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Highlights of the Chess Library

Books
Lucena: Repetición de amores, y Arte de ajedrez, circa 1496-97.
Rare first edition of the earliest extant manual of modern chess, containing a discussion of eleven
openings and 150 problems. 87 leaves with 161 woodcut chess board diagrams within woodcut
borders.

In 1964, Lathrop C. Harper in New York offered a Lucena. Their catalog description is as follows:

48. LUCENA (Luis de). Repetición de amores: E arte de axedres con cl. juegos de partido. 2 parts in
1. 35 and 87 printed leaves (2 leaves in the first part in facsimile). Gothic type. 162 large woodcuts of
chess boards, showing positions of the game in the second part and one on the title. 4to, richly blind-
stamped modern calf, g.e. [Salamanca: Lope Sanz, 1494-95]. First Printed Book on Chess.

“FIRST EDITION. The second part of this volume represents the FIRST PRINTED BOOK ON
CHESS, WITH REMARKABLE WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS. It is preceded by an illustrated
treatise on love by the same author. In this first part, which is by no means the important feature of
the volume, leaves a3 and a6 are supplied in excellent facsimile. The important Book of Chess is
COMPLETE with all the amazing woodcuts of chessboards, showing various positions of the game.
“Interesting also, and not without ­decorative value, is the series of illustrations of chess in Luis
Ramirez de Lucena, Repetición de Amores …”

Apart from the woodcuts there are borders and ornamental woodcut initials throughout the book.
Contrary to Haebler, Vindel attributes the printing to the Spaniard Lope Sanz alone and sets the
date as above, Haebler suggested the company of Lope Sanz and the German wandering craftsman
Leonhard Hutz. These were the earliest printers in Salamanca whose names we know.

Two leaves of the chess book have water stains; leaves A3 and A6 are remargined and possibly
supplied from another copy; the title is somewhat stained and there are a few minor flaws. The
general condition, however, is excellent and this is a very desirable copy of this “famosisimo libro”.
Copies containing both parts as ours are of very great rarity, and of the eight copies listed in Stillwell
only four have the first part. For more than twenty years – to our knowledge – no copies at all have
been offered for sale. The only copy we know of to appear at an English auction sale, a very defective
one, fetched £550 in 1928.”

Damiano: Questo Libro e da Imparare Giocare a Scachi, 1512. First edition.

One of the rarest and historically significant books regarding modern day chess. I know of only two
-complete copies in the public domain. A+ for rarity and historical significance.
The first copy appeared in the Muffang sale in Paris, 1991. I commissioned the French antiquarian
book dealer, Mr. Chamonal, who bid on my behalf. I won, paying $14,000 (hammer price). Five years
later, a copy came up for sale in London. Lothar Schmid bought it for $39,000. That was the last time
I saw a complete copy.

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Damiano: Libro da Imparare Giocare a Scachi, 1524. Third edition.

This edition, was printed by Blado, the most famous of the early sixteenth-century printers in Rome,
in his early Roman type and the first edition with the woodcut showing two players at the game.

Vida: Ad Letorum, 1525. Only three copies known to exist. Very rare.
Only three copies known to exist. Not in L/N or Cleveland. Title is supplied in facsimile. This
supposed unauthorized edition, without the author’s name, differs from the 1527 Vida poem (Vida’s
collected works) as it consists of 658 lines compared to 742 lines in the 1527 edition. All references to
Vida’s contemporaries are gone and the nomenclature adopted for the chessmen changes. As Murray
states in his History of Chess (p.790), “The text of the 1525 edition, accordingly, becomes of great
importance in connexion with the history of the poem. The older text was also printed in Paris in
1529.” A+ for rarity.

Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1527.

First edition of Vida’s collected works.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Scachorum Liber. Paris, 1529. Second separate edition.
Second separate edition, much harder to obtain than Vida’s collected works, 1527. Not in L/N.
Lucena (Paris) Manuscript: early 16th century.
This is one of my favorite items in the collection. I purchased it at the Muffang auction in 1991. It is
considered the most sophisticated work of the three works, the other two being the Lucena book and
the Göettingen Manuscript. A+ in rarity and historical significance.

Lucena, is the author of the oldest known chess book, Repeticion de amores e arte de axedrez con cl
iuegos de partido (First item on this list), which was published, most probably, in 1497 due to
Lucena’s dedication of his book to Prince John of Spain, the son of Ferdinand and Isabella, who died
October 4, 1497. He wrote this book when he was a young student in Salamanca and being the son of
an ambassador, he had the opportunity of travelling extensively through Europe.

There are two MSS. The Göettingen Manuscript which gets its name due to it residing in the
Göettingen Library and the manuscript that I own, the Paris Manuscript.

All three works, the book of Lucena, the Göettingen Manuscript and the Paris Manuscript are
undated and there has been much debate as to which work came first, the book of Lucena or the
Göettingen Manuscript. The Paris Manuscript is believed to have come last since it has more in-
depth analysis and reveals a much deeper understanding of the game of chess and its strategy.

The debate between which work is older, the book of Lucena or the Göettingen Manuscript is stated
by the following opinions:
- Van der Linde stated that the Göettingen Manuscript was “the oldest chess game ever
written”;

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- Freeborough and Ranken (1893) dated the Göettingen Manuscript around 1490;
- Von Bardeleben and Mieses (1894) said, “The Manuscript could be a little older than the
book of Lucena”;
- Kohtz said, “The oldest example of modern chess is a latin manuscript…found at the
University Library of Göettingen”;
- Murray stated, “Even though it is generally accepted that the Göettingen Manuscript is the
older work, this is definitely not an established fact, and, in fact, the Göettingen Manuscript
is in certain ways more advanced than Lucena’s book. It studies exclusively the modern
game, and makes no references to the old game; on the other hand, Lucena’s book describes
the differences between the two games, and displays an understanding of the problems of the
old game; it is obvious that it is part of a transitional period. The analysis in the Göettingen
Manuscript reveals a deeper understanding of the modern game than the analysis in
Lucena’s book. Both works have a certain amount of material that is identical, but this does
not mean that both authors had referred to each other’s works, as they could have, both, in
fact, referred to an older work. It is however odd that a later manuscript from the 16th
century (Paris, German) describes the openings of the Göettingen Manuscript, albeit in
somewhat modernized versions, as the work of Lucena. Should this attribution be correct, we
would be forced to conclude that the Göettingen Manuscript is the later work of Lucena,
being more mature in its analysis.”
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There has also been much conjecture as to who wrote the two manuscripts. The French chess
scholar, Victor Place, in 1922, strongly argues that the Göettingen Manuscript as well as the Paris
Manuscript had a great deal in common with the book of Lucena and he thought that both
manuscripts were written by Lucena. Place states, “Even though Murray could not provide us with
further indications with regards to the name of the author of the Göettingen Manuscript, he has
allowed us, thanks to the Paris Manuscript, to affirm his conclusions. The reader, having followed
the preceding games, must be struck by the similarities in the three works. These similarities are
summarized…: We consequently notice that 9 out of the 11 games from the Lucena book are in the
Paris Manuscript, and that all the Göettingen games are in the Paris Manuscript, and even in the
same order; it is also noteworthy that the openings in the Göettingen Manuscript are attributed to
Lucena in the German manuscript from the 16th century at the National Library in Paris; the first
game in the Lucena book, the first game in the Göettingen Manuscript and the first game in the
Paris Manuscript are all presented in descriptive fashion; the Lucena book, the Göettingen
Manuscript and the Paris Manuscript are all presented in the same format, the first part dedicated
to openings, the second to problems; the games are called “rules” in all three works; the names used
for the pieces in the Göettingen Manuscript and the Paris Manuscript have French origins; In all
three documents, the first part is dedicated to attacking chess, the second to defense
considerations…The problems discussed in the Paris Manuscript are an exact copy - with the
exception of two - of the problems discussed in the Göettingen ­Manuscript…The many other
similarities that we have discussed cannot be simply attributed to chance...From what we have
discussed, we can conclude that Lucena, the first theoretician of the modern game, was the author of
a manuscript in Spanish written in 1497 at the latest. Lucena was a student at the time, which
explains the relatively simple nature of the book. At a later but unknown date, he wrote a new work,
in Latin. This manuscript is the Göettingen Manuscript, and was probably written in France.

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Moreover, this new manuscript is almost exclusively dedicated to the modern game, with all vestiges
of the ancient game disappearing under the modern analysis. Finally, after writing the Göettingen
Manuscript, Lucena wrote, in France once again, the Paris Manuscript. This manuscript completely
ignores the ancient game, and is written in a new and brilliant style that would reach its apogee
with the writings of Labourdonnais, McDonnell and Morphy.”

Of course, as Murray pointed out, it is conceivable that the author or authors of these works had an
even earlier book to read. The Paris Manuscript is the only work of the three that has the name
Lucena written in it which of course does not mean that it is his signature (but in all likelihood it is
his signature), however, nine of the eleven games that appear in the book of Lucena, as well as all of
the games that appear in the Göettingen Manuscript (12), appear in the Paris Manuscript, and in
the same order, with an additional eight games appearing in the Paris Manuscript. This leads one to
conclude, even though circumstantial evidence, that the author of the Paris Manuscript had access to
the book of Lucena and the Göettingen Manuscript.

In 1997, the Italian scholar, Alessandro Sanvito, wrote an article in Italian entitled, “A French
Lucena”. Here are his conclusions. “The close resemblance of the three works is undoubted: they are
conceived with the same plan, with the first part dedicated to the openings and the second to the
“partiti.” The openings are called regles in all three works, the first openings are dedicated to the
attack, the last to the defenses; in Lucena’s book, castling is in two moves and the King’s jump is
possible, just as in the two MSS; the “partiti” of the Paris MS are exactly the same as those of the
Göettingen MS with the exception of two that are missing, and in turn the “partiti” of the Göettingen
MS seem to be a selection of those of the Lucena’s book...it is evident that among the three works
there is an extraordinary relation, independently of their chronological order, but the purpose of my
article was to remember that for a study about Lucena we cannot ignore the sometimes overlooked
existence of the Paris MS.”

Damiano: Libro da Imparare Giocare a Scachi, undated, fourth edition.

Damiano: Libro da Imparare Giocare à Scachi, undated, fifth edition.
Damiano: Libro da Imparare Giocare à Scachi, undated, sixth edition.
Cessolis: Opera nuova nella quale se insegna…il giuoco delli scacchi. Vineggia, 1534.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1536.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1547.
Cessolis: Martin de Reyna translation. Dechado de la vida Humana. 1549. Rare.
First Spanish edition in book form. The first copy I saw was offered in 1996 by New York book dealer
H.P. Kraus for $18,000. Kraus states, “This edition is of legendary rarity. Apart from a copy offered by
Hiersemann in 1914 and another offered by him in 1930, we know of none in the trade or at auction
since 1891 when the Heredia copy was sold to the British Library. It was considered of such importance
that a facsimile was prepared in 1952.”

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Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1550.

Ringhieri: Cento Giuochi Liberali, et d’Ingegno, 1551.
First edition, dedicated to Catherine de' Medici, of a collection of intellectual games which amused
the Italian aristocracy in the mid-sixteenth century. The book consists of one hundred games, many
of considerable complexity, requiring from the players a great store of Renaissance erudition. The
character of the games is varied, and several have a counterpart in modern parlor games. Some have
a literary cast, such as the one in which lines of Petrarch are used. Each game has an elaborately
ironic introduction and rules of great ingenuity. Examples are: “The Game of the Courtesan”, “The
Game of Fate”, “The Game of Boredom”, “The Game of Death” and one of the last in the book, “The
Game of Chess” in which the players are attired to represent the pieces on the chess board.

Berachja Ha Nakdan: Mishlei Shualim. Mantua, 1557/58.

I would classify this book as another rare book, tangentially pertaining to chess, as this book of
fables contains the first printed Hebrew description of the game of chess. As the Rowbothum and
Saul chess works have collectors from the early English domain, so does this book as it is sought by
collectors of early Judaica. I have seen only one other copy. In 2014, Libreria Philobiblon in Rome
offered a copy for $95,000 citing the book as an “Extremely rare edition”.

Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis Albae Episcopi opera. Antverpiae, 1558.
Damiano: Le Plaisant Jeu des Eschecz Renouuellé, 1560. First French edition.
Translated from Italian by Claude Gruget, Paris, par Guillaume le Noir, 1560. I would place this
work in the category of scarcer Damiano editions. I purchased this copy at the Blass sale at
Christie’s London, 1992. My objection with the book was that it had an ugly blue Blass stamp on the
title page. Any collector who defaces a book with his own stamp, especially the title page, only
highlights his ignorance about collecting.

At the time, I knew the conservator of the Morgan Library. I gave her the book and with her
expertise she removed the blue stamp. She rebound the book with a limp soft unblemished vellum
binding which is wonderful to the touch. The book’s condition is one of the finest in the library.
In the November, 1906, issue of BCM, J.G. White wrote an article, “The Various Editions of
Damiano”. For this book, he writes, “This, apparently, exists in three states. First, with the Sertenas
title-page given by v.d. Linde; second, with the Le Noir title page given by Mr. Pinsent, and with two
paragraphs of “printer’s pi” at the top of the verso of the last leaf, of which the first two lines is a
repetition of the last two lines of text on f. 39a, and the second paragraph of six lines is a repetition
of the six lines at the top of f. 34b; third, with the Le Noir title-page and no “printer’s pie”.

