Rowland Frideswide (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. [7]+104+[12 ad] pages wish diagrams, charts and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to cover. (Linden - N. 5893; Betts: 8-7) First edition. Similar to Brand's 1880 directory, but extended in scope. Contents: articles, essays, humorous sketches, a list of the chess clubs and associations of the United Kingdom, names of the addresses of well-known players and of players willing to visit clubs, addresses of chess resorts in London, continental chess resorts, a list of chess periodicals and chess columns, chess laws and prize problems. Condition: Soiled, front gutter reinforced, corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, heal edges stained, lacks end papers, some occasional pencil notations else a good copy,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [7]+104+[12 ad] pages with diagrams and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. (Linden - N. 5893; Betts: 8-9) Fifth annual edition. First edition. Similar to Brand's 1880 directory, but extended in scope. Contents: articles, essays, humorous sketches, a list of the chess clubs and associations of the United Kingdom, names of the addresses of well-known players and of players willing to visit clubs, addresses of chess resorts in London, continental chess resorts, a list of chess periodicals and chess columns, chess laws and prize problems. Condition: Corners bumped, spine darkened, lightly soiled else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. [7]+104+[12 ad] pages with diagrams and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. (Linden - N. 5893; Betts: 8-10) Sixth annual edition. First edition. Similar to Brand's 1880 directory, but extended in scope. Contents: articles, essays, humorous sketches, a list of the chess clubs and associations of the United Kingdom, names of the addresses of well-known players and of players willing to visit clubs, addresses of chess resorts in London, continental chess resorts, a list of chess periodicals and chess columns, chess laws and prize problems. The 1892 edition did not include articles but directory only. Condition: Covers soiled, corners and spine heal bumped, old bookseller's stamp to front pastedown else good to very good.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 158, iii pages ; (8º). Subject; Board games. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 158, iii pages ; (8º). Subject; Board games. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 172+[4 ad] pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5 ") issued in black lettering to spine and front cover and ruled black edges to covers. (Betts:33-73) First edition. A collection of 51 two-movers, 16 three-movers, 14 self-mates and 7 others, some chess "puzzles", a number of chess sketches involving problems, chess poems, and 6 games. Solutions appear on pages 156-172. Condition: Spine age darkened, previous owner's neat hand to dedication page, front and back end papers, and back paste down, corners bumped, rubbing to spine ends else about very good issued without jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [6]+159+iii pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 7/8" x 6") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover and decorative knight on cover. (Betts: 29-120) First edition. Part 1: Portrait, biography and 70 games played in England, Ireland and Holland; selected annotated and illustrated by the late W E K Pollock before his death in 1896. Includes, in all, 145 games, 8 end games, and 4 problems. Part 2: A selection of games played in the United States and Canada, including his matches with Eugene Delmar, Jackson Showalter and G H D Gossip; end games, problems and items of interest from the British Chess Magazine and the Dublin Evening Mail, connected with the chess career of Pollock. Condition: Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed, some staining to cover. Over all about a very good copy issued with jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [4]+120 pages with frontispiece, and diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/4" x 5") issued in red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. (Betts: 37-10) First edition. Contains 45 two-movers and one three-mover by the author, 15 prize-winning problems and two end games by various composers, the "hints" by the author, solutions to problems appear on page 95-96 and 118 and 119. Frideswide Fanny Beechey was the second daughter of Richard Brydges Beechey and Frideswide Maria Moore Beechey (1819â 1885), née Smyth, of Portlick Castle, Westmeath, Ireland. Portlick Castle had been purchased in 1703 by the Rev. Robert Smyth for £885. This Robert had a son Ralph who died apparently without an heir. However, and illegitimate son, Robert, was produced by a local woman and authenticated by a local clergyman, and he duly inherited the castle. In 1882 Frideswide Fanny Beechey was the first women to win a prize in a chess-problem composing competition. The British Chess Magazine of 1883, on page 30, noted that a â Chess Departmentâ had commenced, edited by Miss Beechey, in a new weekly publication, the Matlock Register, the first edition of which was dated 08/12/1882. The BCM suggested this was the first such column to be edited by a lady. In 1883 her book Chess Blossoms was published. The title, by chance or design, is reminiscent of the name of the ship, Blossom, in which her father and uncle sailed together to the Pacific and the Bering Straits. On 01/12/1883, Frideswide Beechey took over the chess column in the Supplement to the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent which had hitherto carried a column by Bird. Her column was probably one published with variations in a number of publications. This column in the Sheffield paper appears to have run through to 10/06/1887. In 1884 her book Chess Fruits, co-authored with her husband, was published. Condition: Previous owner's name on front paste down, spine darkened, soiled, some age toning to pages, frontispiece beginning to separate else about very good of a scarce item.