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( Anderssen, A.) Gottschall, Hermann von: Adolf Anderssen, der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst. Sein Leben und Schaffen.
Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1912, 1st edition, portrait, VIII, 556p + 2 plates. 1,000 grams. Orig. hardcover (paper binding). Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Good minus / dust jacket not issued: outer hinge ca 3 cm torn at the top. There are dark spaces at the top of spine and covers - someone tried to fix the tear with a tape that was later removed. Spine is a little browned by age. Otherwise the book is OK, pages are clean with no writings. (Probably the best book on Adolf Anderssen, considered as the world best chess player in 1851-57 and 1861-67. Biography and complete Anderssen's chess career from 1844 through 1878: 751 annotated games, 36 game fragments, a few articles, 80 problems with solutions. 3x real photo). LN 3034. Code #8607.
Kč 1650,-

( Anderssen, A.) Gottschall, Hermann von: Adolf Anderssen, der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst. Sein Leben und Schaffen.
Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1912, 1st edition, portrait, VIII, 556p + 2 plates. 1,100 grams. Orig. cloth. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Still Good / dust jacket not issued: binding is stained (picture). The front outer joint is torn at the bottom but binding is holding well. Internally clean and with no writings, except minor pencil ticks in the heading of the games, which could be erased. (Probably the best book on Adolf Anderssen, considered as the world best chess player in 1851-57 and 1861-67. Biography and complete Anderssen's chess career from 1844 through 1878: 751 annotated games, a few articles at the end, 80 Anderssen's problems with solutions and 36 game fragments. 2x real photo). LN 3034. Code #7285.
Kč 2250,-

( Anderssen, A.) Gottschall, Hermann von: Adolf Anderssen, der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst. Sein Leben und Schaffen.
Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1912, 1st edition, portrait, VIII, 554p + 2 plates. 860 grams. Later binding, glued label with printing Adolf Andersen on the spine. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Good to very good: A piece of tape approx. 2 x 2 cm glued between pages 28 and 29 at the top near the spine, otherwise no flaws. Text is clean with no writings. (Probably the best book on Adolf Anderssen, considered as the world best chess player in 1851-57 and 1861-67. Biography and complete Anderssen's chess career from 1844 through 1878: 751 annotated games, a few articles at the end, 80 Anderssen's problems with solutions and 36 game fragments. 2x real photo). LN 3034. Code #10585.
Kč 1900,-

( Botvinnik, M.) Botvinnik, Mikhail: Izbrannye partii 1926-1936.
Moskva-Leningrad, FiS, 1938, 1st edition, 368p. Orig. cloth. 24mo (12.5-15 cm). Published 10,000 copies. Fair plus: binding a little rubbed. Small stamp with a cataloguing number on front cover and the same stamp on title - but the book is not ex-library. Halftitle and rear endpaper browned by age. Title page in distance ca 1 cm from spine is vertically torn along the whole length and threats that it will fall away - it should be repaired. Last leaf is taped and waterstained. A few strokes in red crayon on page 32, otherwise in text OK with no writings. Dust jacket not issued. (60 Botvinniks games from 1926-1936, annotated in detail by himself. Stock photo). LN 3276. Sa 411. SA 777. Code #503742.
Kč 770,-

( Kucera, J.) Kucera, Jindrich / Kalendovsky, Jan: Me nejlepsi partie, volume 1: 1941-1948 + volume 2: 1949-1959 + volume 3: 1960-1984 (complete set).
Brno, chess club TJ Zbrojovka, 1987 - 1989, (12) + 25 pages + (10), 26 pages + (22), 30 pages. 200 grams. Stapled booklets. Series Programs of Brno tournaments. Good. (Published in program of the 15th Gustav Tikovsky Memorial Tourney. In all, 150 games of Jindrich Kucera, edited by Jan Kalendovsky. Programs of Brno tournaments were published in small edition and are devoted to the history of chess, tournaments, bios etc. More about these programs in our Collectors Corner. Stock photo). Code #529048.
Kč 400,-