Ruy Lopez: Libro de la Invencion Liberal Y Arte del juego del Axedrez, 1561. First edition.
One of the most desirable chess books of the sixteenth century. In 2007, a well-known antiquarian
French book dealer sold a copy for $25,000. This book is a must for the serious chess collector. Its
perceived rarity is derived more from a few collectors owning multiple copies rather than only a few
copies existing in the public domain.

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Damiano: Rowbothum’s The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts, 1562.
One of the rarest of all chess books. After Caxton’s, The Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474,
Rowbothum’s, The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts, 1562, is the second chess book printed
in England and the first chess book in English that has to do with the modern game of chess. A+ for
rarity and historical significance. Not in L/N.
I have seen three complete copies. The first appeared at the Ford auction in London in 1985 which is
this copy. I did not see another copy until 2006. It was at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.
Maggs, an English book dealer, sold it at the fair, for $28,000. The third copy was in the Lothar
Schmid Collection.

This is one of those chess books that is highly sought after by collectors of early English books.

Covarrubia: Institutione de’ Giuocatori, 1562.

Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis. Antverpiae, 1566.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis Albae Episcopi, opera, 1566. With manuscript.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis. Cremonae, 1567. Not in L/N.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis. Antwerp, 1578.
Actius: Thomae Actii Forosemproniensis de Ludo Scacchorum, 1583.
First edition of this early classic of chess literature by an attorney from Fossombrone. Aside from
presenting a complete description of the game, the author tries to prove from the point of view of
both canon and civil law that chess is exempt from general bans on games of chance because it is a
game of skill.

Ruy Lopez: Il Giuoco de gli Scacchi di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo, 1584. First state.
Ruy Lopez: Il Giuoco de gli Scacchi di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo, 1584. Second state.
One variant, presumably the “first state” with gomito, Gobito and Gombito on lines 1, 3 and 6 of
p.133. The other variant, presumably the "second state" with the consistent spelling of the word
"gomito" on lines 1, 3 and 6 of p.133.

Castiglione: Le Parfait Courtisan, 1585.

Ducchi: La Scacheide, 1586.
An allegorical poem on chess. In 2010, I received a catalog from an Italian antiquarian book dealer
offering a copy of this work. I called to inquire and he informed me the book was sold. We had an
interesting discussion as he told me what surprised him was not the price, €3,500 ($4,800), as it is
very rare in Italy, but that he had three buyers for the book as buyers are not only chess collectors
but collectors of early Italian books.

Gianutio: Libro nel Quale si Tratta della Maniera di Giuocar' à Scacchi, 1597.

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Another high spot for the serious collector, more for scarcity than for content – mostly remembered
for the author’s comments regarding castling. Often touted as rare (Murray even mentions its
“rarity”).

Salvio: Trattato dell’ Inventione…del Gioco di Scacchi, 1604.

Another high point for the collector. Scarce.
Porto: Libro da Imparare a Giocare a Scacchi, 1606.
Porto: Modo Facile per Imparar presto di giocar à Scacchi, 1607.
In the early 1990s, I was sitting next to Lothar Schmid at the Blass sale at Christie’s auction in
London. With this book coming up for bid I asked his opinion. He said, “Very scarce. Buy it if you
can.” I did and since that time I can’t remember seeing another copy. Quaritch, in their 1909 catalog,
wrote, “very scarce”, offering it for 11 pounds, 11 shillings, compared with an offering of the Ruy
Lopez, 1561, for 15 pounds, 15 shillings.

Ducchi: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1607.

Ruy Lopez: Le Jeu des Eschecs, 1609.
Quite scarce. It has been my experience that this edition is rarer than the 1561 Ruy Lopez. Although
not the first edition, it is rarer than the original edition.

Ruy Lopez: Le Royal Jeu des Eschecs, 1615. Second French edition.
Although the second French edition, one can wait decades before seeing this book.
Selenus: Das Schach- oder König-Spiel, 1616. Original vellum binding.
The first German work on chess openings with excellent historical material.

Carrera: Il Gioco degli Scacchi, 1617.

Often cited as “rare” by dealers, an early Italian work on chess valued more for its historical than
analytical content. Although scarce, it is obtainable.

Two points come to mind: There is a misnumbering of the pages such that there is a gap between
pages 352 and 357 and; on every copy that I’ve seen, there is some blurring of print on various pages.
I believe this had to do with the original way the book was printed with somewhat thin paper and too
much ink on both sides of a leaf thereby causing a duplication and blurring of sorts on the pages. On
one copy, I counted 36 different pages with some degree of blurring.

Roccha: Trattato di. fr. Angelo Roccha, 1617.

Souteri: Danielis Souteri Flandro-Britanni Palamedes, 1622.
Middleton: A Game at Chaess, circa 1625.

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A well-known Stuart play that uses chess as a metaphor for the political world - a political drama
whereby Middleton represents the political situation of the day by disguising the leading politicians
of Spain and England in his play, under the names of chess pieces.

R.C. Bald in his book, A Game at Chesse, published in 1929, states there are several ways to
differentiate the first edition from the second: in the first line of the Epilogue (last page) the first
edition has White Queene whereas the second edition has Whit Queene; at the very end of the book
the first edition ends with FINIS where the second I appears like a J with a line intersecting the J in
the middle whereas the second edition has FINIS with the first I appearing like a J with a line
intersecting the J in the middle; on page F2 (III, I, 192) How dares you pawne unpennanc’t - the first
edition has “dares you” while the second edition has “dare you”; on page F4v (III, I, 364) My pitty
flam’d - the first edition has “My pitty stand” while the second edition has “My pitty stands”.

This book is highly desired by collectors of early English dramas. In fact, the value for this book is
driven more by those collectors than chess collectors.

A number of copies lack the prologue and/or title page. Two of the three CPL’s copies lack the
prologue and title page as does Princeton’s copy. My copy has the title in facsimile. The only copy I’ve
seen in private hands over a 35 year period. A+ for rarity.

Meurs: Joannis Meurs I Graecia Ludibunda, 1625.

Salvio: Il Puttino, 1634.
Salvio: Trattato dell’ Inventione... del Gioco di Scacchi, 1634.

Usually bound together, sometimes apart.

Saul: The Famous Game of Chesse-play, 1640. Third edition.

All Sauls are rare. Sauls have a tendency to be cropped thereby missing some, if not all, of the date.
Vida: Heroicae Poeseos Deliciae…1646. Not in Cleveland or L/N.
Huttern: Ludus Latrunculorum, 1650.
A two-player board game, played throughout the Roman empire, generally accepted to be a game of
military tactics. Since sources are few, there are various interpretations of the game. It is mentioned
in Ruy Lopez’s, Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez, 1561.

Marino: L’Adone, poema del Cavallier Marino. Amsterdam, 1651. Two volumes.
Greco: The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, 1656. First English edition.
Murray describes Greco’s work as “One of the most important productions in the history of chess.”
Francis Beale included almost one hundred “Gambetts” from a Greco manuscript in this work.
Another high spot for the collector due to its historical significance but not a rare book. Finding a
copy without a trimmed frontispiece, or title page with date cropped, remains the challenge.

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Another point, among the dedicatory poems is one by Richard Lovelace which is signed in some cases
and unsigned in others.

There are two variants of this book. The first variant, and I think the scarcer one, contains: the
epistle dedicatory to the Earl of Lindsey; To the industrious chesse-player; To his honoured friend on
his game of chesse-play, with printed signature of R. Lovelace; On the incomparable game of chesse-
play, with printed signature of E. Revet and; Upon chesse-play. To Dr. Budden.

The second variant has all the above preliminary matter except, To his honoured friend on his game
of chesse-play, with printed signature of R. Lovelace.

Sarasin: Les Oeuvres, 1656.

La Maison Academique Contenant les Jeux. Paris, 1659.
Weickhmann: New-erfundenes Grosses Königs-Spiel, 1664.
George Walker’s copy with his signature.
La Maison des Jeux Academiques, 1668.
Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, 1669. First French edition.
Saul: The Famous Game of Chesse-play, 1672. Fifth edition.
Ruy Lopez: Le Royal et Nouveau Jeu des Eschets, 1674. Third French edition.
Although the third edition, it is rarely seen.
Greco Manuscript: 95 games, beautifully written, circa 1680.
Manuscript titled, “The Royall Game of Chess” comprising 95 games beautifully executed in pen, ink
and green wash. The moves are in algebraic notation with each game illustrated by a diagram
showing the position of the pieces. Binding is blind-stamped sheepskin. A real gem of a work.

Piacenza: I Campeggiamenti degli Scacchi, 1683.

Although having the reputation of little analytical merit compared to the works of Salvio and
Carrera, it appeals to collectors for its elusiveness and rarity. Seldom seen. Two variants, one with
a portrait.

Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, 1689. Second French edition.

Severino: La Filosofia, bound with Dell’ Antica Pettia, 1690.
Its value has held for years.
Hyde: De Ludis Orientalibus, 1694.
Hyde was a professor of Hebrew and Arabic at Oxford and the librarian of the Bodleian from 1665 to
1701. This work is known and appreciated for its careful research. Murray writes in History of Chess
(p.841), “The first really scientific contribution to the history of chess.” At one time, this book was
viewed as rare but this is not the case. One of my copies is the personal copy of Sir Frederic Madden

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(1801-1873), Keeper of Manuscripts in the British Museum.

Greco: Divertissemens Innocens, 1696.

Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis. Oxoniae, 1701.
Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, 1707.
Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, 1713.
Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, Chez Claude Robustel, 1714.
Greco: Le Jeu des Eschets, Chez Denis Mouchet, 1714.
Seymour: The Court Gamester, 1720.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1722.
Salvio: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1723.
Large paper copy is preferred.
Abraham Ben Ezra: Sefer Ma’adane Melekh: ‘al tsehok ha-shakh, 1726. Scarce.
Academie Universelle des Jeux, 1730.
Vida: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, 1731.
Hervey: A Letter to the Craftsman on the Game of Chess, 1733.
Bertin: The Noble Game of Chess, 1735. Scarce.
Vida: Scacchia Ludus: or, the Game of Chess. A Poem. 1736.
Stamma: Essai sur le Jeu des Echecs, 1737. First French edition.
The first European book on chess to use the modern standard of notation. Page 146 concludes with a
two-line manuscript inscription in Arabic in the hand of Stamma, which reads, “This book printed in
Paris under the name of Philippe Stamma.”

English Manuscript: 100 Chess Problems - Stamma. Paris, 1737. Rimington-Wilson Library.
Academie Universelle des Jeux, 1739.
Stamma: Essai sur le Jeu des Echecs, 1741. Second French edition.
Stamma: The Noble Game of Chess, 1745. First English edition.
Philidor: L'Analyze des Echecs, 1749. First French edition – fruit bowl.
First French edition with fruit bowl on title page. There are large paper and regular octavo copies.
A classic and a must for the serious collector, not because of its rarity but due to its historical
significance regarding the importance of pawns (“Pawns are the soul of chess”) and positional play.
Murray writes in ­History of Chess, “The secret of this remarkable success is the lucidity, the
assurance, and the brevity of the book. No previous writer had attempted to explain the reasons for
particular moves with the detail and directness which Philidor had adopted.”

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Philidor: L'Analyze des Echecs, 1749. First edition, second/third printing – birds.
Philidor: L'Analyze des Echecs, 1749. First edition, second/third printing – cornucopia.
Both variants are as scarce as the first edition but their value is lower as the first edition trumps the
scarcity issue due to its historical significance.

Philidor: Chess Analysed, 1750. First English edition.

I’ve been surprised that I’ve not seen more copies of this edition, especially in the U.S. Like the first
French variants, this edition is quite scarce.

Ercole del Rio: Sopra il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1750.

Murray writes in History of Chess, “As an introduction to the openings del Rio’s work was far
superior to any work in existence in 1750.”

Greco: Chess Made Easy, 1750. Second English edition.

I have two variants: 1) presumably the “first issue”, “first state”, as there is only the errata on pages
xxiii and [xxiv]; 2) presumably the “first issue”, “second state”, as there is the errata on pages xxiii
and [xxiv], and a separate errata page after p.212.

English Manuscript: Richard Seymour, Court Gamester. 40 leaves, circa 1750.

Italian Manuscript: Greco, Il Giuoco degli Scacchi del Calabrese. 145pp., circa 1750.
Greco manuscripts are rare and highly sought-after.
Italian Manuscript: Osservazioni sopra il Gioco delli Scacchi. 28pp., circa 1750.
Vida: Scacchia, Ludus: A Poem on the Game of Chess, 1750.
Seymour: The Compleat Gamester. London, 1750.
Greco: Le Royal Jeu des Echecs, 1752.
La Plus Nouvelle Academie Universelle des Jeux, 1752.
Philidor: L’Analyse des Echecs, 1752.
Vida: La Scaccheide di Girolamo Vida, 1753.
Philidor: Die Kunst im Schachspiel, 1754. First German edition.
Philidor: L’Analyse des Echecs, 1754.
Vida: Der im Schach=Spiel vom Mercur ubermundene Apollo…Ramler, 1754.
Not in Cleveland or L/N.

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Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1756.

