Studies of Chess: Containing a Poem by Sir William Jones, a Systematic Introduction to the Game; and the Whole Analysis of Chess
by Philidor, Frnacios-Andre Dunican (edited by Peter Pratt)
2 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)Francois-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... Read More
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Voyage en divers États d'Europe et d'Asie entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine
by Philippe Avril (1654-1698)
title+[pictorial plate]+xvii+folding map+406+xxiv pages with engraved initials and vignettes, and three additional plates and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7 1/2") bound in full leather with five raised bands and lettering in gilt and decorative vignettes. First edition.Philippe Avril was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East and professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris when he was dispatched to the Jesuit missions of China. He was summoned by the Jesuit missions and sent as a Jesuit to the... Read More
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Present State of the Empire of Morocco; With a faithful account of the manners, religion, and government of that people
by Pidou de Saint-Olon, Francois (1640-1720)
[xxiv]+216+[12] pages with frontispiece, folding map and eight engraved costume plates. Duodecimo (6 ¼" x 3 ½") early full calf, later spine label. First Edition in English. First published in French the prior year which was published without the plates.François Pidou de Saint Olon was a French diplomat under Louis XIV. In 1682, he was nominated as the first French resident envoy to the Republic of Genoa, following the Bombardment of Genoa. He was then sent as an envoy to... Read More
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Chess Problems
by Pierce, James (1833-1892) and William Trimbrell Pierce
xiii+381 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5") issued in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped covers. (Betts:33-64) First edition.302 problems by both authors, comprising 22 two-movers, 143 three-movers, 91 four-movers, 19 five-movers, 9 others and 18 end-game studies. Solutions appear on pages 305-380. Condition:Corners gently bumped, some occasional pencil marginalia else a very good copy.
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Voyages de Richard Pockocke, membre de la Société Royale, & de celle des Antiquités de Londres, &c. en Orient, dans l'Egypte, l'Arabie, la Palestine, la Syrie, la Grèce, la Thrace, &c. &c. &c
by Pococke [Pockocke], Richard (1704-1765)
Paris: J P Costard, 1772 6 volumes: viii+485 pages; 500 pages; 501 pages; 479 pages; viii+456 pages; 466 pages. Small octsvo (7 1/4" 4 1/2") issued in original vellum with labels to spine. First French edition translated from the second English edition. Richard Pococke was an English prelate and anthropologist. Spelling in the French [Peckocke]. He was Protestant Bishop of Ossory (1756-65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland. However, he is best known for his... Read More
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The City of London Chess Magazine, Volume I
by Potter, William Norwood (1840-1895) [editor]
[i-ii]-314+[2 ad] pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in black cloth with original wrapper laid on front cover, faded label to spine. Volume I. Edited by W N Potter with the cooperation of H E Bird, J H Blackburne, B Horwitz, J Lowenthal, W Steinitz, J Wisker and J H Zukertort. From the library of Koninklijke Bibliotheek .(Betts: 7-20) 1st edition.Published from February 1874 through March 1876, volumes one through volume three, numbers one through... Read More
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888–1959)
316 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's half blue cloth with green edges with black lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. (Bruccoli A10.1.b.) First American edition, first printing with an original run of 10,000 copies printed..The English edition preceded the American by a few months. The Long Goodbye is a 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. While some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep... Read More
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The Long Good-Bye
by Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959)
320 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's maroon with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Jacket design by Fritz Wegner. (Bruccoli A10.1.a.) First edition, first printing. The English edition preceded the American by a few months. The Long Good-bye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank... Read More
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Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España
by Rea, Alonso de la (1610-1660?) from the library of Professor George M Foster
xv+488 pages with appendices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine in stiff boards. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Second edition.Alonso de la Rea was born in Queretaro in 1610. He wrote his Cronica in 1637-1639, providing data on Michoacán and Jalisco. For many matters he leaned heavily on Torquemada, who in turn had copied them from Mendieta. Ricard, quoting an 18th century opinion, mentions that Rea lacked interest in... Read More
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An Account of the War in India, between the English and the French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760. Together with A Relation of the late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and Expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the Operations of the Fleet. Illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. The whole compiled from Original Papers.
