Chessmen
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1937
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since October 20, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 289.63
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xii+171 with plates, bibliography, appendices and index. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4") bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and pictorials to spine. In collaboration with Gustavus A Pfeiffer and J Maunoury. Inscribed by Donald Liddell. (Betts: 54-4) First edition. In a large and striking format, with 96 pages of halftone illustrations, Chessmen provides a rare delight for the chess enthusiasts. The authors tell in detail the history of the various pieces from earliest centuries down to the present day, showing how wars and religions, national customs politics, even geography, have affected the design of chessmen. The game of chess, an undying pastime in every nation of the world, has been employed by generals to study military problems, by kings to escape from affairs of state, by statesmen to spread propaganda. During the Soviet regime, Russia designed sets which dramatize the struggle between the old order and the new; during the World War many players used sets depicting the struggle between the French and German armies. Napoleon, an enthusiastic chess player, added a colorful chapter to the game and its men. Eighteenth-century sets were made to emphasize the absorbing struggle between Sacred and Profane Love. In short, hundreds of anecdotes and curious facts are set down to tell this interesting story. But by far the most striking feature of this book is the illustrations of sets. Here are pictures of Javanese and medieval chessmen, handwoven and jade sets, modern porcelain beauties - almost one hundred of them. Condition: Inscribed on the front end paper. Jacket with some edge wear and closed tear at head edge else a very good copy in like jacket.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Chessmen
- Author
- Donald Macy Liddell (1879-1958) Inscribed by Gustavus A Pfeiffer
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1937
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- Quarto
- Seller catalogs
- Chess
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We are one of the American leaders of out of print chess literature. We also specialize in anthopology, Colonial America, exploration and discovery. We deal in select literature. We consign in our area of specialty and are always interested in buying quality material from single titles to entire collections. Trade offers gladly considered. We have a large selection of rare and collectable chess literature and ephemera. We are exhibitors at both the Texas book fairs in Arlington in November and Austin in January.…
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