Philidor: Blaise le Savetier, Opera-Comique, 1759.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1760.
Bisteghi: Il Giuoco Pratico o sieno Capitoli Diversi. Bologna, 1760. Second edition.
Philidor: Chess Analysed, 1762. Second English edition.
Lolli: Osservazioni Teorico-Pratiche sopra il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1763.
The first true comprehensive compendium of chess openings. Lolli’s book is divided into three parts:
the first deals with openings from Ercole del Rio’s book, Sopra il giuoco degli scacchi; the second part
consists of a treatise on defense against the first move pertaining to new variations from del Rio’s
book with deep annotations by Lolli; and the last section deals with the ending which is a collection
of 100 problems by various composers, 20 by Ercole del Rio and 12 by Lolli.

Murray, in History of Chess, calls Lolli’s work, “a great encyclopedic work on the game.” BCM, in
1896, states, “Lolli’s work, which reflects the greatest credit on the indefatigable industry of its
author, is remarkable for its elaborate notes and great accuracy.”

Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1763.

Philidor: Ariette Ajoutee au Devin du Village, 1763/4.
Philidor: Sancho Panca, Le Bucheron and Le Sorcier, 1763/4.
Philidor: The Songs of the Deserter, 1764.
Philidor: Le Sorcier, 1764.
Lambe: The History of Chess, 1764. First edition.
The 1764 edition is considered the first historical treatise on chess in the English language.
Lambe: The History of Chess, 1765. Second edition.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1765.
Marinelli: Das Dreyseitige Schachbrett, 1765.
Cozio: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1766. Scarce.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1766.
Hyde: Syntagma Dissertationum, 1767. Two volumes.
The entire text of Hyde’s, De ludis orientalibus, originally published in 1694, including
Mandragorias seu historia shahiludii, is reprinted in Vol. II of the 1767 work. More scarce than the
1694 Hyde.

Barbiellini: Trattato de' Giochi e de’ Divertimenti. Rome, 1768.

Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1769. First edition.

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Averani: Monumenta Latina Postuma Josephi Averani. Florentiae, 1769.

Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1770.
Mehler: Le Jeu de la Guerre, 1770.
Philidor: Die Kunst im Schachspiel, 1771.
French Manuscript: Le Bucheron par Philidor, 1772.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1773. Second printing of first edition.
Philidor: Chess Analysed, 1773. Third English edition.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1774.
Greco: Le Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1774.
Vida: La Scaccheida, 1774.
Traité des Amateurs, 1775. First French edition.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1777.
Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Échecs, 1777. Both variants.
The variants have a slightly different title page. One variant has, A Londres., (next line) date in
Roman numerals. The second variant has, A Londres., (next line) Chez P. Elmsley, dans le Strand,
(next line) date in Roman numerals. Large paper edition is preferable and more attractive.

Philidor: Analysis of the Game of Chess. London, 1777, with Bartolozzi frontispiece.
Fred Wilson writes in his 1979 chess catalog, “V.d. Linde (I p.398) calls for a frontispiece in this
edition but I have been unable to locate a copy in private hands with this plate, nor have I ever seen
it listed by other dealers. More confusing is the fact that the White catalogue also lists a portrait in
this edition but not in French edition of 1777, which, it is well known, should contain the portrait! I
believe that either V.d. Linde erred…or only a very small number of copies of this edition (as in the
1790 edition) were issued with the frontispiece.”

Stamma: Nouvelle Maniere de Jouer aux Echecs, 1777.

Verci: Lettere di Giambatista Verci, 1778.
Philidor: Praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1779.
Dusaulx: De la Passion du Jeu, 1779.
Theoretisch-praktischer Unterricht im Schachspiele. Traité des Amateurs, 1780.
Philidor: Beoeffenende Onderwyzing in het Schaakspel, 1780.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1782. Second edition.
Windisch: Lettres sur le Joueur d’Echecs de M. de Kempelen, 1783.

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Windisch: Inanimate Reason, 1784.

Cerutti: Recueil de Quelques Pieces de Littérature, 1784.
Sardenheim: Das Schachspiel, 1784.
Decremps: La Magie Blanche, 1784.
Greco: Das Schach des Herrn Gioachino Greco Calabrois, 1784.
Huarte: Prüfung der Köpfe zu den Wissenschaften, 1785.
Traité des Amateurs, 1786. Second French edition.
Columbian Magazine, 1786.
First printing of Ben Franklin’s, Morals of Chess.
Philidor: Bekwaame Handleiding tot het Edele Schaakspel, 1786. First Dutch edition.
Van der Linde states in Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, 1874, I, p.400, that the 1786
translation of Kersteman is not at all a translation from the French edition, as it claims, but a
translation of Ewald. “Die Übersetzung is nicht gemacht, wie Kersteman sich stümperhaft und
selbstverrätherisch ausdrückt, “naar het Fransche”, sondern nach der deutschen Übersetzung des
Ewald.”
Twiss: Chess, 1787 and 1789. Two volumes.
Philidor: Chess Analysed, 1787. Fourth English edition.
Franklin: Morals of Chess. Gentleman’s Magazine, July, 1787.
Philidor: Carmen Seculare, 1788.
Hombre: Das Neue Königliche, 1788.
Racknitz: Ueber den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen, 1789.
Stein: Nouvel Essai sur le Jeu des Échecs, 1789. Regular and Holland paper editions.
Académie Universelle des Jeux, 1789.
Barrington: An Historical Disquisition on the Game of Chess. London, 1789.
Philidor: Analysis of the Game of Chess, 1790.
Fairly common but scarcer with the Bartolozzi frontispiece. This edition, like the Elements of Chess,
Boston, 1805, has copies with and without the frontispiece which I believe were originally published
that way. This was the last edition revised by Philidor.

Almanach des Jeux, 1790.

Ben Franklin’s Morals of Chess: Massachusetts magazine, 1791.

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Philidor: Chess Analysed, 1791.

Hombre: Das Neue Königliche, 1791.
Vida: Il Gioco degli Scacchi. Poema Latino, 1791.
Zuylen van Nyevelt: La Supériorité aux Echecs, 1792.
The first printing has a political article unconnected with chess, “Trois grands Maux curables par
trois Grains de Bon Sens” inserted from p.107-p.158. This is missing from the second printing as well
as the Dutch edition.

Philidor: Le Jeu des Échecs, 1792.

Ben Franklin’s Morals of Chess: The American Museum, or Universal Magazine, 1792.

Douce: Some Remarks on the European Names of Chessmen, 1793.

Irwin: An Account of the Game of Chess, as played by the Chinese, 1793.
Franklin: Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, New York, 1794. Morals of Chess.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1795/96. First edition.
Considered the first German systematic manual on chess. Murray writes in History of Chess, “A
work of real ability and originality.”

Kindermann: Vollständige Anweisung, das Schachspiel, 1795.

Weltmensch (Der beliebte), 1795.
Geisler: Das Schachspiel, 1796.
Philidor: Praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1797.
Stamma: Unterricht im Schachspiele, 1797.
Wahl: Der Geist und die Geschichte des Schach-Spiels, 1798.
Uflacker: Ueber den Geist des Schachspiels, 1799.
Pratt: The Theory of Chess, 1799.
Delille: L’homme des champs. Basle, 1800.
Koch: Die Schachspielkunst. Madgeburg, 1801.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1801.
Christie: An Inquiry into the Antient Greek Game, 1801.
Fred Wilson, catalog #14, states, “George Walker claimed that ‘An Inquiry into the Ancient Greek
Game’ was published in an edition of 40 copies.”
Giacometti: Nouveau Jeu d’Echecs, 1801.

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First printed in Genoa, 1793, reissued in Torino, 1794, and first published in France in 1801.

Chess Made Easy, 1802. Carey frontispiece. First chess book printed in America.
This is the first chess book printed in America and therefore an extremely valuable item for chess
book and early Americana collectors. It is a reprint of a primer published in London by Symonds in
1796.

There are two variants of the frontispiece: “Engraved for Matthew Carey” and “Engraved for James
Humphreys”. There are two variants of the text as well which can be differentiated by the footnote
on p.83. Some copies have a garbled text while others have a correct text. The variant with the
garbled footnote is the “first state” of the first edition while the corrected footnote is the “second
state” of the first edition.

Some dealers claim that this is the first appearance of Ben Franklin’s, Morals of Chess, in book form
but this is wrong. It appears in some of Franklin’s collected works in the 1790s.

Montigny: Les Stratagèmes des Échecs, 1802. First edition.

Montigny: Neuentdeckte Schachspielgeheimnisse. Strassburg/Paris, 1802.
Lallement: Les Quatre Jeux de Dames, 1802.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-practische Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1802. Second edition.
Académie Universelle des Jeux. Lyon, 1802.
Heinse: Anastasia und das Schachspiel, 1803. First edition.
Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1803.
Philidor: Studies of Chess. London, 1803.
Hutton: Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. London, 1803.
Philidor: Studies of Chess. London, 1804.
Philidor: An Introduction to the History and Study of Chess. London, 1804.
Twiss: Miscellanies, 1805.
The Elements of Chess, 1805.
First original chess book printed in America. Touted by antiquarian book dealers in America as the
first true chess book published in America and therefore highly desirable. Although the first original
chess book published in America, the book is common. Hagedorn incorrectly states, “The book has
become very rare. Only six copies have been located.” This is nonsense. I have eight copies and have
seen at least 20+ copies offered by dealers.

Dr. Buschke, as early as 1940, stated that many copies of this book were published without the
frontispiece. Of the copies that I have seen, about half lack the frontis. I agree with Dr. Buschke that
many of these books were originally published without it.

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Dollinger: Ein hundert zehen ganz neu zusammengesetzte Schach-End-Spiele, 1806.

Academia Dos Jogos, 1806. First games collection in Portuguese.
Five volumes, chess being in Vol. 5, p.81 - p.181. This is the first Portuguese collection of games,
containing the first printed treatise on the game of chess in the Portuguese language.
Opiz: Das Opiz’sche Kriegsspiel, 1806.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, 1806.
Roman de Couvret – Poem. Paris, 1807.
Philidor: Studies of Chess. Sir William Jones, 1808.
Philidor: Bekwame Handleiding tot het Edele Schaakspel. Amsterdam, 1808.
Sarratt: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1808.
Firmas-Peries: Le Jeu de Stratégie ou les Échecs Militaires, 1808.
Mizrahi: Limudei ha-iyuni ve-ha-ma....ha-nikra Shakhshpil. Lemberg, 1809.
Two parts in one volume. First edition of an introduction to chess in Hebrew and transliterated
German, published as the appendix to a scarce abridgement of Elijah Mizrahi’s mathematical
treatise, Sefer --ha--Mispar. Sometimes issued separately. This is the first Hebrew text on chess to
use algebraic notation. Scarce. Not in Cleveland.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, 1809.
Philidor: Studies of Chess. Sir William Jones, 1810.
Académie Universelle des Jeux. Lyon, 1810.
Philidor: Praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel. Gotha, 1810.
Hocquart: Élémens Théoriques et Pratiques du Jeu des Échets, 1810.
Jones: The Poetical Works of Sir William Jones, 1810.

Vida: Ludus Scacchiae: Chesse-play. London, 1597, circa 1810.

Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-practische Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1811. Third edition.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1812.
Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Echecs. Paris, 1812.
Koch: Codex der Schachspielkunst, 1813.
Sarratt: The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez and Salvio, 1813.

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Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, 1813.

Shastree: Essays on Chess, 1814. First book of chess problems printed in India. Scarce.
Philidor: Studies of Chess. Sir William Jones, 1814.
English Manuscript, 1814-1816. Seven volumes of problems and endgames by W. Lewis.
Heinse: Anastasia und das Schachspiel, 1815. Second edition.
Königstedt: Afhandling om schack-spel. Fjerde upplagan. Stockholm, 1816. Not in L/N.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, 1816.
Lewis: Oriental Chess, 1817.
First chess work printed in England, devoted entirely to chess problems. Although touted as the
scarcest book written by Lewis, it is obtainable, preferably with original covers.

Sarratt: The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus, 1817.

Montigny: Stratagems of Chess, 1817. Regular and large paper editions.
Montigny: Stratagems of Chess, 1817. Second and third editions.
Kenny: Practical Chess Grammar, 1817. First and second editions.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess. Philadelphia, 1817.
Philidor: Studies of Chess, 1817.
Sloane: The Buke of ye Chess [Frondes Caducae]. Auchinleck, 1818.
Seldom seen. In the Catalogue of the Chess Collection of the late George Allen, 1878, it states, “Only
forty copies printed.”

Montigny: Stratagems of Chess, 1818. Fourth edition.

Kenny: Practical Chess Grammar, 1818. Fourth edition.
Kenny: Practical Chess Exercises, 1818.
Stamma: Stamma on the Game of Chess, 1818.
Check: An Easy Guide to the Game of Chess, 1818.
Journal of Science and Arts. Article on Euler, on the move of the Knight. New York, 1818.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiele, 1819. Fourth edition.
Greco: Gioachino Greco on the Game of Chess. W. Lewis, 1819.
Stamma: Stamma on the Game of Chess, 1819.
Philidor: Chess Rendered Familiar by Tabular Demonstrations, 1819.
Philidor: De Kunst van Schaakspelspeelen. Amsterdam, 1819.

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Oxford Graduate: Observations on the Automaton Chess Player, 1819.

Boogaard: Anastasia en het Schaakspel, 1819.
Duben (Flittner, C.G.): Talisman des Glucks. Zweite auflage, 1819.
Ciccolini: Tentativo di un nuovo giuoco di scacchi. Roma, 1820.
Bingham: The Incomparable Game of Chess, 1820.
Bingham erroneously thought that the work of the “Anonymous Modenese” of 1769 was by “Ercole
Dal Rio”. This is the only translation of Ponziani’s work into English.

