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The Chess Player's Chronicle Volume VIII (8)

The Chess Player's Chronicle Volume VIII (8) by Howard Staunton (1810-1874) editor

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Title
The Chess Player's Chronicle Volume VIII (8)
Author
Howard Staunton (1810-1874) editor
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
422+[viii] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in period cloth with blind stamped covers with gilt insignia, and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Title in red and green. Volume VIII. (Betts: 7-1) First edition.The Chess Player's Chronicle, founded by Howard Staunton and extant from 1841–56 and 1859–62, was the world's first successful English-language magazine devoted exclusively to chess. Various unrelated but identically or similarly named publications were published until 1902. The earliest chess magazine in any language was the French Le Palamède, published in 1836-39 and 1842-47. In 1837 George Walker introduced an English-language magazine, the Philidoria, that was devoted to "chess and other scientific games". Only six issues of it were published, and it "expired in May, 1838". In 1840 or 1841 Staunton bought the fortnightly magazine The British Miscellany and Chess Player's Chronicle. In 1841 it became The Chess Player's Chronicle. In 1843, the Chess Player's Chronicle became a shilling monthly magazine. Staunton "made the inclusion of a large number of games by himself and other leading players of the day a special feature" of the magazine. He also used the magazine as a forum for attacking others. Staunton was the owner and editor of the magazine until the early 1850s, when he sold it to R.B. O'Brien. O'Brien became editor of the magazine, but was unable to continue its success and discontinued it in 1856 because of financial losses and his own illness. It reappeared in 1859 under the editorship of Ignatz Kolisch, Zytogorski, and Josef Kling, but survived only until July 1862. Thereafter, a number of magazines appeared with the same or similar name (such as Chess Players' Chronicle) appeared. Arthur Skipworth, assisted by William Wayte and Charles Ranken, wrote The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, which was published in York from February 1868 to December 1871. Skipworth, who had left Bilsdale for Tetford Rectory, Horncastle, and John Wisker became the editors of the new The Chess Players' Chronicle in February 1872. Johann Löwenthal began writing for it in 1873. The magazine ran until 1875. In January 1876, it was succeeded by The Chess Player's Chronicle, whose editor-in-chief was J. Jenkin of Helensburgh. Its editorial staff consisted of Jenkin, Skipworth, Ranken, Wayte, and Andrew Hunter of Glasgow. Billed as a "monthly record of provincial chess", it was published at Glasgow, costing sixpence. Its short run under Jenkin's editorship was marked by xenophobia. The February issue stated that the West End Club had "cleared away the disturbing foreign element which infected the Divan" and referring to Wilhelm Steinitz as "the hot-headed little Austrian". Its third and last issue was published in March. The magazine reappeared in January 1877. It was now under Ranken's editorship, assisted by J. Crum, G. B. Fraser, Skipworth, and Wayte. The first issue apologized for "certain offensive statements and insinuations, seriously affecting the honor of some eminent players", and explained that some members of the present editorial staff had only contributed games and other inoffensive material to it in 1875. Ranken continued to edit the magazine until September 1880. In 1881, the title was enlarged to The Chess Player's Chronicle, and Journal of Indoor and Outdoor Sports, and "the magazine's importance in the chess world was no longer the same". None of these magazines compared in quality with what Staunton had achieved, and the success of the British Chess Magazine, by the turn of the century a superb magazine, put an end to the title in 1902.Condition:Corners bumped, earlier owner's stamp to title, some occasional pencil notations, recased with new end papers else a very good copy.
Rodin

Rodin by BERRY, Emmanuel; Hélène PINET; Marie GUILLOT

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Rodin
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BERRY, Emmanuel; Hélène PINET; Marie GUILLOT
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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9782365111058
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A fine copy
Description
Paris: Xavier Barral, 2016. A fine copy. Folio. 119 pages. Pictorial boards; printed board slipcase. FIRST EDITION, signed by Berry on the front free endpaper.
Expose des Reformes Effectuees pendant l'Annee 1885 ou en Cours d'Execution dans l'Enseignement Public [bound with] Deuxieme Rapport a Son Altesse le Khedive sur l'Enseignement Public en Egypte Annee 1886

Expose des Reformes Effectuees pendant l'Annee 1885 ou en Cours d'Execution dans l'Enseignement Public [bound with] Deuxieme Rapport a Son Altesse le Khedive sur l'Enseignement Public en Egypte Annee 1886 by Egypt. Wizarat al-Tarbiyah wa-al-Ta'lim

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Expose des Reformes Effectuees pendant l'Annee 1885 ou en Cours d'Execution dans l'Enseignement Public [bound with] Deuxieme Rapport a Son Altesse le Khedive sur l'Enseignement Public en Egypte Annee 1886
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Egypt. Wizarat al-Tarbiyah wa-al-Ta'lim
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Le Caire, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First item: 114p. Second item: 166p. Later quarter cloth with both wrappers bound in. 24 cm. Former owner's name. French text.
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EARLY AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN by Dyer, Walter A.

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Title
EARLY AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN
Author
Dyer, Walter A.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Century, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Biblio., index, ca 200 illus. Color label on cover as issued.
I Am Annie Mae: An Extraordinary Woman in Her Own Words, The Personal Story of a Black Texas Woman

I Am Annie Mae: An Extraordinary Woman in Her Own Words, The Personal Story of a Black Texas Woman by Winegarten, Ruthe

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I Am Annie Mae: An Extraordinary Woman in Her Own Words, The Personal Story of a Black Texas Woman
Author
Winegarten, Ruthe
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Austin: Rosegarden Press, 1983. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. First Printing. Foxing to prelims, wraps a bit rubbed and edgeworn, else very good. Inscribed and signed by Annie Mae Hunt on the half title page.
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The American Land by (AMERICAN)

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The American Land
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(AMERICAN)
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
hardcover. numerous color photo. illus. oblong 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Norton, (1979). vg