JOSH ROWELL,VF#17, 2021,Digital Print on Hahnemuhle paper with varnish overlay, signed,62cm x 80cm,Edition of 30Born in 1990 in Kent, England, Josh Rowell graduated from Kingston Art School in 2013, where he received a first class BFA with honours. Following a course in Art Criticism at Central Saint Martins college, Rowell returned to Kingston Art School for an MFA in 2015, where he was awarded a first- class distinction. His works have been exhibited in London, New York, Miami, Seattle, Basel, Hong Kong and Mexico and his works are part of public collections including the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Gregorian Foundation in Washington, London Kingston University's contemporary art collection, and the Matilda collection in San Miguel De Allende.Condition is good overall.
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Robert Polhill Bevan (British 1865-1925) Horse Dealers (Ward's Repository No.1), 1919 inscribed by another hand 'Ward's No. 1' (lower left), lithograph on paperDimensions:plate: 27.5cm x 38cm (10 3/4in x 15in); sheet: 44cm x 57cm (17 1/4in x 22 1/2in)Provenance:Provenance:Estate of the Artist and thence by descent to the present owner. Literature:Bevan, R.A., Robert Bevan 1865-1925: A Memoir by his Son, Studio Vista, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w pl.62 (as 'Horse Dealers' and dated 1921);Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925: Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and other Prints, The Curwen Press, London 1965, another example from the edition repr. b/w no.33 (as 'Horse Dealers (Ward's Repository No.1)' and dated 1919). Note: From an un-numbered edition of eighty plus three proofs. This work is also known as Ward's No.1. It is related to the oil painting Horse Dealers (Sale at Ward's Repository No.1) of 1918 which was purchased by Manchester Art Gallery in 1935 (acc.no.1935.157). Ward's Repository off the Edgward Road, London, was the first of the horse sale yards to close.
Harold Gilman (British 1876-1919) and Charles Ginner A.R.A. (British 1878-1952) Paintings and Drawings by Harold Gilman and Charles Ginner in the Collection of Edward Le Bas London: Fairfax Hall, 1965. First edition, one of 105 numbered sets only, comprising title-leaf with (limitation statement verso) and 36 mounted colour prints after paintings by Gilman or Ginner, all loose as issued in original green crushed half morocco portfolio, complete with accompanying text volume (4to, original green crushed quarter morocco, housed in recess to portfolio inside front cover)Dimensions:mount dimensions 55cm x 40.5cm (print dimensions vary)Provenance:Provenance:Robert Alexander and Natalie Bevan, Boxted House, Boxted, Essex.Note: Robert Bevan, Harold Gilman and Charles Ginner were all members of the Camden Town, London and Cumberland Market Groups active in London from 1911. The artist Edward Le Bas (1904-66) became financially independent after his father's death and from the late 1930s was an enthusiastic and generous collector. He became good friends wtih Ginner and was elected to the London Group himself in 1942. This portfolio celebrates the works he acquired by Gilman and Ginner, some of which were included in the exhibition A Painter's Collection, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1963.