Montigny: Kriegslisten des Schachspiels, 1820.

Ranson: Anweisung zum schachspiel. Munchen, 1820.

Hunneman: Chess [Automaton], 1820.
Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1820.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, 1820.
Bisteghi: Il Giuoco Pratico o sieno Capitoli Diversi. Bologna, 1820.
Check: An Easy Guide to the Game of Chess, 1820.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess. Boston, circa 1820.
Butrimov: The Game of Chess. St. Petersburg, 1821.
First chess book printed in Russia. Scarce.
Sarratt: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1821.
Willis: An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player, 1821. Scarce.
Boys: Curiosities for the Ingenious, 1821.
Colombo: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1821.
Italian translation of Chess Made Easy, 1797. Large paper copy with original wraps preferred.
Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Échecs. Philadelphie, 1821.
Spanish Manuscript: Origen del juego de Ajedrez. Initialed, T.B., 1822.
Cochrane: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1822. Inscribed by author to his daughter.
Sarratt: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1822.
Carrera: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1822.
Philidor: Nouvelle Notation des Parties et Coups d'Échecs. Paris, 1823.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiele, 1823. Fifth edition.
Petrov: The Game of Chess, 1824.

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Second chess book printed in Russia. In America, this book is rare but I must say that all early
Russian chess books fall into this category as one sees them more often in Europe.

Colombo: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1824. Two printings, one on large paper.
Philidor: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess. Philadelphia, 1824.
Philidor: Analysis of the Game of Chess, 1824.
Villot: Origine Astronomique du Jeu des Échecs, 1825.
Dibdin: Comic Tales and Lyrical Fancies, 1825.
London-Edinburgh Chess Match: The first and second games. London, 1825.
One of the rare “large” or royal paper copies. With a tipped-in note in George Allen’s handwriting:
“Presented by G.A./The covers should be bound in with the rest as there is no title (page) – Large
Paper.” In reality, the wrapper is the title page. Will Lyons states, “Rare”.

Reinganum: Ben-oni. Frankfurt am Main, 1825.

Philidor: Studies of Chess, 1825.
English Manuscript: Treatise on Chess by W. Lewis. 85 leaves.
Silberschmidt: Die neu entdeckten Geheimnisse im Gebiete des Schachspiels, 1826.
Bradford: The History and Analysis of the Supposed Automaton Chess Player, 1826.
Philidor: Analysis of the Game of Chess. Boston, 1826.
French Manuscript: Traité Elémentaire du Jeu d’Echecs, 1826.
Presented to the His Royale Highness, the Duke of Chartres, from the Count Godefroi.
Enderlein: Anweisung zum Vierschachspiel. Berlin, 1826.
Strass: Schach-Politik. Leipzig, 1826. Frontis., title, iv-vi, 78pp.
Vida: M.H. Vida’s Lehrgedicht über das Schachspiel. Hoffmann, 1826.
Jones: Observations upon the Automaton Chess Player, 1827.
A little pamphlet not found in Hagedorn which talks about the automaton and gives an explanation
of its workings. I have no appearances at auction nor seen any copies offered by dealers.

Mauvillon: Anweisung zur Erlernung des Schach-Spiels, 1827.

Ranson: Anweisung zum Schachspiel, 1827.
Ciccolini: Il Nuovo Tesoro degli Scacchi, 1827.
Netto: Shatranj oder das Schachspiel, 1827.
Lewis: Chess Problems. London, 1827.
Second problems book published in England.

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Lewis: Solutions of Chess Problems. London, 1828.

The Solutions of Chess Problems was issued a year later, 1828, and is quite scarce with the dated
paper cover. I’ve only seen the original paper wraps once. In Lewis’s foreword of Chess Problems, he
states that he was not including the solutions in order for the reader to find them himself. The
solutions have become scarcer than the problems. Pagination for Solutions of Chess Problems
continues from Chess Problems.

Mauvillon: Handleiding tot het leeren van het Schaakspel, 1828.

London-Edinburgh Chess Match: W. Lewis, 1828.
M.B.: L'Art de Jouer et de Gagner au Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1828.
Alberti: Leichtfasslicher, praktischer Unterricht zur Erlernung des Schachspiels…1829.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1829.
London-Edinburgh Chess Match: German edition, 1829.
London-Edinburgh Chess Match: Edinburgh/London edition, 1829.
Lewis: Remarks on the Report of the Committee of the Edinburgh Chess Club, 1829.
Cessolis: Volgarizzamento. Milano, 1829.
One of 24 large paper copies printed on special paper with a presentation inscription from Gaetano
Melzi to A. Pezzana, two Italian bibliographers and linguists. I have three large paper copies and
two normal -octavo size copies, one with original paper wrappers.

Vida: La Scacchiade. Cremona, 1829.

Silberschmidt: Das Gambit. Braunschweig, 1829.
Schmidt: Hundert und zwanzig Schach-Räthsel, 1829.
London-Edinburgh Chess Match: New York, 1830.
This small book, only eight pages, also contains THE GAME played by a lady of Philadelphia, with
Maelzel's Automaton. One of the rarest early American chess books. The only copy I’ve seen.

Philidor: Analyse du Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1830.

Strutt: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 1830.
Ercole del Rio: Sopra il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1831.
Desroches: Trattato Elementare del Giuoco degli Scacchi. Verona, 1831.
Bone Manuscript: The Games of Allgaier, 1831.
Observações e Regras Sobre o Jogo do Xadrez: Vatar, 1831.

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Mauvillon: Belehrende Unterhaltung fur junge angehende Schachspieler. 1831-1836. 5 vols.

Bone Manuscript: Stratagems of Chess.
Colombo: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1832.
Sonzogno: Il Maestro di Esercizj e di Giuochi. Milano, 1832.
Philidor: The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess. G. Walker, 1832.
Walker: A New Treatise on Chess, 1832.
Lewis: Fifty Games at Chess…Village of Stroebeck, 1832.
Mendheim: Aufgaben für Schachspieler, 1832.
Madden: Historical Remarks on the Introduction of the Game of Chess. London, 1832.
Brewster: Letters on Natural Magic by Sir David Brewster. New York, 1832.
Azevedo: Jeu des Échecs, 1833.
Lewis: A Treatise on the Game of Chess by Gioachino Greco, 1833.
French Manuscript: Nouvelle Analyse du Jeu des Echecs, 1833. 764pp.
A beautifully written manuscript with over 2,000 hand-drawn chess diagrams.
English Manuscript: Chess Match between McDonnell and Fraser. 11pp.
English Manuscript: Walker, A New Variation of the Giuoco Piano, 1833.
Bourdonnais: Nouveau Traité du Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1833.
Walker: Anweisung zum Schachspielen. Frankfurt, 1833-1836.
Walker: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. London, 1833. Second edition.
Stein: Nieuwe Proeve van Handleiding tot het Schaakspel, 1834.
Stein: Beknopte Handleiding tot het Schaakspel, 1834.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-practische Anweisung zum Schachspiele, 1834. Sixth edition.
Ceruti: Poême sur les Echecs, 1834. Original wrappers.
Lewis: A Selection of Games at Chess…La Bourdonnais v English Amateur, 1835.
La Bourdonnais – McDonnell Chess Match, 1835. German edition.
English Manuscript: Walker, Games at Chess Played by Philidor, 1835. 74 games.
Brewster: Letters on Natural Magic by Sir David Brewster. New York, 1835.
Walker: A Selection of Games at Chess actually played by McDonnell, 1836.
Philidor: De Kunst van Schaakspelspelen. Amsterdam, 1836.
Gasbarri: Raccolta di Venticinque Nuovi Problemi di Scacchi. Firenze, 1836.

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Ciccolini: Del Cavallo degli Scacchi, 1836.

Jahn: Palamedes, Hamburgi, 1836. Not in L/N.
Le Palamède: 1836-39, 1841-47. No more published.
Jaenisch: Découvertes sur le Cavalier (aux échecs), 1837.
Stamma: Proeven van het Schaak-Spel, 1837.
Roy: The Accomplished Chess Player, 1837.
Waidder: Das Schachspiel, 1837. Four volumes.
Alexandre: Encyclopédie des Échecs, with original lithograph, 1837.
Enderlein: Theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Vierschachspiele. Berlin, 1837.
The Philidorian: Walker, 1838. First English chess periodical.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1838.
Mouret: Traité Élémentaire et Complet du Jeu d’Échecs, 1838.
English Manuscript: George Walker’s English translation of Lolli. 700+ pages.
Bilguer: Zur Theorie des Schachspiels, 1839.
Massmann: Geschichte des mittelalterlichen…des Deutschen Schachspieles, 1839.
Lewis Manuscript: Numerous chess games in Lewis’s code.
Tressan: Das Schachspiel, seine Gattungen und Abarten. Quedlinburg & Leipzig, Basse, 1840.
Philidor: Praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel. Halle, 1840.
Orell: Schachbuchlein. Aarau, 1840.
English Manuscript: A Short History of Chess. 16pp. Rimington-Wilson Library.
The Chess Player’s Chronicle: 1840-61, volumes 1-13; New series, 1-4; Third series, 1-4.
Allgaier: Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiele, 1841. Seventh edition.
Sause: Das Vierschachspiel nebst einer abbildung. Halle, 1841.
Hartley: The Chaturanga; or, Game of Chess. London, 1841.
D’Orville: Problèmes d’Échecs, 1842.
English Manuscript: Analysis of Mr. McDonnell’s Variation of Muzio Gambit, Walker, 1842.
English Manuscript: Variations of the Muzio Gambit, Walker, 1842.
English Manuscript: Games, Walker, 1842.
Bourdonnais: Nouveau Traité du Jeu des Échecs. Bruxelles, 1842.
Kafer: Vollständige Anweisung zum Schachspiele, 1842.

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Roy: The Accomplished Chess Player. London, 1842.

Pearson: Chess Exemplified, 1842.
Perenyi: Mnemonik des Schachspieles. Wien, 1842. Complete.
Jaenisch: Analyse Nouvelle des Ouvertures du Jeu des Echecs, 1842/43.
Bilguer: Handbuch des Schachspiels, 1843. First edition.
B.D.: The Game of Chess, St. Petersburg, 1843.
Tesche: Theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Dreischachspiel. Wien, 1843.
Bledow: Die zwischen dem Berliner und Posener Klub durch Correspondenz, 1843.
Staunton-Amant Chess Match: Der Schachkampf in Paris, 1844.
Brede: Almanach fur Freunde vom Schachspiel. Altona (1844).
Walker: Chess Studies, 1844. Original heavy cardboard wraps.
Oettinger: Bibliotheca Shahiludii, 1844.
Brown: Chess Problems. London, 1844.
Stamma: Le Jeu des Échecs, 1844.
Williams: Souvenir of the Bristol Chess Club, 1845.
Silberschmidt: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels. 1845. iv, 301pp., errata, 2 fold-out engravings.
Tomlinson: Amusements in Chess, 1845.
The Anglo American: New York, 1845-46. Contains games from Stanley-Rousseau match.
Stanley-Rousseau Chess Match, 1846. Rare.
Considered the first match for the U.S. Championship.
A+ for rarity. Daniel Fiske in The Book of the First American Chess Congress 1857, states, “This
extremely rare little pamphlet was printed just before Mr. Stanley's departure from New Orleans
after the close of the match. Only a small edition was published, and very many copies were suffered
to go to waste in the printer's loft.” Charles Maurian wrote in the New Orleans Times Democrat at
the beginning of the 20th century, that this book was very rare and almost impossible to get. In fact,
in 1883 in a letter to E.B. Cook, Maurian discussed the great rarity of the little match booklet – “The
little work…has always been extremely scarce.”
In 1938, A.J. Souweine in his catalog states that this pamphlet is “super-rare”. This is one of those
rare items that you must buy when it is offered, otherwise you can go a lifetime without ever seeing
it again. Not in Cleveland or L/N.

Robiano: Les Échecs Simplifiés et Approfondis. Bruxelles, 1846.

Kieseritzky: Cinquante Parties Jouées au Cercle des Échecs, 1846.
Philidor: Analisis del Juego de Ajedrez. Mexico, 1846.

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This is the second chess book to appear in Mexico. It is preceded by a 28-page book of rules by
Philidor: Explicacion de los leyes y reglas (Mexico, 1836). I have found that condition is always an
issue with this book as the paper is acidic and of poor quality.

Alexandre: Beauties of Chess, 1846. Letter by author.

Alexandre: Collection des plus beaux Problèmes d'Échecs, 1846.
Alexandre: Praktische Sammlung bester…Schachspiel-Probleme, 1846.
Hirschbach: Beiträge zur Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels...Leipzig, Brauns, (1846 - 1848).
Schachzeitung, 1846-1927.
Schach Almanach, 1846. First year.
Lewis: Traité du Jeu des Échecs. W. Lewis, Paris, 1846.
The Chess Palladium and Mathematical Sphinx, 1846. Complete.
First American chess journal. Exceedingly rare with original wrappers, the final issue (December)
being the rarest. A+ for rarity for all three issues with original wraps. The wrappers are important
as there is information, problem solutions, on all three issues. The magazine is not complete unless
wraps are present. L/N, as well as Lothar Schmid, have only the first two issues. I have known some
collectors who have paid a dear sum for the three issues, without the original wrappers. In my
opinion, this is a questionable collecting decision as the set is incomplete. If you are going to spend
dearly on this set, get it with the wraps.

