Gambling and Gaming

vii+296 pages with plate, diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in blue cloth with white lettering to spine. Volume 77 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945–1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged in… Read More

vii+280 pages with appendix. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in three quarter leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. (Whyld: 1836-13) 1st edition.Alexander McDonnell (1798-1835) was the son of a Belfast doctor and the strongest player from either Britain or Ireland before the rise of Staunton. In contemporary publications his name was sometimes printed as M'Donnell and he is not to be confused with the Dublin-born Rev G.A. MacDonnell (1830-1899) who had some good results in the 1860s and 1870s and lived until 1899. McDonnell is best known for being the loser of the first known Evans Gambit game (to Capt. William Evans himself) and for his marathon series of matches against the French champion Labourdonnais in 1834. (Tim Harding)Condition:Corners bumped, rebacked with original spine, previous owner's name liberally stamped through out, some occasional light pencil marginalia, front end papers with various notes and writing from previous owners with their names, a previous owners' name… Read More

128 pages with diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") issued in wrappers. Volume XXXIII (33), 4 issues in original wrappers. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6345. 1st edition. This is one of the world's oldest chess magazines still published. Official organ of the Nordic Chess Federation from 1895 to 1922; since 1923 of the Swedish Chess Federation. No index was published for the volume 1926 to 1934. Ludvig was President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.Condition:Edge wear with some chips to edges else a very good copy.

vii+384 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") 12 issues bound in beige cloth binding with silver lettering to spine in black labels. Original wrappers from issued number two bound in at back. Volume 39 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945–1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines… Read More

343 pages. Duodecimo (5 ½" x 3 ¼"). Bound in vellum with black lettering to spine. Originally written in 1619 in Italian. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana: 402]Gioachino Greco, also known as Il Calabrese, was born around 1600 in Celico, which near Cosenza in Calabria. Calabria had already produced such players as Leonardo di Bono and Michele di Mauro. From his writing it's apparent the he wasn't educated and likely came from a lower class family. Already in 1619, Greco started keeping a notebook of tactics and particularly clever games and he took up the custom of giving copies of his manuscripts to his wealthy patrons. In Rome Monsignor Corsino della casa Minutoli Tegrini, Cardinal Savelli and Monsignor Francisco Buoncompagni all received copies (of which there are extant copies, dated 1620 in the Corsiniana library in Rome, under the title, Trattato del nobilissimo gioco de scacchi). Despite his popularity in Rome, in 1621 Greco took off to test himself against the rest of Europe leaving this… Read More

[9]+71 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt stripe to front cover in original lain shipping wrapper. Edited by Albrecht Buschke, Richard Cheney and Alain White. Introduction by Alain White. Title page decoration by Vera Bock. Limited to 300 copies. Title page decoration by Vera Back. Errata tipped in. (Betts: 36-7). First edition.A Collection of 120 problems by Russian composers, with notes on the themes, constructions and composers. The problems are arranged in four groups and further sub-divided by theme. Includes an index of composers, sources and keys.
The Overbrook Press was founded in 1934 in Stamford, Connecticut, by Frank Altschul, an investment banker and civic leader with a lifelong interest in book arts and printing. Altschul initially pursued printing as a hobby, experimenting with a small press in his New York apartment. In 1934, he was approached by designer Margaret B. Evans, who had been… Read More

New York: Chess Review, 1960 Red/tan card covers. Slight soiled. Event filled in: 1962 (Class C) Class Tourney Section no. 62 c. 9 A few games filled in. Blank cards. All pieces present. Extremely Rare OCLC finds 0 copies. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition.. Spiral Softcover. Very Good.

New York : Morningside Press, 1914. Hardcover. Good. 1914. Original and Scarce. Worn green covers, but black lettering on spine and front remains vivid. Worn on edges and corners, to gentle fraying in some places. Back cover has some surface staining. Now in protective wrap. No dust jacket. 3 column format with line drawing illustrations throughout. Binding good, and book is sturdy. A few illustrations have been neatly colored in with colored pencils. A puzzler's dream, a graphic artist's creative reference, a book collector's new treasure!