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Chess Monthly 1890/91 (Volume XII.).
IV (=title, index) + 380p. 900 grams. Contemporary halfcloth, spine lettered. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Complete volume, 12 numbers including title and index, no plates were published this year. Covers are not bound in. Fair to good: corners and edges a little rubbed. Covers somewhat stained/soiled. The stamp of the previous owner (chess composer and collector Ilja Mikan) is whitened on the inner cover. The endpapers are somewhat stained/soiled. In text clean, sporadically small pencil or crayon marks. Edges a little dusty. (Monthly magazine, published in London between 1879 and 1896 by Leopold Hoffer, until 1888 together with J. H. Zukertort. 2x real photo). LN 6138. Betts 7-25. Code #11538.
Kč 2000,-

Chess Monthly 1891/92 (Volume XIII.).
IV (=title, index) + 380p. 870 grams. Contemporary halfcloth, spine lettered. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Complete volume, 12 numbers including title and index, no plates were published this year. Covers are not bound in. Fair: corners and edges a little rubbed. Covers somewhat stained/soiled. The cloth on the top of the front cover is starting to loosen slightly (could be repaired). There is a small pin sized hole on the back cover near the edge (not affecting the text) that also goes through the pages - it appears on pages 300-380. The stamp of the previous owner (chess composer and collector Ilja Mikan) is whitened on the inner cover. The endpapers are somewhat stained/soiled. In text clean, sporadically small pencil or crayon marks. (Monthly magazine, published in London between 1879 and 1896 by Leopold Hoffer, until 1888 together with J. H. Zukertort. 2x real photo). LN 6138. Betts 7-25. Code #11539.
Kč 1600,-

Chess Monthly 1892/93 (Volume XIV.).
IV (=title, index) + 380p. 860 grams. Contemporary halfcloth, spine lettered. Large 8vo (23-25 cm). Complete volume, 12 numbers including title and index, no plates were published this year. Covers are not bound in. Poor: corners and edges a little rubbed. Covers somewhat stained/soiled. The stamp of the previous owner (chess composer and collector Ilja Mikan) is whitened on the inner cover. The endpapers are somewhat stained/soiled. The cloth on the top of the front cover is starting to loosen. There is a small hole with a diameter of about 3 mm on the back cover, which also goes through the pages - affecting pages 150-380. The hole could have been caused by a sharp pointed object, or it could be a trace of a bullet. A similar, smaller hole is located at the edge, affecting pages 320-380. However, the text is always complete. There is a defect at the bottom of pages 315-328. The text is okay. (Monthly magazine, published in London between 1879 and 1896 by Leopold Hoffer, until 1888 together with J. H. Zukertort. 2x real photo). LN 6138. Betts 7-25. Code #11540.
Kč 800,-

Chess Player's Chronicle and Journal of Indoor and Outdoor Amusements, The. (New Series), Volume V: 1881.
626 pages + 1 plate (Samuel S. Boden). 1,080 grams. Later cloth, spine lettered. Ca 26 cm. Lacks title/index, otherwise complete volume, 52 numbers from 4th January to 27th December 1881. Covers are not bound in. Fair to poor: binding is OK. The first leaf is damaged, chipped and frayed around the edges, but the text is complete (picture 2). Some leaves with pages 301-324 are somewhat damaged at the bottom right edge, one has a piece ca 5 x 1.5 cm torn out (text complete). Leaves with pages 325-350 have the bottom corner ca 2 x 2 cm torn off (picture 3). Leaves with pages 621-624 have the bottom corner ca 2 x 6 cm torn off (the text is complete except for one word). Leaf 625-626 is heavily damaged, with a piece about 6 x 6 cm missing at the bottom. The missing text is loosely attached as a photocopy. Pages 617-626 are not at the end but are bound between pages 592 and 593. All other pages are OK, with no writings. (Published in London from 1877 to 1902, with some interruptions. From 1877-1880 a monthly, from 1881 a weekly. 4x real photo). LN 6126. Betts 7-23. di Felice 618. Code #10066.
Kč 1280,-