The American Chess Magazine. Stanley, 1847.

Schmid: Literatur des Schachspiels, 1847.
Sissa, 1847-1873.
Staunton: The Chess Player’s Handbook, 1847.
Lichtenstein: Der Schachkunstler. Berlin, 1847.
Jaenisch: Jaenisch’s Chess Preceptor, 1847.
Howard: Positiën van het Schaakspel, 1847. Not in Cleveland.
Svensk Spelbok: Gotheborg, 1847.
Otto: Praktisches Lehrbuch der Mnemotechnik oder Gedachtnisskunst. Stuttgart, 1847.
Beeby: Staunton-Lowe Match, 1848.
Lasa: Leitfaden für Schachspieler, 1848.
Lewis: Letters on Chess, 1848.
Staunton-St. Amant: Gustavus. Merkwaardige schaakstrijd te Parijs, 1849.
Bodding: Driehondred Schaak-Problema’s, 1849.

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Staunton: The Chess Player’s Companion, 1849.

Kling: The Chess Euclid, 1849.
Poirson-Prugneaux: Introduction Pratique au Jeu des Echecs, 1849.
La Régence: 1849-51.
Walker: Chess and Chess Players, 1850.
London 1851: German edition.
London 1851 chess tournament: Staunton, 1852.
Mollerstrom: Partierne (London 1851 chess tournament). Kjobenhavn, 1853.
Kling and Horwitz: The Chess Player, 1851-53.
Stein: Handleiding tot het Schaakspel. Amsterdam, 1851.
Kling and Horwitz: Chess Studies, 1851.
Alliey: Poèmes sur le Jeu des Échecs, 1851. 1/100 copies, signed by author.
Orelli: Leichtfassliche Anleitung zum Schachspiele, 1852.
Thon: Meister im Schachspiel, 1852.
Vielle: Almanach des echecs. Paris, 1852. Given to J.G. White by Alain C. White.
Bilguer: Handbuch des Schachspiels. Berlin, 1852.
Williams: Horae Divanianae, 1852.
Anderssen: Aufgaben für Schachspieler, 1852.
Staunton: Chess Problems, 1852. (Chess Player’s Chronicle).
An oddity. Spine of book reads “700 Chess Problems: By Staunton”. Title page reads: Chess
Problems: -consisting of upwards of seven hundred games and problems by the most eminent
players. London, 1852. Index -follows (viii), page one reads, The Chess Player’s Chronicle. Years
1851 and 1852 bound together.

Italian Manuscript: Greco, 1853. 112pp.

English Manuscript: Geometry of Chess by Dutton, 1853. 53 problems.

Bourdonnais: New Ideas on Chess Play. Kryukova, Moscow, 1853. [Russian].
The British Chess Review: 1853-54.
Andressen: Der kleine Schachspieler. Hamburg, 1854.
Jaenisch: Règles du Jeu des Échecs. St. Pétersbourg, 1854.
Portius: Katechismus der Schachspielkunst. Leipzig, 1854. First edition.
Cessolis: Figgins, The Game of the Chesse, 1855.

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Güthe: Das lied von dem Schachspiele. Sulzbach, 1855.

Jaenisch: Translation…Analysis of the Openings of the Game of Chess, 1855-56.
Vetu: Leçons Élémentaires sur le Jeu des Échecs, 1855. Two volumes.
Tomlinson: The Chess-Player’s Annual, 1856.
Stamma: Stamma's hundert Endspiele. Berlin, 1856.
Preti: Recueil d’Études Progressives, 1856.
La Régence: Paris, 1856.
Demonchy: Quelques Mots sur les Combinaisons des Échecs. Marseille, 1856.
Philadelphia-New York Chess Match, 1856-57. 1/50 copies.
First American Chess Congress: New York, 1857.
Mead: Prospectus of the National Chess Congress, New York, 1857. 3 copies.
Lange: Sammlung neuer Schachpartien. Leipzig, 1857.
Lasa: Leitfaden für Schachspieler. Berlin, 1857.
Manchester Chess Association: Report of Annual Meeting, 1857. Signed by Löwenthal.
Colombo: Il Giuoco degli Scacchi. Milano, 1857.
Damiano: Die Schachpartieen und Endspiele des Portugiesen Damiano. Berlin, 1857.
Löwenthal: Era Chess Problem Tournament. London, 1857.
Löwenthal: Era-Schachproblem Turnierbuch. Wien, 1857.
Morphy/Fiske: The Chess Monthly, 1857-1861. No more published.
Allen: The Life of Philidor, 1858. 1/50 copies. Scarce.
Bulletin of the American Chess Association, 1858.
Borao: El Ajedrez. Zaragoza, 1858.
Opgaaf: Morphy. Voor Liefhebbers van het Schaakspel.…Couvee, 1858.
I’ve seen only one other copy. Although only two games in this twelve-page work, I believe this is the
first appearance of Paul Morphy’s games in “book form”.

Nouveau Règlement du Jeu des Échecs. St. Pétersbourg, 1858.

New York Chess Club: Rules and Regulations of the New York Chess Club. New York, 1858.
Shakhmatny Listok, 1859-61. First Russian chess periodical.
La Rivista degli Scacchi: Dubois/Ferrante. Roma, 1859. Original wraps bound at end of book.
Lange: Paul Morphy. Skizze aus der Schachwelt, 1859.

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Morphy: Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion. London, 1859.

Preti: Choix des Parties... Paul Morphy, 1859.
Morphy: Testimonials to Paul Morphy, 1859.
Dufresne: Paul Morphy’s …Schachwettkämpfe gegen Anderssen, Löwenthal und Harrwitz. 1859.
Doazan: Labourdonnais-Morphy. A M. George Allen. Paris, 1859. Original wraps. Not in L/N.
Frere: Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament, 1859.
Stanley: Paul Morphy's Match Games. New York, 1859.
Staunton: The Chess-Player’s Hand-Book. New York, 1859. Not in L/N.
Lasa: Berliner Schach-Erinnerungen, 1859.
The Philidorian: Reprint of The Philidorian by J.G. White, 1859. 1/22 copies.
Staunton: Chess Praxis, 1860.
Hazeltine: The Clipper Chess Problem Tournament. New York, 1860.
The first chess problem book printed in the Western Hemisphere.
Journoud: Recueil de Problèmes Dedie aux Amateurs d'Échecs. Paris, 1860.
Oxford Amateur: The Hand-Book of Chess, 1860.
La Régence, 1860-64. No more published.
Forbes: The History of Chess, 1860.
Cessolis: Figgins, The Game of the Chesse, 1860.
Miles: Chess Gems, 1860.
Sonntags-Blätter für Schach-Freunde: Nos. 1-35, 1861. No more published.
Usigli: Miscellanea sul Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1861.
Ponziani: Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, 1861.
Harrwitz: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels, 1862.
Cessolis: Figgins, The Game of Chesse, 1862. 1/80 copies.
London 1862: Suhle, Der Schachcongress zu London im Jahre 1862.
London 1862: Löwenthal, Das Londoner Schachturnier von 1862. Berlin, 1864.
London 1862: Löwenthal, The Chess Congress of 1862. London, 1864.
Lange: Handbuch der Schachaufgaben. Leipzig, 1862.
Schultz: 100 Uppgifter för Schackvänner. Stockholm, 1862.
Vida: Le Jeu des Eschecz. Paris, 1862.

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Lange: Jahrbuch des Westdeutschen Schachbundes. Leipzig, 1862-63. Two volumes.

Dufresne: Die Probleme des Londoner Schach Turniers von 1862. Berlin, 1865.
Allen: The Life of Philidor, 1863.
Simpson: Catalogue of books on the Origin, History and Practice of the Game of Chess, 1863.
Enderlein’s theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Vierschachspiele. Berlin, 1863.
Chess Leaf: [Shakmatny Listok]. St. Petersburg, 1863.
The Chess Player’s Magazine, 1863 (July) – 1867 (Oct.).
Neue Berliner Schachzeitung, 1864-1871. No more published.
Gay: Bibliographie Anecdotique du Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1864. Original wrappers.
Abraham Ben Ezra: Délices Royales ou le Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1864. Bound with Hebrew edition.
Dufresne: Anthologie der Schachaufgaben. Berlin, 1864.
Le Palamède Français Revue des Échecs: Journoud, Paris, 1864-65. Nos. 1-15. No more published.
Neumann: A. Anderssens Schachpartieen aus den Jahren 1864 und 1865. Berlin, 1866.
Allen: The life of Philidor, 1865.
Suhle/Neumann: Die neueste Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels. Berlin, 1865.
Greco: De Schaakpartijen van Gioachino Greco, 1865.
Emmett–Fenton Chess Match, 1865.
Lange: Feinheiten des Schachspiels auf dem gebiete der composition. Leipzig, 1865. Original wraps.
Brown: Chess Strategy. London, 1865.
Cretaine: Études sur le Problème de la Marche du Cavalier au Jeu des Échecs. Paris, 1865.
The Household Chess Magazine: Jan.–March 1865. Three issues. No more published.
The Chess World, 1865-69. No more published.
Le Sphinx, 1865-66. Two volumes. No more published.
The Transactions of the British Chess Association, 1866-69. No more published.
Hardy: Chess for Beginners, 1866.
La Stratégie Journal D’Échecs, 1867–1935.
Paris 1867 chess tournament: D’Esclands, Congrés International des Échecs, 1868.
Paris 1867 chess tournament: D’Esclands, Le Jeu des Échecs.
Schoumoff: Recueil de Problèmes Scacchographiques, 1867. First Russian problems’ book.
Preti: Stratégie Raisonnée des Ouvertures du Jeu d’Échecs. Paris, 1867.

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Neumann: Das Schachspiel und seine Abarten. Berlin, 1867.

Cook: American Chess Nuts. New York, 1868. Original wrappers.
Schultz: Carl XIIs Schackparti. Stockholm, 1868.
The Westminster Chess Club Papers, 1868-79. No more published.
Linde: Studien. Hoften, 1868.
The Chess Player’s Quarterly Chronicle: London, 1868-1875.
Taylor: Chess Brilliants. Norwich, 1869.
Dubois: Le ptincipali aperture del giuoco di scacchi. 2 vols. Roma, 1869.
The Dubuque Chess Journal, 1870-78, 1886-92. Nos. 1-160. No more published.
Complete runs are exceedingly hard to find. This is the only one I’ve seen.
Alphonsine Manuscript, circa 1870.
103 chess problems in this album are from the Manuscript volume, one of the gems of the Escurial
Library, which was executed for Alfonso X. King of Castile, about the middle of the 13th Century
[Quaritch catalog No. 428, item # 51, 1929].

English Manuscript: The Evans Gambit by Löwenthal, 1871.

The Dubuque Chess Journal Problem Tournay, 1871. Tourney nos. 1-6.
Second American Chess Congress: Cleveland 1871.
Crefeld 1871 chess tournament: Minckwitz, 1874.
Durand/Preti: Stratégie Raisonnée des Fins de Partie. Paris, 1871.
Schultz: Undervisning I Schackspelet. Stockholm, 1871.
Huddersfield College Magazine, 1872–1880. No more published.
Complete run is scarce.
Zukertort/Dufresne: Instruction for Chess Games, 1872. First Russian edition.
Bledow: Correspondenz Partien. Leipzig, 1872.
Huggins: Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1872.
Martindale: Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1872.
Oesterreichische Schachzeitung, 1872-75. No more published.
Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1873-91. No more published.

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Lehner/Schwede: Der Erste Wiener Internationale Schachcongress 1873. Leipzig, 1874.

Steinschneider: Schach bei den Juden. Berlin, 1873. Rare.
Pierce: Chess Problems, 1873.
Gaebeler: Die Gesetz des Schachspiels. Weimar, 1873.
Thompson: Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1873. Without photo of Thompson.
First Afro-American chess problemist.
Thompson: Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1873. With scarce photo of Thompson.
Portilla: Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1873.
Vida: Das Schachgedicht des Hieronymus Vida. Berlin, 1873.
Nottingham-Derby Chess Match, 1873-74. Scrapbook.
Linde: Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels, 1874.
Linde: Das Schachspiel des XVI. Jahrhunderts, 1874.
Bilguer: Handbuch des Schachspiels. Leipzig, 1874.
Nordisk Skaktidende: 1874-5, 1877.
Third American Chess Congress: Chicago 1874. Hannibal, 1876.
Scarcest of the American chess congresses and one that is always in demand.
Maryland Chess Review: Jan. 1874- Dec. 1875. Nos. 1-24. No more published. Rare.
Blackburne: Een Tiental Schaakpartijen. Rotterdam, 1874.
Brownson: Chess Plurima. Dubuque, n.d.
Brown: Book of Chess Problems, Part I. Dubuque, 1874.
Brown: Book of Chess Problems, 1874.
Hanshew: Book of Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1874.
Pierce: Supplement to Chess Problems. London, 1874.
Vazquez: Analisis del juego de Ajedrez. Mexico, 1874. First edition.
The City of London Chess Magazine, 1874-76. Nos. 1-25. No more published.
First Italian National Chess Congress: Rome, 1875.
The American Chess Magazine: April and May, 1875. Hartford, CT. No more published.
Linde: Schaakbibliotheek (c.850-1875), 1875.
Linde: Het Schaakspel in Nederland, 1875.
Linde: De Schaakwerld. Wijk bij Duurstede, van Tussenbroek, 1875.

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Gebeler: The Rules on the Game of Chess, 1875. [Russian].

