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Results of Chess Auction No. 11, 13-15 November 2003

Tournaments and Matches

Lot 1. The Games Of The Match At Chess / Played by / The And The Edinburgh / Chess Clubs / Between the years 1824 and 1828 / With / Numerous Variations and Remarks / By W. Lewis. London 1828. L/N 3371. In original boards and ticket to spine. Covers slightly soiled. Some foxing to endpapers otherwise very clean. Excellent copy of a scarce item. Sold for €162

Lot 2. A Selection/of/Games At Chess/ played at the Westminster Chess Club/ between Monsieur L. C. De La Bourdonnais and an English Amateur of first rank skill, by W. Lewis. London 1835. L/N 5012. In the original paper covers, rubbed at the spine. Some browning. Very good condition. Sold for €378

Lot 3. Der Schachkampf In Paris Im November und December 1843 Zwischen Mr. Staunton und M. de St.-Amant. Von Dr. Carl Meier. Nebst einem Anhange uber das Hunderst Endspiel des Philipp Stamma. Von Aleppo Zurich 1844 Bound in cloth with marbled paper sides. Water staining to right hand corners throughout; foxing to some pages. Owner's sign to the title-page. Murphy game in manuscript on fly leaf dated 1858. This book is very rare. Sold for €380

Lot 4. Labourdonnais-Morphy by A M. George Allen. Paris 1859. From the library of George Allen. Bookplate of Library of Philadelphia on inner cover to which there is part offsetting of ‘Allen’from the title. Original paper covers showing some soiling. Excellently bound in buckram with hard boards and gilt spine. Very Rare Sold for €497.08

Lot 5. Der Funfte Kongress/des/Deutschen Schachbundes/Frankfurt a.M. 1887 Hereausgeben Von C.v. Bardeleben, H.v.Gotshall und J.Mieses. 1889. L/N 5223 In original cloth binding with embossed covers and gilt spine. Slightly shaken, with tape covering bottom edge of front board. Some pen annotations on p.78. Library stamp of Neuer Wiener Schachclub on title. Otherwise good copy of desirable tournament book. Sold for €86.40

Lot 6. A. Brinckmann ‘Die Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft in Bad Aachen 1934’ Berlin/Leipzig 1934. 84 pages. L/N 5472. Original paper covers, pages unopened. Stamp to the title-page, the first 2 sections (pages up to 33) are loose, otherwise condition is fine – very clean and crisp. Sold for €27.19

Lot 7. Madrid 1943 Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez, Madrid 1943. By Dr Alekhine. Keres ahead of Fuentes, Brinkman, Medina, Pomar, Saemisch. Madrid 1944. L/N 5638. Bound in quarter leather with original paper cover laid on. Excellent copy of a rare tournament book. Sold for €54

Lot 8. International Chess Tournament New York 1948-49 with Annotations, Analysis General History of the Tournament and Round by Round Commentary by Hans Kmoch. New York 1950. L/N 5765. Very clean and crisp internally. Very good condition Sold for €27

Game Collections

Lot 9. Charousek’s Games of Chess With annotations and a bibliographical introduction By Philip W. Sergeant. London 1919. L/N 3052. Very clean and good copy, spine slightly faded. Some slight mottling on front board. Sold for €31.49

Lot 10. Mir Sultan Khan All India Chess Champion 1928. British Chess Champion 1929-1932-1933 by R.N.Coles. The British Chess Magazine. Second ed. Revised enlarged, reset 1977. Sold for €10.80

General Works

Lot 11. Libro Daimiano Parare Giochare. 6th Edition. 3rd Undated 1524 With title page and page 8 supplied in manuscript. Inscription of front end paper: “This was the identical copy of the Revd Mr Brand and made perfect in MS by him It was purchased by Mr Stace who sold it to L. Parker esq. after having bound it for £3.3.0" Bound in full calf with raises bands and gilt spine. Library plate of James Whatman on the paste-down endpaper. Very Rare Works of Damiano rarely come on the market. Due to their great age almost all have defects, apart from those noted above this is a singularly desirable copy of an item another copy of which is unlikely to appear at auction again for some time. Sold for €2,000

Lot 12. Scacchia, Ludus / A/Poem/On the/Game of Chess/Written by/Marcus Hieronymus Vida/And/Translated into English Verse/By The Rev. Samuel Pullein A.M. Dublin 1750. L/N 4581. Wide paper copy with untrimmed edges, some darkening to edges. Later half calf binding with marbled boards and raised bands. Library stamps of the Dublin Chess Club on title-page and endpaper. A lovely copy of the first chess book printed in Ireland. Sold for €272.09