David Copperfield. Published by Bradbury and Evans, London 1850. First edition, illustrated by H. K. Browne. Quarter leather binding. Front cover detached. All books can be shipped worldwide, UK from £5.99, Europe from £6.99, ROW £9.99. 30kg Box up to 20 books UK £16, Europe £34.99, ROW £69.99
A collection of Star Wars memorabilia including 2x souvenir programmes from the first film, various collectors edition magazines, an original Star Wars soundtrack vinyl record poster insert, some trading cards, (cards 1-66 inclusive), and some Superman Trading Cards from 1978, (cards 1-66 inclusive)
A Minichamps 1/18 scale boxed Formula One Racing diecast gro9up to include a limited edition 1 of 900 pieces Benetton Renault Sport Jenson Button 2001 Showcar, together with a Jenson Button Benetton Renault Sport B201 Formula One race car, together with a Benetton Playlife B200 Jenson Button First Test Drive, Jerez, December 5th 2000 race car, all housed in the original window display boxes
A Minichamps Pauls Model Art 1/18 scale Williams F1 limited edition boxed F1 race car group to include a Super Tec FW21 Ralf Schumacher 1999 race car, a First Edition Promotional 1999 Show Car Ralf Schumacher limited edition 1 of 333 released, together with a Williams F1 first edition promotional 1999 show car, Ralf Schumacher limited edition 1 of 323 pieces, all in original window boxes
Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca, first edition, London: Gollancz, 1938. Octavo, publisher’s cloth lettered in gilt, owner inscriptions, shelf-lean, spotting to page edges, cloth in good order, bumped at top corner. Together with Hungry Hill, first edition, London: Gollancz, 1943 (2)Location: The Television Room
Crime fiction. A collection of seven first editions comprising: A Caribbean Mystery, by Agatha Christie, first edition, London: Collins Crime Club, 1964, un-clipped dust-jacket; Nemesis, by Agatha Christie, first edition, London: Collins Crime Club, 1971, clipped d.j.; The Man with the Twisted Face, by G. Davison, fourth printing, London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d.; The Seven Stars, by Victor Bridges, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939; When in Rome, by Ngaio Marsh, first edition, London: Collins Crime Club, 1970, unclipped d.j.; On the Danger Line, by Georges Simenon, first UK edition, London: Routledge, 1944; The Longer the Thread, by Emma Lathen, first edition, London: Gollancz, 1972, unclipped jacket. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (7)Location: The Television Room
Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure, first edition, London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. Octavo, publisher’s cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, remainder un-trimmed, Vol. VIII of the Wessex Novels series, etched frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, map of Wessex at rear, 516pp. Contents good, clean, bright, a few folded corners/creases in places, cloth with some light scuffs & marks but otherwise well-preservedLocation: The Television Room
Wodehouse, P. G. Heavy Weather, first edition, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933; Quick Service, first edition, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940; Quick Service, third printing, n.d.; Jill the Reckless, 13th printing, n.d. Condition varied, sold with all faults (4)Location: The Television Room
1989 Royal Mint, Proof Double Sovereign, 500th Anniversary Edition. Queen Elizabeth II, Proof Ultra Cameo Two Pounds (Double Sovereign), 1989, 500th Anniversary of the First Gold Sovereign 1489-1989, with obverse showing Queen Elizabeth II seated in King Edward's Chair at her coronation and having received the Sceptre with the Cross and the Rod with the Dove, within the circumscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF, R. Shield of the Royal Arms ensigned by an open Royal Crown, the whole superimposed upon a double Rose and with the circumscription ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLD SOVEREIGN 1489-1989, designs by Bernard Sindall, struck in 22-carat gold, weight 15.98g, diameter 28.4mm, slabbed and graded by NGC as PF69.
Picasso (Pablo) & Jean Cocteau. Laporte (Genevieve) Les Cavaliers d'Ombre; Sous le Manteau de Feu, 2 parts in 1 bound dos à dos, Exemplaire d'Artiste, from an edition limited to 300, signed and inscribed by the author with 3 lines of verse to head of half-title of first, illustrations by Picasso and Cocteau respectively, loose as issued in original lithographed pictorial wrappers by Cocteau printed in red, green and black, 8vo, Paris, 1956 ⁂ Geneviève Laporte was mistress and model to Picasso in the early 1950s. very slightly soiled
§ Sir Quentin Blake CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDI (1932-) and Dr Peter Rowan Ask Doctor Pete, written by Dr Peter Rowan and illustrated by Quentin Blake, 8vo, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London, 1986the front free endpaper with two portrait illustrations drawn by Blake of himself and Doctor Pete and inscribed 'Written by Doctor Peter Rowan Who is also good at vaccinating people and Illustrated by Quentin Blake who is also good at getting vaccinated * 2022'Provenance:Gifted directly by Quentin Blake to the East Anglian Air Ambulance
The Book of Tobit, Walpole Press, 1945, limited edition no.239, together with Life and Other Punctures, by Eleanor Bron, Andre Deutch 1978 first edition, Oxford Book of English verse, by A T Quiller-Couch, Clarendon Press, 1901, The Dark is Light Enough, by Christopher Fry, Oxford University Press, 1954 second impression, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and a Song of Liberty, by William Blake, introduced by F Griffin Stokes, Florence Press, 1911, Cambridge Poets 1900-1913, chosen by Aelfrida Tillyard, W Heffer & Sons, 1913, and The Way Things Are, by Roger McGough, Viking, 1999, signed edition
Peter Archer limited edition print 'The Convoy', 22 SAS interest as the print is signed by Peter Archer (artist) and General Sir Peter de la Billiere KCB KBE DSO MC, approx 37 x 52 cms, framed and glazed. This lot includes a Jak limited edition print Jak behind the Lines - 50 Years of the SAS, this limited edition print is taken from the original by JAK in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the SAS in 1991. It depicts David Stirling, the Regiment's founder, taking the salute at a march past of the various units and detachments that are part of the winder SAS Association family. These are represented by some of the charcters who have contributed to the role and lore of the the Regiment and its international offsprings during these first fifty years. Many of these pilgrims have already gone "beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow" and a few of them are still struggling on towards their 'Samarkland', approx 56 x 20 cms, 294/750, framed and glazed.