Kohtz/Kockelkorn: 101 ausgewahlte Schachaufgaben, 1875.
Sheffield: The Embarrassed Chess-Player. Dresden, 1857. New Haven, 1875.
Kober: Příruční kniha Šachovní, 1875. First Czech chess book.
Detroit Free Press: Calculorum Gemme, Detroit Free Press Tourney 1875. 113 problems.
Zimmermann: Das Schachgedicht Heinrichs von Berngen. Wolfenbuttel, 1875.
Maskell: Ivories, Ancient and Mediaeval. Piccadilly, 1875.
Nottingham-Cambridge Chess Match, 1876. Scrapbook.
Shakhmatny Listok, 1876–1881. No more published. Second Russian chess periodical.
Wilkinson: Problems in Chess, 1876. Original green binding.
Lima Chess Club: Estatutos del Club de Ajedrez de Lima, 1876.
Philidor: Bibliotheque des Salons. Manuel du Jeu d'Échecs, Paris, 1876.
Nuova Rivista, 1876-1893.
Fourth American Chess Congress: Philadelphia 1876.
Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt chess tournaments 1876, 1877, 1878: Minckwitz, 1879.
The American Chess Journal, 1876–1877. Formerly Dubuque Chess Journal.
Steinitz–Blackburne Chess Match, 1876.
Kennedy: Waifs and Strays, 1876.
Pierce: English Chess Problems, 1876.
Linde: Leerboek van Het Schaakspel. Utrecht, 1876.
Linde: Beginselen van het schaakspel. Utrecht, Van Hoften, 1876.
Campbell: Verslag van de aanwinsten der koninklijke bibliotheek gudurende het jaar 1876. 1877.
Almanacco dello Scacchista: Pel 1877. Livorno, (1876).
Leipzig 1877 chess tournament: Schallopp, Leipzig, 1878.
Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi: Raccolta dei Migliori Problemi, 1877-79. Livorno, 1879.
The Chess Player’s Chronicle, 1877-1899.
Loyd: Chess Strategy, 1878.
Allen: Catalogue of Professor Allen’s Chess Collection. Philadelphia, 1878.
Second Italian Chess Congress: Livorno, 1878. Marchettini, 1880.
Paris 1878 chess tournament: Schallopp, Leipzig, 1879.

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Taylor: Chess Chips, 1878.

Valle: 100 Problemi di Scacchi. Livorno, 1878.
The American Chess Journal: Moore, March 1878–July 1879. No more published.
Vazquez: Algunas Partidas de Ajedrez. Jugadas en México 1869-1880. Mexico, 1880.
First Chess Tourney: The Danites, 1879.
The American Chess Journal by Barbe. October, 1879–April 1881. No more published.
Leipzig-1879 and Berlin-1881: First and Second German Congresses. Schallopp, 1883.
I Finali di Morphy: Pubblicazione della Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi, 1879.
The Chess Monthly: Zukertort and Hoffer, 1879-96. No more published.
Wekerle: Die Philosophie des Schach, 1879.
Pearson: One Hundred Chess Problems, 1879.
Arnell/Sorensen: Nordiske Skakproblemer fra Tiden 1858-78. Kjobenhavn, 1879.
Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi: Raccolta dei Migliori Problemi, 1879-1880. Livorno, 1881.
Fifth American Chess Congress: New York, 1880. Gilberg, 1881.
Bird: Proposed Modification in the Game of Chess. London, 1880.
Zosnitz: The Game of Chess. Vilna, 1880. [Hebrew]. Rare.
Blackburne-Gunsberg Match: W.N. Potter. London, 1881. Ex Libris E.G.R. Cordingley.
Linde: Das Erste Jartausend der Schachlitteratur (850-1880), 1881.
British Chess Magazine: 1881-1996.
Third National Italian chess tournament: Milan, 1881. Cavallotti, 1883.
Noordelijk Schaakbond: 1881-87.
Brentano’s Chess Monthly: 1881-82. No more published.
Oesterreichische Lesehalle: 1881–1893.
Brooklyn Chess Chronicle: 1882-87. No more published.
Vienna 1882 chess tournament: Sellman, Baltimore, 1882. Rare.
Demonchy: 100 Fins de Parties inverses. Marseille, 1882.
Miles: Poems and Chess Problems. Fakenham, 1882.
The Sussex Chess Magazine: Mead, Nov. 1882–May 1883. No more published.
Nürnberg 1883 chess tournament: Third German Chess Congress. Schallopp, 1884.

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London 1883 chess tournament: Original red, blue, green and brown bindings.
London 1883 chess tournament: Grondis, 1/40 copies.
Gold: 200 Schachaufgaben. Wien, 1883.
Thursby: Seventy-Five Chess Problems, 1883.
Pearson: One Hundred Chess Problems, 1883.
MacDonnell: Chess Life-Pictures, 1883.
Bilow: Der Schach-Struwwelpeter. Leipzig, 1883.
Zimmermann: Das Schachgedicht Heinrichs von Berngen. Tubingen, 1883.
Stephan: Meister Stephans Schachbuch. Dorpat, 1883.
Preti: Paul Morphy, 1884. [Russian].
Neumann/Linde: Chess. St. Petersburg, 1884. [Russian].
Fourth Italian national chess tournament: Venice, 1884. Salvioli, 1884.
Zukertort and Dufresne: Guidance in Chess Play, 1884. Second Russian edition.
Rowland: Chess Fruits. Dublin, 1884.
English Manuscript – 1884: Hazeltine, Dubuque Chess Journal. Vol. IV, July, 1872.
Vazquez: Analisis del juego de Ajedrez. Mexico, 1885. Second edition. Not in L/N.
Franz: Katalog der Schach, 1885.
Bruederschaft 1885: Heyde. Typescript, published around 1930. Rare.
Hamburg 1885 chess tournament: Minckwitz, 1886.
Miles: Chess Problems, composed 1882 to 1885. Norwich, 1885.
White: Chess Problems, 1885.
Minckwitz: Humor im Schachspiel. Leipzig, 1885.
Verney: Chess Eccentricities, 1885.
Morphy. Nederlandsche Schaak-Courant: Issues Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 18.
Salvioli: Teoria e Pratica del Giuoco degli Scacchi. Venezia, 1885. Four volumes.
Steinitz: The International Chess Magazine, 1885-91. No more published.
Fifth Italian national chess tournament: Rome, 1886. Salvioli, 1887.
Carpenter: Chess Problems. O.A. Brownson, 1886.
Hofmann: 101 Ausgewählte Schachaufgaben. München, 1886.
Lyons: Chess-Nut Burrs, Newport, 1886. Original green and brown bindings.

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Winter-Wood: Chess Souvenirs, 1886.

Cowan: Pifias del Ajedrez. Mexico, 1886. Not in Cleveland or L/N.
Dufresne: Der Junge Schachspieler. Weimar, 1886.
Minckwitz: Der Entscheidungskampf zwischen W. Steinitz und J.H. Zukertort, 1886.
American Chess Review: July 1886–Jan. 1887. No more published.
Jornal Do Commercio: Problemas, Enigmas, Esphinges e Fantasias Xadrez, 1886.
Bruederschaft 1886-1888: Heyde.
Mackenzie: Chess: its Poetry and its Prose, 1887.
Frankfurt 1887 chess tournament: Bardeleben, 1889.
Ohio 1887 chess tournament: 1887.
Ohio Chess Association: 1887-93. Five volumes.
Irish Chess Chronicle: New series, volume 1, issues 1-16. 1887. Not in L/N. 2 copies.
The Columbia Chess Chronicle: 1887-90. No more published.
Brüderschaft: 1887 and 1888, volumes 3 and 4.
Abbott: 121 Chess Problems, 1887.
Brownson: Elementary Exercises in the Construction of Chess Problems. Rockdale, 1887.
Brownson: Selections of Popular Two Move Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1887.
Brown: Book of Chess Problems, Part II. Dubuque, 1887.
Robbins: A Collection of Chess Problems. Rockdale, 1887.
Pospíšil: České Úlohy Šachové. Praha, 1887.
Pospíšil: České Úlohy Šachové Supplement (Böhmische Schachaufgaben). Prag, 1887.
Bradford 1888 chess tournament: Bradford, Yorkshire, 1888.
Bradford 1888 chess tournament: London, 1888. Morgan Shilling Chess Library.
Salvioli: Trattato Completo dei Finali di Partita. Venezia, 1888.
U.S. Chess Association: First Annual Report, 1888.
Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi: Galleria Biografica. Prima Serie. Livorno, 1888.
Six short biographies about G.M. Borgi, G. Moreno, G.B. Maluta, C.B. Vansittart, L. Sprega and V.
Salimbeni. Will Lyons states, “Edition of only 30 copies”.

New York 1889 chess tournament: Sixth American Chess Congress. Steinitz, 1891.
New York 1889 chess tournament: Morgan, 1889.

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New York 1889: A Second Selection of Games. Morgan, 1889. Not in L/N.
Amsterdam 1889 chess tournament: Van Forest/Tresling, Utrecht, 1891.
Breslau 1889 chess tournament: Gottschall/Metger/Seger. Leipzig, 1890.
Breslau and Amsterdam 1889 chess tournaments: Morgan, 1891.
La Revista de Ajedrez: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-9. Habana, Cuba, 1889.
Vazquez: Analisis del Juego de Ajedrez. Habana, 1889. Two volumes.
Brownson: A Selection of Popular Three Move Chess Problems. Dubuque, 1889.
Brown: Book of Chess Problems. Part IV. Dubuque, 1889.
Bauer: Schach Lexikon. Wien, 1889.
Baltische Schachblätter: 1889–1910. No more published.
Deutsches Wochenschach: 1889–1922; 1924-25.
Taylor: Chess Skirmishes, 1889.
Minckwitz: Der kleine Schachkönig, Leipzig, 1889. Attractive cover.
Stubbs: Canadian Chess Problems. St. John, 1890.
Vazquez: Enigmas Problemas y Posiciones Curiosas de Ajedrez. Habana, 1890.
Wadsworth: Unique Chess Problems. Auburn, 1890.
Manchester 1890 chess tournament: Morgan, 1891.
Vazquez: Mr. Blackburne en la Habana, y el cable-match Steinitz-Tchigorin. Habana, 1891.
Kentucky 1891 chess tournament: 1893.
Sussex Chess Journal: Vol. 2, No. 25 (Jan. 1, 1891) – Vol. 4, No. 57 (Sept., 1893).
Schach-Jahrbuch, Erster Jahrgang. Bachmann, 1891.
Vazquez: Mr. Blackburne en La Habana y el Cable-Match Steinitz-Tchigorin, 1891.
Rogers: 1878-1891 New York State Association. History and Report, 1891.
Watcher: Chess and Checkers. [Russian]. Volume 1, Nos.1-6 (July-Dec.), 1891.
Chess: M.I. Chigorin. Periodical [Russian]. Nos.1-32. 1891. St. Petersburg, 1892.
Tonetti: Corso Teorico-Pratico sul Giuoco degli Scacchi. Roma, 1891 and 1908.
Chess Journal 1892 and 1893. [Russian].
Vetter: Das Schachzabelbuch. Frauenfeld, 1892.
Carreras: Traité Analytique du Problème d'Échecs. Paris, 1892.
Dresden 1892 chess tournament: Schellenberg/Metger/Lipke/Mieses. Leipzig, 1894.

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Steinitz-Tchigorin: Two matches at Havana, cable match, London and Vienna, 1892.
Vazquez: El Pablo Morphy. Vol. 1, nos. 1-9. Oct. 1891-June 1892. No more published.
American Chess Monthly: March 1892–Sept./Oct. 1893. No more published.
This periodical was published from March, 1892 - December, 1892 (Nos. 1-10) and then Sept./Oct.,
1893 (Nos. 11 & 12). Scarce. The reason for the hiatus was the death of George H. Walcott, Jr.’s father.
In an ALS to J.D. Seguin, G.H. Walcott, Jr. writes, “Owing to the death of my father in April last, I
was obliged to ­suspend the Monthly (#10, Dec. 92) to assume charge and settle his estate.”

The Chess Review: Miniati. Vol. 1, nos. 1-5, Sept. 1892-Apr. 1893. No more published.
Chess Review: Russian chess periodical. Volume 2, Nos. 7-18. 1892.
Lasker: London Fortnightly, 1892/93. No more published.
Lasker’s first chess magazine. Volume 1, Nos. 1-19 is the complete run. Surprisingly, a complete run
of this magazine is hard to find and seldom seen at auction. Of all the collections that I’ve purchased,
spanning over 30 years, only Reg Hennessey and Jeff Kramer had complete runs.

Schach-Jahrbuch: Berger. 1892-93, 1899-1900.

Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen Schaakbond: Amsterdam, 1893–1918.
Bachmann: Geistreiche Schachpartien, Ansbach, 1893. Five volumes.
The Adventures of Ajeeb: The Wonderful Chess Automaton. New York (1893).
Broughton: Souvenir of Second Anniversary, Standard-Union. NY, 1893. Not in Cleveland or L/N.
Kiel 1893 chess tournament: Metger, 1894.
Heyde: Der Schachwettkampf zwischen Dr. S. Tarrasch und M. Tschigorin, 1893.
Heyde: Der Schachwettkampf zwischen Dr. S. Tarrasch und M. Tschigorin, 1893. Special binding.
Vazquez: La Odisea de Pablo Morphy en La Habana, 1862-64. 1893.
Sterling: Un poco de Ajedrez de la seccion especial “Diario del Hogar”. Mexico, 1893. Not in L/N.
Valle: L'Arte di Costruire I Problemi di Scacchi. Livorno, 1893.
Vazquez: Los Resolvedores de Problemas de Ajedrez en Cuba. Habana, 1893.
Culin: Chinese Games with Dice and Dominoes by Stewart Culin. Smithsonian, 1893.
Dearman: A Guide to the Chess Openings. Franklin, 1893.
The Chess World: Cooley, Vol. 1, nos. 1-5. 1893. No more published.
Dresdner Schachblätter: Schellenberg, 1893-94. No more published.
Walker: Chess Studies, Comprising One Thousand Games. London, 1893.

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Binet: Psychologie des Grands Calculateurs et Joueurs d’Échecs, 1894.

Chess 1894. [Russian].
St. Louis Chess and Club Weekly: Buck. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-12. July 25-Oct. 6, 1894. No more published.
MacDonnell: The Knights and Kings of Chess, 1894.
Lange: Paul Morphy. Leipzig, 1894.
Pulitzer: Chess Harmonies. New York, 1894.
Cunningham: The Games in the Steinitz-Lasker Championship Match. Leeds, 1894.
Bird: Steinitz & Lasker Match. London, 1894.
Duval: The Brooklyn Chess Club Chronicles, 1894. Presented to Mr. Shipley by Duval.
Steinitz: The Modern Chess Instructor, Part II, 1895.
St. Petersburg 1895 chess tournament: St. Petersburg, 1896. [Russian].
St. Petersburg 1895 chess tournament: Mason, 1896.
Hastings 1895 chess tournament: Schallopp, Leipzig, 1896.
Hastings 1895 chess tournament: Cheshire, London, 1896.
Orsini: 100 Problemi di Scacchi. Livorno, 1895.
Dearman: A Guide to the Chess Openings. Compiled for Walter Penn Shipley, 1895.
Lasa: Erneutes Verzeichniss, 1896. An exemplary bibliography.
Akademischer Schachklub Munchen. Festschrift 1896. Munchen, 1896.
České Listy Šachové: 1896-1899. First Czech chess magazine. No more published.
Schach-Jahrbuch: Bachmann, 1896-1923.
Ruy Lopez: Revista Mensual de Ajedrez. 1896-99, Vols.1-4. No more published.
Budapest 1896 chess tournament: Maroczy, Budapest, 1896.
Berliner Schachzeitung: Two volumes. Berlin, 1896-97. No more published.
Escontria-Marquez Sterling Match. Mexico, 1897. Unopened copy.
Nürnberg 1896 chess tournament: Tarrasch, Leipzig, 1897.
Fraser: A Selection of 200 Games of Chess, Played by Correspondence. Dundee, 1896.
Dufresne: Guide in Chess Play. Edited by M.I. Chigorin. St. Petersburg, 1896. [Russian].
Lasa: Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels. Leipzig, 1897.
Dufresne: Guide in Chess Play. St. Petersburg, 1897. [Russian].
Dufresne: Guide in Chess Play. Translated by Shiffers. St. Petersburg, 1897. [Russian].

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Sterling: Emanuel Lasker. Una Partida con A.B. Hodges. Mexico, 1897.
Craigside 1897 chess tournament: Skipworth, 1897.
The Australian Chess Annual. Bignold, Sidney, 1897.
Tidsskrift for Skak: Kjobenhavn. 1897, 1898, 1901.
American Chess Magazine: Borsodi, 1897-99. No more published.
Craigside 1898 chess tournament: Edited by G.E.H. Bellingham. Stourbridge, (1898).
Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier: Wien, 1898. Paper and hardback editions.
Reichhelm: Chess in Philadelphia, 1898.
Der Schachfreund: S. Alapin. Berlin, 1898-1899. Volume one.
Napoleao: Caissana Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro, 1898.
Wiener Schachzeitung: 1898-1915, 1916 (Jan.-April); 1923-38 (March), 1948.
London 1899 International Chess Congress, 1900.
Amsterdam 1899 chess tournament: Nederlandschen Schaakbond.
Biblioteca “Andrés C. Vázquez,” Habana, 1899.
Albin’s Schach-Aphorismen und Reminiscenzen, 1899.
Timbs: Clubs and Club Life in London, 1899.
Pin Y Soler: Problemes d'Escachs. Barcelona, 1899.
Rowland: Pollock Memories. Dublin, 1899.
Cessolis: De les costumes…Joch dels Escachs. First edition in Catalan, 1900.
Paris 1900 chess tournament: Rosenthal, Paris, 1901.
London 1900 chess tournament: London, 1900.
Munich 1900 chess tournament: Gebhardt/Schlechter/Marco. Leipzig, 1901.
Rivista Scacchistica Italiana: 1900-1909.
Schweizerische Schachzeitung: 1900-1956, various years.
Vazquez: El Ajedrez Magistral. Habana, 1900.
Greco: The Games of Greco. Hoffman, London, 1900.
Chess Evenings: Russian chess magazine. Moscow, 1901.
Ros: 370 Utvalda Svenska Schackproblem, 1901. Inscribed by Tinsley to O. Wurzburg.
I uppnami: Vols. 1-2; 1901-1902. No more published.

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The American Chess World: 1901-02. No more published.

Checkmate: 1901-04. First Canadian chess magazine. No more published.
Revue d’Échecs – Bruxelles: 1900-09. No more published.
Haarlem 1901 chess tournament: Meijer, Gouda, 1901.
Chess Almanach 1901: Moscow, 1901. [Russian].
Chess Review 1901: Moscow, 1901. [Russian].
Morgan: The Chess Digest. Philadelphia, 1901-1905. Four volumes.
Preti: 200 Problèmes d'Échecs de George E. Carpenter 1860-1900. Paris, 1901.
Baird: Seven Hundred Chess Problems, 1902.
Ritaukaskrá Landsbókasafnsins 1902. Collection of D.W. Fiske.
Chess Almanach: The Black King, Moscow, 1903. [Russian].
Buck: Paul Morphy, His Later Life. Lyons, Kentucky, 1902.
Corsair: 1902–16, various issues. Exceedingly rare to find a complete run.
The American Chess Weekly: Philadelphia, 1902-03. No more published.
Tidskrift för Schack: Collijn, Stockholm, 1902-19.
Steinweg: Berliner Schachlieder. 1902. Not in L/N.
Schiffers: Fins de Partie du Prince Dadian de Mingrélie. Kiev, 1903. 1/50 copies.
Kiev 1903 chess tournament: Chigorin, Moscow, 1904. [Russian].
Lansky: Guidance to Chess Play. Moscow, 1903. [Russian].
Barth: Staten Island Chess Nuts, 1903.
Hilversum 1903 chess tournament: Meijer, Nederlandschen Schaakbond.
Vienna 1903 chess tournament: Marco, Wien, 1903.
Monte Carlo 1903 chess tournament: Kemeny, The American Chess Weekly.
Offiziers-Schach-Beitung. Organ des Armee-Schachbund. Wien, 1904 (Aug.) -1907 (Feb./Mar.).
Lasker’s Chess Magazine: 1904-09. No more published.
American Chess Bulletin: 1904-32 + various years.
Cambridge Springs 1904 chess tournament: daily bulletins. First issuance of bulletins.
Coburg 1904 chess tournament: Schellenberg/Schlechter/Marco, Leipzig, 1905.
Stubbs: Chess Problems composed 1883-1903. Boston, 1904.
Duras: Šachy. Praha, 1904. Not in Cleveland or L/N.

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Barmen 1905 chess tournament: two different presentation bindings.

Barmen 1905 chess tournament: three parts, heavy paper covers.
Ostende 1905 chess tournament: Bruxelles, 1905.
Scheveningen 1905 chess tournament: Meijer, 1905.
White: Mackenzie’s Chess Lyrics, 1905.
White: Roi acculé aux angles, 1905.
Fiske: Chess in Iceland, 1905.
Nevill: Chess Humanics, San Francisco, 1905.
Magyar Sakk Lap: Balla Zoltan/Havasi Artur. Jan. 1, 1905, (Nos. 1) – Jan. 1907 (Nos. 1-2).
St. Petersburg 1906 chess tournament: Znosko-Borovsky, St. Petersburg, 1907. [Russian].
White: Les Tours de Force sur L’Echiquier, 1906.
L’Echiquier Francais: Paris. 1906-1909. No more published.
The Chess Amateur: 1906-1929.
Lasker: The Chess Player’s Scrapbook, Jan.-June/July 1907. No more published. 2 copies.
Shiffers: A Manual of Chess, 1907. [Russian]. First edition.
White: 200 Bauernumwandlungs-Schachaufgaben, 1907.
Baird: The Twentieth Century Retractor, 1907.
Karlsbad 1907 chess tournament: Marco/Schlechter, Wien, 1911.
Ostende 1907 chess tournament: Tarrasch, Leipzig, 1907.
Ostende 1907 chess tournament: Teichmann, Berlin, 1923.
Berlin 1907 chess tournament: Ranneforth, Potsdam, 1907.
The Chess Review: Baird/Millins. Manchester. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-3 (Aug. 3 – Aug. 31, 1907).
Dobruský: Šachové Úlohy, Praha, 1907.
Lasker: Struggle, New York, 1907.
Lasker: Kampf, New York, 1907.
De Schaakcourant: 1907-1913. No more published.
The Yearbook of Chess: Michell, London, 1907-1916. No more published.
The Chess Weekly: 1908-10. No more published.
Düsseldorf 1908 chess tournament: Ranneforth, Potsdam, 1908.
Prague 1908 chess tournament: Kautsky, Praze, 1909.

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Vienna 1908 chess tournament: Marco, Wien, 1908.

White: Pospíšil’s České Melodie, 1908.
White: J. Juchli's Schachprobleme. Bern, 1908.
Schuster: A Sakkföladvány-Költészet Műszabályai. Budapest, 1908.
Keidanz: Threemovers, 1884-1908. Inscribed by author.
Chess Review: Russian chess periodical. Nos. 79-90, Jan.-Dec. Moscow, 1909. Signed, Irving Chernev.
St. Petersburg 1909 chess tournament, Lasker/Znosko-Borovsky, St. Petersburg, 1910.
Berlin 1909 chess tournament. Lewitt, 1909.
White: Memories of My Chess Board, 1909.
Champion: Charles d'Orléans Joueur d'Échecs. Paris, 1909.
Otago Chess Club Rules. Dunedin, 1909.
Keeble: Vive la Beaute, 1910. Special pink paper edition. 1/10 copies. Rare.
Vive la beaute being the tinted edition of a work called The Caduceus. John Keeble, chess -editor.
Norwich: “Norwich Mercury” Company, Ltd. All pages in this edition are pink. Inscribed to Alain
White from John Keeble. Xmas 1910.
Koehler: Rice Gambit Consultation Tournament, 1910.
Hamburg 1910 chess tournament: Coburg, 1911. Fine original covers.
The Pawn: 1910-1911. No more published.
Good Companion (Bonus Socius): XIII century manuscript collection, 1910.
Shiffers: Manual for Self-Teaching the Game of Chess. St. Petersburg, 1910. [Russian].
Kotrč/Traxler: Šachové Úlohy, z let 1884-1910. Vídeň, 1910.
Bachmann: Schachmeister Steinitz, 1910-1921. Four volumes.
Timaru 1910/11 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1911.
Cronica de Ajedrez: May-Oct., 1911. Nos.1-6. Havana, Cuba. Not in Cleveland or L/N.
Karlsbad 1911 chess tournament: Vidmar, Potsdam, 1911. Two volumes.
San Sebastian 1911 chess tournament: DeLaire, Paris, 1911. French edition.
Gärtner: Akademischer Schachklub München, 1911.
Znosko-Borovsky: J.R. Capablanca. St. Petersburg, 1911. [Russian].
Znosko-Borovsky: Muzio-Gambit. Leipzig, 1911.
White: Palkoska’s Schachprobleme Weiss. Leipzig, 1911.

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Linström: Ett Urval Studier. Swedish daily endgame tournament, 1911. Malmo, 1912. 2 copies.
Griffith/White: Modern Chess Openings. London, 1911. First edition.
L’Italia Scacchistica: 1911-1976.
Long unbroken runs are scarce.
St. Petersburg Chess Society: Rules of the game of the German Chess Union, 1911.
Die Schachwelt: Mieses, 1911-1913. No more published.
1911 Budapest/ 1912 Temesvar. Vecsey, Ozseb. Jaszovar, Remeny, 1913.
Napier 1911/12: the rarest of the New Zealand tournament series.
Welles: A Brief Review of the Chess Record of Jose Raul Capablanca, 1911-1912.
Shiffers: Manual for Self-Teaching the Game of Chess. St. Petersburg, 191_. [Russian].
Nelson 1912 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1913.
Breslau 1912 chess tournament: Coburg, 1913.
Paluzíe y Lucena: Bibliografía Española de Ajedrez. Barcelona, 1912.
Holland – Engeland. Schaakmatch April 1912. H.D.B. Meijer. Amsterdam.
Fiske: Chess Tales and Chess Miscellanies, 1912.
Capablanca-Magazine: Revista Quincenal de Ajedrez, 1912-14. No more published.
Szachista Polski: 1912-14. Second Polish chess magazine. No more published.
Murray: A History of Chess, 1913.
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1913-16. No more published.
Chess Herald, 1913. [Russian].
Der Schachwart: Em. Lasker, 1913-14. No more published.
Havana 1913 chess tournament: Capablanca, 1913.
Scheveningen 1913 chess tournament: Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1913.
Alapin: Der Schachfreund. Heidelberg, 1913.
Auckland 1913 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1914.
Alfonso X: Das Spanische Schachzabelbuch…1283. Leipzig, 1913. Two volumes.
Large folio. A complete reproduction of the famous Spanish treatise on chess play by order of King
Alfonso in 1283 with 194 phototypic plates.
The Good Companion Chess Problem Club, 1913-24. No more published.
Magyar Sakkvilag, 1913-1914.