Lot 13. Praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel von Andre Danican Philidor. Gotha 1779. L/N 479. Cloth binding with marbled boards and gilt spine. Light foxing. Very good condition. Sold for €188.95

Lot 14. Bekwaame Handleiding tot het edele schaakspel, 1786. L/N 497. Philidor's work in Dutch. In original soft covers, which are slight chipped. Slightly shaken. Internally very good, with the inserted folding plates in good order. Sold for €374.68

Lot 15. Nouvel Essai sur le Jeu Des Echecs avec des Reflexions Militaires, by E. Stein. La Haye 1789. 1st edition. Inscribed "J.W. Remington Wilson Chess Library" on the paste-down endpaper. In original paper covers, slightly shaken. Internally very good. Sold for €251.94

Lot 16. Chess/Rendered familiar by/Tabular Demonstrations/Of The Various Positions and Movements/as described by/Philidor. By J. G. Pohlman. London 1819. L/N 494. Original half leather binding with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt spine. Corners bumped, slight chipping and spreading. Foxing on frontispiece which is slightly offset to title. A very good copy of a unique book which was the first to incorporate a diagram for every move. Very scarce. Sold for €150

Lot 17. A Treatise on The Game of Chess, first publishes 1617 by D. Pietro Carrera. Translated from the Italian with additional notes and remarks by W. Lewis. London 1822. L/N 389. Half-bound in leather with marbled boards. Leather is gone from the spine. The front cover and free endpaper are loose. Internally very clear and crisp. Sold for €140

Lot 18. A Treatise/On the/Game of Chess/Containing/The Game on Odds/From the /“Traite Des Amateurs” by John Cochrane esq. London 1822. L/N 637. Errata list after contents. Text jumps p.X to p. Xiii with no loss of text. Original cloth binding with paperboards. Paper ticket on spine is slightly chipped. Slight browning to title and frontispiece. Very good condition. Rare. Sold for €296.10

Lot 19. A New Treatise on Chess Containing the Rudiments of the game explained on scientific principles. By George Walker, 2nd edition, enlarged and improved. London 1833. L/N 666. Bound in cloth, with a ticket to the upper cover. Very good condition. Sold for €80

Lot 20. Sechshundert Schachspielaufgaben Fur Geubtere Spieler von Dr. C.F.Koch. Magdeburg 1834. L/N 2372. Half-bound in leather, with marbled boards and gilt spine, slightly rubbed. Heavy foxing in parts. Book plate of Paul Hage on past-down endpaper. Very sound and clean copy of a scarce item. Sold for €174.96

Lot 21. Chess Short-Hand /Being a new but perfectly easy/Method of Notation/By an Amateur/ “Advertisement: As this pamphlet may possibly fall into the hands of Chess- players unacquainted with even the common method for describing games, an Appendix is added for their benefit; which they will of course consult in the first place“. London Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans MDCCCXLIII (1843) L/N 3641. Paper cover chipped at corners, spine repaired, otherwise good and clean. Rare Sold for €64

Lot 22. Theoretisch-practice Anweisung/zum/Dreischachspeil/von Walter Tesche Wien 1843. L/N 4860. Wide paper copy with deckled edges, all fold out plates in excellent condition. Very sound and clean throughout. Later half-bound in calf with marbled boards and gilt ticket to spine. Previous owner’s stamp on title-page. Very scarce Sold for €432

Lot 23. A Treatise/On The Game of Chess/Containing/An Introduction to the Game/And an Analysis of the Various Openings of Games/By W. Lewis. London 1844. Two volumes bound together (pagination continuous) - title-pages for separate volumes are bound in the end of the book. Bound buckram with embossed front cover, guilt spine slightly faded and broken at upper right top. Old booksellers and library stamps to endpapers, Blass stamp to half-title, Café International stamp to the title-page. Sound, very clean and good throughout. Sold for €136.04

Lot 24. Die Schachpartien Und Endspiele Des Portugiesen Damiano, nebst der kunst Aus dem Gedachtnisse zu Spielen. Ubersetzt und Erlautert von Robert Franz und v.d. Lasa, Berlin 1857. L/N 361. In original full leather over limp boards, spine slightly chipped and spilt at bottom. Small water stain in latter half to bottom right corner. Evidence of bookplate removed from endpaper. Bookplate affixed to inner board with ticket: “The Bequest of the Late J.E.A.R. van Stuwe” Otherwise clean throughout. Sold for €309.35