by Richard Owen Cambridge (1717 1802)
xxxiii+270+[2]+15+[1]+48+xix+[1] pages 14 of 18 engraved plates, maps (many folding) and index. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/4") in original leather binding. First edition.Richard Owen Cambridge was a British poet. He was educated at Eton and at St John's College, Oxford. Leaving the university without taking a degree, he took up residence at Lincolns Inn in 1737. Four years later he married, and went to live at his country seat of Whitminster, Gloucestershire. In 1751 he removed to Twickenham, where... Read More
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150 Endspielstudien
by Rinck, Henri (1870-1952)
xxii+320+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") Rebound with original wrappers laid on covers and paste downs. Preface by Johann Burger. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:2211) Second edition.Henri Rinck was a French chess study composer, considered one of the most important early figures in the field. He was born in Lyon (France) on January 10, 1870, where his family were brewers (Brasserie Rinck). He graduated as a chemical engineer at the Technische Hochschule of... Read More
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![Estampas de Palenque. [Biblioteca del Palacio Real & Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid] Facsimile Manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/645/322/628322645.0.l.jpg)
Estampas de Palenque. [Biblioteca del Palacio Real & Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid] Facsimile Manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería
by Río, Antonio del (1745-1789)
16 facsimile hand written pages with diagrams and three fold out diagrams of Palenque. Folio (12 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in velum with black label and gilt lettering to cover. Testimonio's Tabula Americae. Limited to 980 copies of which this is 169. Spanish artillery Captain Antonio del Río's (ca. 1745-ca. 1789) discovery of tangible evidence of an amazingly rich Maya past and this printed report were the beginning of the study of this truly lost civilization. In May 1786... Read More
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Traité des échecs et recueil des parties jouées au tournoi international de 1900
by Rosenthal, Samuel (1837-1902)
460 pages with frontispiece and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in half blue cloth with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine and marbled boards. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5256) First edition.Like the historic London competition nearly half a century earlier (1851, the third Paris international tournament was conducted in the exciting splendor of the world's fair. A total of 17 players from Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Austria, the Untied States,... Read More
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Chess Fruits: a selection of direct mate, self-mate, picture and letter problems, poems and humorous sketches from the compositions of Thomas B Rowland, a few of Frideswide F Rowland's latest productions, popular games by leading players, and others of ge
by Rowland, Thomas B (1850-1925) and Frideswide F Rowland
172+[4 ad] pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5 ") issued in black lettering to spine and front cover and ruled black edges to covers. (Betts:33-73) First edition.A collection of 51 two-movers, 16 three-movers, 14 self-mates and 7 others, some chess "puzzles", a number of chess sketches involving problems, chess poems, and 6 games. Solutions appear on pages 156-172.Condition:Spine age darkened, previous owner's neat hand to dedication page, front and back end papers, and back paste down, corners... Read More
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The Chess Monthly Volume V (5)
by Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) and Johannes Hermann Zukertort (editors) from the library of Dino Ruggieri
iiv+380 pages with illustrations, diagrams, tables, and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in quarter brown leather with gilt lettering to spine over blue marbled boards. From the library of Dino Ruggieri. Volume V (5). (Betts: 7-25). First edition.The Chess Monthly of Great Britain was one of the first to give properly annotated games. The principal editor, Leopold Hoffer, was helped enormously by having Johannes Hermann Zukertort as co-editor until his death in 1888. There were four... Read More
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The Chess Monthly Volume XIII (13)
by Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913)i from the library of Dino Ruggieri
iv+380 pages with illustrations, diagrams, tables, and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in half brown leather with gilt lettering to spine and blue marbled boards. From the library of Dino Ruggieri. Volume XIII (13). (Betts: 7-25). First edition.The Chess Monthly of Great Britain was one of the first to give properly annotated games. The principal editor, Leopold Hoffer, was helped enormously by having Johannes Hermann Zukertort as co-editor until his death in 1888. There were four... Read More
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The Chess Monthly Volume VII (7)
by Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) and Johannes Hermann Zukertort (editors) from the library of Dino Ruggieri
The Chess Monthly of Great Britain was one of the first to give properly annotated games. The principal editor, Leopold Hoffer, was helped enormously by having Johannes Hermann Zukertort as co-editor until his death in 1888. There were four regular sections: news, annotated games, problems and endgames. In addition, Hoffer carried on a profoundly bitter feud with his one-time benefactor, Wilhelm Steinitz. This publication should not be confused with The Chess Monthly published in the United States which was short... Read More
