staunton howard wormald robert (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 521.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. The boards are edge worn with scuffing, marks and knocks, the spine is tanned. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. Spotting throughout, not affecting text. There are no other ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 5th or later Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 7.5 x 5", original gilt-lettered red cloth, 509pp + 32pp April 1885 publisher's list, covers quite rubbed, darkened, soiled and with an old ring stain on front cover, spine darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, bottom of spine badly chipped, inner hinges cracked and cello-taped, former owner's ink name (and date) in ink on front fly, pp toned and used, but still an important book. "A New Edition".

Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. x, 509, [1]. With numerous diagrams throughout the text. Maroon straight grained half morocco with 4 raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine and marbled paper-covered boards; marbled endpapers. Joints starting but holding well. Leaves lightly toned with scattered light foxing, a little heavier to endpapers; p. 9/10 corner creased. No annotation or inscriptions. The posthumously published final work by Howard Staunton (1810-1874), the English chess master and probably the greatest chess player of the mid nineteenth century; he died suddenly and the book was posthumously published. Staunton was chess columnist for the Illustrated London News and founder of the Chess Player's Chronicle, the first English language periodical devoted to the game. The standardised pieces he designed are still used today for competitions and he remains a colossus of the gaming world. A very good copy of a major contribution to the literature of chess.