Lot 25. Lehrbuch des Schachspiels/Mit besondere Beructsichtigung/des/Gambitspiels Von H. Silberschmidt. Mit einem Anhange: Die Geschichte des Schachspiels Wolfenbuttel 1845. L/N 658. Contemporary half binding with marbled boards and gilt spine. Very good condition. Sold for €150

Lot 26. The Chess Player’s Handbook. A popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess, exemplified in games actually played... By , Esq. 2nd edition, revised. London 1848. Betts 10-3. L/N 740. Original red cloth with embossed gilt upper cover. Spine is missing. Illustrated frontispiece in very good condition interleaved. Light foxing to endpapers, title-page and some pages, inscription “S.C. Hamblin from H.S. Hamblin 5th August 1851” on the free endpaper, otherwise very good and clean. Sold for €50

Lot 27. The Book of Chess, containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. Exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters... Also, A Series of Chess Tales. By H. R. Agnel. New York, 1859. Betts 10-6. L/N 736. Numerous engraved illustrations. Original cloth binding with gilt embossed front board and gilt spine. Spine is worn and chipped top and bottom. Corners bumped. Slight offsetting to the title-page from the engraving. Clean and crisp internally. Sold for €48.60

Lot 28. Leitfaden Fur Anfanger im Schachspiel G. R. Neumann. Berlin 1865. L/N 920. Original cover bound in boards rubbed and chipped at edges. Ticket newly affixed to spine. Foxed throughout. Sold for €40

Lot 29. Nouveau/Manuel Illustre/Du Jeu Des Echecs Par J.A.de R. Precede D’Une Introduction Historique apres le professeur Duncan Forbes. Bound in quarter leather with gilt spine and marbled boards. Corners bumped. Signature and stamp of Carlos Alberto Goncalves Cardoso to half-title, his signature on the title-page. Condition good. Sold for €75

Lot 30. The Chess-Players Companion comprising A new Treatise On Odds and A Collection Of Games (includes match games with Mons. St. Amant) by Howard Staunton, Esq. London 1879. L/N 782. Half-bound in leather with marbled boards. Spine is rubbed, worn and chipped. Pencil sign to some pages, page 33/34 is loose, otherwise condition is good. Unsold

Lot 31. Chess by L. Hoffer. London 1892. 246 pages. 1st edition. L/N 1080. Bound in red cloth, with gilt spine. Slight marking to covers, spine slightly faded. Light foxing to some pages, some browning. Sticker of NSW Bush Book Club on the paste-down endpaper. Condition good. Unsold

Lot 32. Practitches Schacbuch oder Darstellung von 24 Regeln des Schachspiels Von Alphons von Breda 13. Dreizehnte auflage Halberstand und Leipzig (1894). L/N 797. Library stamps to title-page. Original cloth binding with marbled boards, slightly bumped. Unsold

Lot 33. Forty-Six Games of Chess by Giulio Cesare Polerio. From a hitherto unpublished Manuscript With an Introduction By J.A.Leon. Re-printed from the “British Chess Magazine” 1894. Leeds 1894, Whitehead & Miller. L/N 381. Front cover chipped, spine repaired. Slim, stapled octavo internally in very good condition Sold for €56

Lot 34. A Collection of Ten Rare Pamphlets ( Broschuren) published by Bernard Kagan between 1915 and 1921. All collected and bound in quarter leather with marbled end boards and gilt spine. Paper browned as is usual for the period otherwise excellent. 1) Gluch und Geschick / In der Schachpartie / Von Franz Gutmeyer 2) Dreizig Ausgewalte Schachpartien / Von Paul Morphy und Dr / Eine kleine sammlung / Von Bernard Kagan 3) Das Bauernendspiel im Schach / Verfast von C.v.Bardeleben 4) Endspeilstudien von A.Selsnieff / Dr Emmanuel Lasker 5) die Partien Capabablanca’s / Aus dem Jahre 1914 / B.Kagan 6) Schachmeister Erich Cohn / Sein Lebenslauf / Und seine Leistungen im Schach / Herausgeben von Bernhard Kagan 7) Samuel Rzeschewski / das Schachwunderkind / Herausgeben / von Bernhard Kagan 8) Der Wunderknabe Samuel Rzeschewski / In der Neuen Welt / Bernhard Kagan 9) Das Schachleben / in Sowjet-Russland / von / Alexander von Alekhine 10) Am baum der Schacherkenntnis / SG Tartakower / Berlin 1921 (The pamphlet is untitled, the above is hand written preceding the Vorwort.) Very interesting dissertations from Tartakower which include Das Schach und die Frau, Das kubanische Schauspiel, etc Sold for €234.45