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Memoire Sur La Navigation Dans la Mer Du Nord depuis le 63 degre de latitude vers le Pole, & depuis kle 10 au 100 degre Longitud
by Samuel Engel (1702-1784)
[4]+28+[2] pages lacking the map. Small quarto (10" x 7½") rebound in ¾ morocco & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. (Sabin 22572) First edition.Rare account of travels into the arctic, most notably Nova Zemblya to the north of Europe. Twelve years earlier, Engel wrote his notable work on explorations on the other side of the Arctic Circle, Memoires et observations geographiques et critiques sur la situation des pays septentrionaux de l'Asie et de l'Amerique... Lausanne, 1765.... Read More
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Purchas his Pilgrimage. or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in all Ages and places discovered, from the creations unto this Present
by Samuel Purchas (1575?-1616)
[28]+752+[20] pages . ¶6, A8, B4, C-Vvv6 (-Vvv6). Quarto (11¼" x 7½") bound in period calf, rebacked with later calf. (Hill 1401; Sabin 66678) First Edition. Samuel Purchas was born in Thaxted, England probably in 1577. His father, George, was a prosperous cloth merchant, but little is known of his mother, Anne. Little is known of his childhood, and in 1594, he entered the University of Cambridge. He graduated in 1597 and was later ordained a deacon in the Church... Read More
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The Grand International Centennial Chess congress, held in Philadelphia in August, 1876, during the Celebration of the American Centennial
by Sayen, William Henry (1846-1921)
xix+199 pages with tables. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decorative ruled covers. Annotations by Jacob Elson, B M Neill and W H Sayen. (Betts: 25-11, (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5203) First edition.The fourth American Chess Congress (called the American Centennial Championship) was held in Philadelphia on August 17–31, 1876 and won by James Mason. There were nine players (James Mason, Max Judd, Harry Davidson,... Read More
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Schorr, J
by Schachkongreß Teplitz-Schönau im Oktober 1922
664 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and indexes. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") in original decorative binding. Notes by Grünfeld and Beeker. Includes 214 pages on chess problems which in turn includes a part on retrograde analysis by Kluver. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5550) First edition."Not just the 91 annotated games of the tournament won by Reti and Spielmann ahead of Tartakover, Rubinstein. Grünfeld and so on (with Tarrasch in 13th place, next to bottom). This material with notes... Read More
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Der Erste und Zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes
by Schallopp, Emil (1843-1919)
viii+228 pages with diagrams and tables lacks frontispiece. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in 3/4 leather with black boards and gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5210) First edition.The city of Leipzig was the birthplace of the Deutschen Schachbund on July 18th, 1877. Over the next two years sixty-two chess clubs would become members of the foundling chess federation. Hofrat von Gottschall became the chairman of the federation and Hermann Zwanzig was made the general secretary. The Deutschen... Read More
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Der Erste und Zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes. Leipzig 1879. Berlin 1881
by Schallopp, Emil (1843-1919)
viii+228 pages with diagrams and tables lacks frontispiece. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather over black boards with gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5210) First edition. The Deutscher Schachbund (DSB, "German Chess Federation") was founded on 18 July 1877, with Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall as Chairman and Hermann Zwanzig as General Secretary. The Leipzig (1877) tournament was organized by the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund, but over the next two years, 62 chess clubs would become DSB members,... Read More
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Der Siebente Kongress Deutschen Schachbundes. Dresden 1892
by Schellenberg, Paul W (1843-1920), Johannes Metger, Paul Lipke and Jacques Mieses
272 pages with diagrams and tables. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather with marbled boards and raised spine bands, gilt lettering to spine. Provenance from the library of Bibliothek des Schachereins Andersen in Breslau (Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5235) First edition.The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig in 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus in 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat von Gottschall became Chairman and Zwanzig the... Read More
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Das Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Karlsbad 1907
by Georg Marco (1863-1923) and Carl Schlechter
vii+426 pages with frontispiece and 3 other plates, diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7") issued in yellow wrappers with black lettering to spine and front wrapper. (Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5284) First edition.There were 4 famous Carlsbad tournaments, under the excellent supervision of Victor Tietz, president of the Carlsbad chess organization. the first one in 1907 (August 20 - September 17) did not have Lasker or Tarasch, but the younger generation (Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch, Vidmar) did establish itself and the middle-aged... Read More
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