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Braune: Apôtre de la Symétrie, 1914. Rarest of the A.C. White series.

Baden 1914 chess tournament: Marco, Wien, 1916.
Christchurch 1914 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1915.
The Problem: 1914, nos. 1-35. No more published.
Platoff: Sammlung der Endspielstudien. Moscow, 1914.
Goncharov: Brief Chess Education. St. Petersburg, 1914.
Salvioli: L'Ultima Teoria e Pratica del Giuoco degli Scacchi. Venezia, 1914.
Gold: Problem book (hand-diagrammed) by Gold and given to his son, 1915.
Dawson: Retrograde Analysis working typescript, 1915.
Dawson: Retrograde Analysis, 1915.
Rask: Paul Morphy. 180 Partier. Stockholm, 1915.
Arancegui: Pagiras Selectas de Ajedrez. Nd. Guadalajara, Jal. Not in L/N or Cleveland.
Expertus: Chess Whimsicalities. Stroud, 1916.
Milan 1916: Eduardo Crespi e il I torneo scacchistico nazionale. Sancasciano, 1917.
Sandoval: Medias Horas con Morphy. Mexico, 1917. Not in L/N.
Endewelt/Weissblatt: Das Erste Jüdische Schachlehrbuch, 1917.
Mitchell: The Fable of the Discontented Chessmen, 1918.
New York 1918 chess tournament: Manhattan CC, 1918.
Göteborg 1919/20 chess tournament: Original wrappers and hardcover editions, 1921.
Wellington 1919/20 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1920.
Greco: Greco and his Manuscripts 1600-1634. John G. White, Philadelphia, 1919.
Lasker: Die Philosophie des Unvollendbar. Leipzig, 1919.
Szachista Polski: Warszawa, 1920. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2.
Rommig: Wilhelm Gudehus, ein Meister des Schachspiels, 1920.
Dunedin 1920 chess tournament: Wellington, New Zealand, 1922.
Buschke: 32-page typed thesis on Alekhine’s early chess career.
Budapest 1921 chess tournament: typescript.
Vida: The Game of Chess. Lambert, 1921.
Kagan’s Neueste Schachnachrichten: 1921-32. No more published.

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White: Memorials of Willard Fiske. Horatio S. White. Boston, 1922. Two volumes.
Shakhmatny Listok, 1922-31. No more published.
Rungiah Naidu: Feats in Chess, 1922.zach
Osterreichische Schachrundschau 1922-25. No more published.
Baca-Arus/Lopez: Los Maestros del Ajedrez Rubinstein. Havana, 1922. Attractive original wraps.
Teplitz-Schönau 1922 chess tournament: Schoor, Leipzig, 1923.
Beuthen 1923 chess tournament: Kramer, Breslau, (1923).
Pardubice 1923 chess tournament: Pokorný, 1923.
Gelabert: Glorias del Tablero “Capablanca.” Both editions.
The Chess Budget: Watts. Vols. 1-2, Nos. 1-56 (Sept., 1924 – July-Aug., 1926).
Tartakower: Ultramodern Chess Games: 1924-26. Four parts, original wrappers. [Russian].
64: 1924-41.
Brandenburgische Schachzeitung: 1924-1926.
Györ 1924 chess tournament: Maroczy/Chalupetzky, Gyor, 1925.
Braunau 1925 chess tournament: Dorfler/Schindler, Leipzig, 1926.
Berlin und Rathenow 1925: Edited by Zander/Westphal. Berlin, 1925.
Moscow 1925 chess tournament: Bogoljubow, Moscow, 1925. [Russian].
Nimzowitsch: Mein System, five parts in fine original wrappers.
Riemann: Schach-Erinnerungen des Jüngsten Anderssen-Schũlers, 1925.
L’Echiquier: 1925-37.
Cercle Philidor: Paris, 1925.
Les Cahiers de l’Échiquier Français: 1925-37. No more published.
Jena 1926 chess tournament: Vierter Bundestag des Deutschen Arbeiterschachbundes (1927).
Morphy-Voitier: Life of Paul Morphy. New Orleans, 1926.
Bad Altheide 1926 chess tournament: Breslau, 1927.
Longhurst: English Ivories. London, 1926.
Dalton: Early Chessmen of Whale's Bone Excavated in Dorset, 1926.
Mundial: Revista de Ajedrez. May-Dec. (8 issues), 1927. No more published.
Keidanz: The Chess Compositions of E.B. Cook. New York, 1927.

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Els escacs a Catalunya: Nos. 1 (July, 1927), 3-99 (Sept., 1935).

Lasker: Lasker’s Manual of Chess. New York, 1927. Original dust jacket.
Gleiwitz 1927 chess tournament: Babel, 1928.
Rimington-Wilson: Chess catalogue of the late R.H. Rimington-Wilson. London, 1928.
Bernard Quaritch: Chess catalogue of rare books from Rimington-Wilson. London, 1929.
Stalda: Rosselli-Monticelli pel campionato italiano di scacchi. Firenze, (1929).
Australasian Chess Review: 1929-1967. No more published.
Nabokov (Sirin): The Luzhin Defense, 1930. First Russian edition.
Liege 1930 chess tournament: Cordingley.
Washington-London Cable Chess Match: April 12, 1930.
Social Chess Quarterly: Firth, Oct. 1930–Apr. 1936, nos. 1-23. No more published.
Branch: History of Cheltenham Chess Club 1889-1931.
Šachové Noviny: Praze, 1931. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-11/12 (Jan. 24- June 6). No more published.
Het Schaakleven: Nov. 1931-Apr., 1934. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-24; Vol. 2, Nos. 1-12; Vol. 3, Nos.1-12.
Prague 1931 chess tournament: Sachova Olympiada, Mrazik, 1932.
Duchamp: Opposition and Sister Squares. Paris-Bruxelles, 1932.
Estrategia: Revista Nacional de Ajedrez. Aug, 1932–Apr./May, 1933 (Nos. 1 - 9/10). No more published.
Franklin: Morals of Chess. Shaefer, 1932. 1/150 copies.
Chalupetzky: Correspondence chess tournament 1932. Kecskemét, 1932.
Tarrasch’s Schachzeitung: Oct. 1932-March 1934. No more published.
Hastings 1932/33: E.G.R. Cordingley. London, 1933.
Koltanowski: The Chess World, Oct. 1932-July/Aug. 1933. No more published.
The Chess Review, 1933-1981.
Chess in the USSR, 1933-1975.
Mahr-Ostrau 1933 chess tournament: Kmoch/Michalitschke. Fine original wrappers.
Eliskases Manuscript: Games to Budapest 1934 chess tournament. Most games unpublished.
Purdy-Koshnitsky chess match–1934.
N.S.W. Chess Championship 1934. Sydney, N.S.W.
Zürich 1934: Internationales Schachturnier Zürich 1934. Pristine condition.

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Schach-Herold: May, 1934 – Aug./Sept., 1937. Vols. 1-4 (8/9). No more published.
Washington State: Games of the Washington State Championship, 1934.
Mid-West Chess News: Dec. 1934–Aug. 1935. 30 issues. No more published.
Moscow 1935 chess tournament. Moscow, 1936. [Russian].
Lockett: Chess Players of New Orleans. Enlarged edition, 1935.
Konstantinsbad 1935 chess tournament: R. Laseker, 1935.
Casañas: Libro del Ajedrez. Madrid, 1935. Two volumes.
Chess: Sutton Coldfield, 1935/36-1999. Volumes 1-63.
Western Chess Chronicle: Nov. 1935–July 1936. 9 issues. No more published.
Moscow 1936 chess tournament: Levenfish, 1937. [Russian].
Chess: The Game of Life, 1936. 1/64 copies.
Miniature, 2 1/8” x 2 7/8” (5 1/2cm x 7 1/4cm), with original envelope and fine holder to encase book.
De Schaakwereld, 1936-42. No more published.
Eesti Male: 1936–1940 (1-5/6). No more published?
Castles: Febrero 1936–Julio 1938. No more published.
Poděbradech 1936 chess tournament. Prague, 1936.
Pernau 1937. Privately printed.
Revista Portuguesa de Xadrez. Nos. 1-82/3. Jan., 1937 – July/Oct., 1945.
Kubbel: 250 Selected Studies. Moscow, 1938. [Russian].
New Zealand Chess Gazette: Vol. 1, March 1938–Feb. 1939. Not in L/N or Cleveland.
Buschke: Catalogue of books and ms in the chess collection of Dr. A. Buschke, 1938.
Morra: 34 games played between Vera Menchik and Thomas Emery, 1938-1939.
34 games played between Vera Menchik and Thomas Emery with comments and annotations by
Pierre Morra during the years 1938 - 1939. 124pp. Inscribed to Frank Marshall from Thomas Emery.
What makes this publication odd is that all the games end in a draw.
Evans: Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen’s Chess-Playing Automaton, 1939.
Wimsatt: Poe and the Chess Automaton. Reprinted from American Literature, 1939.
Buenos Aires 1939: Lachaga.
Buenos Aires 1939: Original bulletins.

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Daily Bulletins are much harder to find than the Lachaga publication.
1000 Schaakpartijen: Gespeeld in 35 wedstrijden omstreeks 1939.
Niemeijer: Catalogus van de Schaakboekerij van Dr. M. Niemeijer, 1939.
John Rather writes, “Limited edition of 500 copies of which 300 were destroyed by enemy action in
1940.”
Cooke: Forty Two-Movers 1919-1939. Maine, Bradford Press, 1939. 1/100 copies.
The West London Chess Club War Time Gazette, 1941.
Prokes: Ladislav Prokes: Sachove Studie. 150 miniatur. Praze, 1941.
Fine: Galley proofs to Basic Chess Endings, 1941. Scarce.
Gamage: an Artist in Chess Problems, 1941, variant.
Graf: Asi juega una mujer. Buenos Aires. (1941).
White: A Sketchbook of American Chess Problematists. Overbrook Press, 1942.
Dobbs: A Chess Silhouette. Overbrook Press, 1942.
Dobbs: A Chess Silhouette, Armed Forces edition. Overbrook Press, 1942.
The scarcest of the Overbrook Press chess books.
Havel: České Granáty. Praze, 1943.
Prokop: 212 Sachovych Studii. F.J. Prokop. Praha, (1943).
Zlin 1943 chess tournament: Ludek Pachman. Praha, 1944.
White/Jacobs: Variation Play. Overbrook Press, 1943.
Skaki: Aug. 1943-July, 1946. First Hellenic chess magazine.
Zweig: Schachnovelle. Stockholm, 1943.
Eliskases: Jôgo de Posição. Rio de Janeiro, 1943. Not in L/N.
Buschke/Cheney/White: The Two-Move Chess Problem in the Soviet Union 1923-1943.
Capablanca: Libro Homenaje a Jose Raul Capablanca, 1943.
Dobbs: Six notebooks written in his hand.
Revista de la asociacion metropolitan de ajedrez: Buenos Aires. Vols. 1-4, Nos. 1-31/32. 1944-1947.
Pachman: OSM Partií velmistra Bohatyrčuka, 1944.
Allen/Hassberg: To Alain C. White. A Tribute from his Friends. Overbrook Press, 1945.
Pomar: “Mis cincuenta partidas con maestros,” Madrid, 1945.
Buschke: Chess News from Russia. Nov. 1945–June 1947. No more published.

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Graf: Yo soy Susann. Buenos Aires, (1946).

Revista metropolitan de ajedrez: Buenos Aires. Nos. 1-7/8; March, 1948–May, 1949. No more published.
Rinck: 1414 Fins de Partie. Barcelona, 1950.
Vidmar: Pol Stoletja, 1951.
Lucena: Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez. Madrid, 1953.
Linde: Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana. The Hague, 1955.
Satrang: Iranian chess magazine. Tehran, 1956-1958. From Niemeijer and Gates libraries.
Fischer: Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess. New York, 1959. Pristine dust jacket.
Lawson Manuscript: Paul Morphy, the Pride and Sorrow of Chess.
Cleveland Public Library–1964. Two volumes.
Nabokov: The Defense. New York, 1964. First edition with dust jacket.
Fischer: My 52 Memorable Games, 1967. Rare.
Istanbul 1969: Turkey, Iran, Pakistan chess tournament. Littorin says, “rare.”
Betts–1974.
Myers Opening Bulletins, 1979-1996.
Kasparov: Test of Time – corrected proof, 1986.
Das Schachbuch des Jacobus de Cessolis. Facsimile, Belser, 1988.
Keres: Photographs and Games, 1995. Special leather limited edition of 40 copies. Copy # 5.
Grondijs: King and Bishop against King and 2 or 3 Pawns by Chapais. 2015. 1/35 copies.
Grondijs: Chess Craze Bad. Volume IV. Daniel Williard Fiske.De Groene Loper, 2017.

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