History of Chess

Lot 35. History/of/Chess/Together with short and plain IN/STRUCTIONS by which/ Any one may easily play at it/Without the help of a Teacher. By R.Lambe Vicar of Norham upon Tweed. London. Printed in the year MDCCLXIV (1764). L/N 176. Professional repair to the title-page, which has some staining. 148p. Later full tree calf binding, gilt spine, embossed covers in 16th century manner, new endpapers. Very sound and clean throughout. Rare. Sold for €400

Openings:

Lot 36. Handbuch des Schachspiels von P.R v. Bilguer. Berlin 1852. 2nd edition. L/N 713. Original half-leather binding, with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt spine. Endpapers are split at hinge. Spine slightly rubbed, covers (corners) bumped. Small water-stain to the bottom of the few first pages, some browning, otherwise condtion is very good. On the free endpaper there is an inscription in English: "To the Manhattan Chess Club with the compliments of W(?). Mohle January (?) 15 1878)" Sold for €151.15

Lot 37. Modern Chess Openings / By Griffith & White / With introduction / By H. E. Atkins. Leeds 1911. The 1st edition of what has become the authorities work on the openings. L/N 1896. Limp covers, slightly shaken, otherwise clean and good throughout. Sold for €115.12

Chess Composition. Endgames

Lot 38. Chess Endings from Modern Master Play by Jacques Mieses. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1901. L/N 2194. Bound in cloth, with gilt upper cover and spine. Very good condition. Sold for €50

Lot 39. Imagination in Chess by C. D. Locock. Leeds (1937) L/N 2798. Original green cloth with gilt upper cover and gilt spine. Spine slightly bumped top and bottom. Very good condition. Collection of 60 problems. Sold for €37.78

Lot 40. 200 Ausgewählte Schachaufgaben by Otto Fuss and Ferdinand Möller. Mit 200 Diagrammen. Berlin, 1939. L/N 2818. 106 pages. Paperboards, with dust-jacket. Top edges coloured red. Dust-jacket slightly chipped, upper cover slightly soiled, otherwise condition fine. Sold for €41.45

Autographed Books

Lot 41. Match-revansh Smyslov-Botvinnik, 1958, by M. Botvinnik. Moscow 1960. In Russian. Signed by Botvinnik on the title page. There is a dedication in Russian to IM Kapengut, dated 1962. The dedication is from his friends, not Botvinnik. Sold for €60

Lot 42. Russian Chess Literature 1775-1966 by Sakharov. Main work on the Russian Chess literature. First edition with Sakharov’s signature and inscription to Yakov Rokhlin, well-known chess author. The dedication reads: "To respected Y.G. Rokhlin — one of most productive chess authors – from the complier. September 1969". Evidently, Rokhlin underlines all titles in the book to which he was responsible. Good condition throughout and very rare as described. Unsold

Magazines

Lot 43. The South African Chess Player. Vol XIX January 1971. Edited by L.R.Reitstein. 192 pages, pagination continuous. Many articles by W. Heidenfeld. Excellently bound in Buckram with marbled boards and gilt spine. Clean and crisp inside - very good condition. Sold for €31.45

Miscellaneous Books

Lot 44. Nieuw Reglement op het Gewoon Schaakspelen alsmede het Reglement Op het Schaakspel met vier en drie Spelers W.F.Stramrood 1848. L/N 4862. Slim pamphlet on three and four handed chess, original paper covers repaired with tape top and bottom of spine. Unusually, fold-out plate in back is intact. Very clean. Library plate of James E.Gates inside front cover. Very rare. Sold for €75.60

Lot 45. Letters / On Natural Magic / Addressed to / Sir Walter Scott Bart./ By Sir David Brewster. London 1883. An eclectic collection of phenomena which includes a dissertation on Baron de Kempelin’s automaton. Full calf binding with gilt, raised bands, lightly rubbed on top of spine. Gilt borders and fore edge of boards. Excellent copy of scarce item. Sold for €81.64

Lot 46. Chess / A poem in Four Cantos / Together with / Minor Poems & Chess Aphorisms / Also an / Introductory Essay / Entitled, / Reminiscences of the Chess Divan By Charles Tomlinson. London 1891. Later hard binding with cloth spine and marbled boards. Evidently a presentation copy, the original front paper. Cover is loosely inserted inscribed: “With the author’s compliments”. Blass library stamp on front free endpaper, some words in title page underscored. Otherwise fine condition throughout. Sold for €136.79