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Tournament Books International Chess Auctions, Alex Baburin & James Hayes Address: 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Phone: 353-1-278-2276; fax: 353-1-283-6839 Web: http://www.gmsquare.com/chessauction/index.html E-mail: [email protected] If you are interested in selling anything at our auction, don't hesitate to contact us! The next auction is scheduled for 22-24 January 2004. 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 London 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. Leipzig 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.
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