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(1878, Paris) Schallopp, Emil: Der Internationale Schachkongress zu Paris im Jahre 1878.
Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1879, VI, (2), 175, (9) pages. 300 grams. Contemporary halfcloth, spine lettered. Fair to good: binding is tight. Edges a little rubbed, binding and corners somewhat rubbed. Old ex-libris label of previous owner on front inner board. Front endpaper a little/somewhat stained. Both original wrappers are bound in, of which the front wrapper ( picture 3) is somewhat damaged on the back. Title page a little/somewhat soiled. Pages occasionally a little stained, one leaf at the end repaired near the margin. Text with no writings. (3x real photo). LN 5208. Code #535042.
Kč 3000,-

(1897, 1899, 1901, Stockholm, Kobenhavn, Goteborg) Krause, Herman / Rosendahl, A. C.: De nordiska schackkongresserna i Stockholm 1897, Kopenhamn 1899 och Goteborg 1901.
Stockholm, Lindstrom, 1902, (4), 88p, 1 plate + 80p, 1 plate + 104p, 1 plate. 420 grams. Softcover. Ca 22.5 cm. Good: covers slightly worn. Missing cca 0.5 x 1 cm of spine at the bottom. Spine is somewhat stained in the bottom part. Text is clean with no writings. Still an uncut copy. (Tournament books of the first three congresses of the Nordic Chess Federation. Each book has separate pagination, but all three were published in one volume. The plates always show a group photo of the participants. 2x real photo). LN 5248. Code #535401.
Kč 1600,-

(1916, Kobenhavn) Collijn, Gustaf / Collijn, Ludvig: Nordiska Skakforbundets sjunde Kongress med turneringar. Kopenhamn 2 - 16 Juli 1916.
Stockholm, Englund, 1916, portrait (group photo of participants), title, 108 pages numbered 121-228. 270 grams. Later paper binding with no lettering, with part of front cover pasted on. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Fair to good: front cover is somewhat spotted. Title page was damaged at the top but is well repaired with paper tape. Some leaves are a little creased near the top corner. Page 121 is a little stained at the top. Last blank leaf is browned. Text is OK with no writings. (Special issue of Tidskrift for Schack 8-9/1916. Real photo). LN 5324. Code #10476.
Kč 780,-

(1919, Goteborg) Collijn, Gustaf / Collijn, Ludvig: Nordiska Skakforbundets nionde Kongres med turneringar Goteborg, 3 - 17 August 1919 (cover title).
Stockholm, Englund, 1919, 1 plate (group photo of participants), 96, (2) pages. 200 grams. Softcover. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Good to very good: spine and cover a little browned by age, rear cover has ca 0,5 cm tear at the edge. Text is clean, with no writings. Still an uncut copy. (Title page not issued. This is a complete separately published tournament book. The tournament was also published in Tidskrift for Schack no. 9-11, 1919, pp.133-224, but there without index and games no. 3415-3418. Real photo). LN 5332. Code #10135.
Kč 1200,-

(1919, Goteborg) Collijn, Gustaf / Collijn, Ludvig: Nordiska Skakforbundets nionde Kongres med turneringar Goteborg, 3 - 17 August 1919 (cover title).
Stockholm, Englund, 1919, 1 plate (group photo of participants), 96, (2) pages. 300 grams. Later binding, front cover lettered. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Good: front outer joint between the spine and front cover is cracked (could be repaired), but the binding is holding well. The printing on the front cover is in an unusual small font. Otherwise light signs of use, text is clean with no writings. (Title page not issued. This is a complete separately published tournament book. The tournament was also published in Tidskrift for Schack no. 9-11, 1919, pp.133-224, but there without index and games no. 3415-3418. Real photo). LN 5332. Code #535404.
Kč 900,-

(1923, Scheveningen) Kagan, Bernhard: Internationales Schachturnier zu Scheveningen vom 23. Juli bis 4. August 1923.
Berlin, Kagan, (1923), 1st edition, 120 pages. 280 grams. Later cloth with no lettering, orig. front wrapper pasted on the front cover. Ca 23 cm. Fair to poor: binding is okay, missing top left corner of pasted front cover. Title page is frayed at the top. Its entire top part is missing, but without loss of text. The top corner of the first 25 or so leaves is somewhat stained (does not affect the text). All pages are browned, as usual for Kagan's publications of this period. Pages are with no writings. (2x real photo). LN 5362. Code #535039.
Kč 900,-

(1943, Praha) Pachman, Ludek: Velikonocni turnaj v Praze 1943.
Praha, publisher not stated, (1944), mimeographed, 1 blank leaf, 64 leaves, 1 blank leaf. 160 grams. Orig. wraps with orig. printed paper label pasted on front cover, as issued. 14 x 20 cm. Fair: original paper label on front cover is soiled and damaged. Cover a little/somewhat stained. Dedication to Rudolf Martinek on the first blank leaf - the book was a prize in the blitz tournament in Plzen 1945. Paper as usual browned by age, text with no writings. The fore-edge and some leaves at the end are somewhat stained. (There are 4 variations of the Prague 1943 tournament book. This is one of two variations in small size and the only one without photos. Won by Aljechin. Picture 1 = real photo, pictures 2, 3 = stock photo). LN 5642. So 93. Mo 148. Code #11372.
Kč 1000,-

(1943, Praha) Prucha, Karel: XVII. sjezd UJCS Praha 1943 (variation on white paper, thickness of the book ca 3.5 mm).
Praha, self-edition, (1944), 1st edition, mimeographed, 62, (2 blank) pages. 90 grams. Softcover. 14 x 20 cm. Fair: front cover well (rear cover somewhat) soiled, spine a little damaged at the top and bottom. Lower right corner of front cover bent. Internally OK, occasionally erasable marks in pencil, with no writings. (17th Czechoslovak championship. The book appears in three variations: 1) cheap brown paper, the book is ca 7 mm thick; 2) white paper, thickness ca 7 mm; 3) white paper, thickness only ca 3.5 mm; This is the third variation. Picture 1 = real photo, pictures 2, 3 = stock photo). LN 5643. So 92. Mo 154c. Code #535435.
Kč 600,-

(1943, Praha) Prucha, Karel: XVII. sjezd UJCS Praha 1943 (variation on white paper, thickness of the book ca 3.5 mm).
Praha, self-edition, (1944), 1st edition, mimeographed, 62, (2 blank) pages. 90 grams. Softcover. 14 x 20 cm. Good minus: covers a little soiled and a little damaged. In text neat underlinings throughout - mostly player's names or the result - usually 2-3 short underlinings per one page. (17th Czechoslovak championship. The book appears in three variations: 1) cheap brown paper, the book is ca 7 mm thick; 2) white paper, thickness ca 7 mm; 3) white paper, thickness only ca 3.5 mm; This is the third variation. 3x stock photo). LN 5643. So 92. Mo 154c. Code #532243.
Kč 900,-