herr kling (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Herr Kling: The Chess Euclid; A Collection of Two Hundred Chess Problems and End-Games. Composed by - -. London, 1849. H. Hurst and Co. [12] [54] (CCXIV.chess illustrations) 26 p. First edition. Later in half cloth binding. "Excerpt from The Chess Euclid: A Collection of Two Hundred Chess Problems and End-Games The kind solicitations of some of my intimate friends have induced me to publish this collection of Problems. My first intention was, that they should form a supplement to a more instructive work than I conceived this would be namely, a Treatise on the Endings of Games, by my friend Mr. Horwitz and myself; a subject which has occupied our leisure hours for some time past. My professional avoca tions have so long delayed the completion of our labours.".

With 214 pictorial chess situations on plates. II pp., 26 pp. solutions, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo. Contemp. cloth. Edition revised and corrected by the author. Old names on flyleaves. Solutions part with private marginal perforations (to be locked). Clean in all.