. Near fine. Signed on the title page: "To Tom Rayhill, G. Kasparov 12/18/07." More
Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library, 1996. Illustrated (color). 67 pages. Oblong 8vo, paper wrappers. Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library, 1996. A near fine copy. More
Barmen: Adolf Graeper, 1905. 3 volumes bound in one with continuous pagination. 628 + 14 [music to Schach Walzer] pages with illustrations of chess boards and some portraits. Tall 8vo, recent black cloth. Barmen: Verlag Adolf Graeper, 1905. Very good(+). The richly endowed Barmen Chess Association commemorated its 40th year anniversary with a celebration centered around two major tournaments and three strong "Hauptturnieren". The innovative organizers added such melodious entertainment as a "Singspiel" involving a 60-person chorus, and a three-act..... More
Vienna: Wiener Schachzeitung, 1925. Well illustrated throughout with portraits of players and diagrams of games. 517 pages including the index, printed on thin paper; evenly toned and with tiny tears in margins on some pages. Thick 8vo, older rebind in simple green cloth (rear cover partially soiled; several pages with inked annotations in margins). Wien: Wiener Schachzeitung, 1925. Zweite unveranderte auflage. Overall a very good copy of this scarce book. Tartakower's Die Hypermoderne Schachpartie, first published in 1924, is (along..... More
Vienna: Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1933. A nearly complete run of issues from 1933 of this famous periodical -- "the best chess magazines in the world" (Golombek: 342). Thick 8vo, 384 pages, consisting of the actual issues, including original green printed covers, now bound together in burgundy library cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Wien: Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1933. First editions. Printed on thin paper, toned as usual and with a few minor tears at edges, still overall a very good copy but LACKING issue..... More
Munchen: Georg D. W. Callwey, 1960. Many color and b/w illustrations. 4to, blue cloth. Muchen: Georg D. W. Callwey, (1960). A very good(-) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1955. Illus. 62pp. 24mo, pr. wrs., lacks bottom right corner of front wrapper, pages lightly browned. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1955. More
The book came today in perfect condition. Thank you very much!
Dear Naomi, Thank you for sending the inscribed "Run-Through" which arrived today. Ah, there is Houseman's signature as big as his talent. I appreciate your making it available!