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord. Collection to include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the Third, London: John Murray, 1816, second issue, first variant ['eagle' on p.67], 4pp. publisher's advertisements, dated November 1816, half-title, 79pp., advertisement, paper covers, later slipcase; The Giaour, eighth edition, London: John Murray, 1813, The Bride of Abydos, fifth edition, London: John Murray, 1813, and The Corsair, second issue [without the publisher's imprint on p.100], London: John Murray, 1814 (the three bound as one in full calf); The Pirate [by anonymous], 1816, Miscellaneous Poems [anon.], n.d., signed, 'Richard Badnall Junior', Ilderim: A Syrian Tale, [by Henry Gally Knight], London: John Murray, 1816, The Giaour, by Lord Byron, 8th ed., John Murray, 1813, The Corsair, by Byron, 7th ed., John Murray, 1814, The Bride of Abydos, 5th ed., by Byron, John Murray, 1813 (the six bound as one in half-calf); Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, by W. Brockedon, in three volumes, London: John Murray, 1833-35, full crushed morocco, and another the same, Vol.II & Vol.III only, 1833-34, green straight-grain morocco; Childe Harold, a collection of plates only, John Murray, 1819, half-calf; Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington, London: Henry Colburn, 1834, later half-morocco; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, tenth edition, London: John Murray, 1815, half-calf; The Works of Lord Byron, Including the Suppressed Poems, Paris: Galignani, 1826, and another edition of the same, 1828, featuring facsimile "Vampire" letter; a collection of prints, John Murray, 1832, half-calf; Les Dames de Byron, or, Portraits of the Principal Female Characters in Lord Byron's Poems, London: Charles Tilt, 1837, and other works by or about Lord Byron, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (35)
FUNKE UND LIPPOLD, "Naturgeschichte für Kinder" Bei Paul Gotthelf Kummer. Leipzig. 1811. 21 x 13 cm. 2. vermehrte und verbesserte Ausgabe. 8, 616 Textseiten und 12 kolorierte Kupfertafeln. Halbledereinband, Rotschnitt. Nur erste Tafel eingerissen, Außenkanten der Tafeln etwas geknickt, Gebrauchsspuren, aber sonst fester und guter Zustand. FUNKE AND LIPPOLD, "Naturgeschichte für Kinder" Bei Paul Gotthelf Kummer. Leipzig. 1811. 21 x 13 cm. 2nd increased and improved edition. 8, 616 pages of text and 12 colored copper plates. Half leather binding, red edges. Only first board torn, outer edges of boards somewhat creased, signs of use, but otherwise firm and good condition.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.
WRIGHT, Magnus von(1805 Kuopio - 1868 Helsinki) Ornithologische Illustration einer HohltaubeFarblithografie. Im Druck signiert. Passepartoutausschnitt: 30 x 21 cm. Gerahmt & hinter Glas : 45 x 35 cm. Darstellung einer Hohltaube, bezeichnet "Columba Oenas", "Skogsdufva"; aus: "Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade" (Schwedische Vögel) der Brüder Magnus, Wilhelm und Ferdinand von Wright, Neuauflage 1917 - 1929 (Erstausgabe 1828 - 1838). WRIGHT, Magnus von(1805 Kuopio - 1868 Helsinki) Ornithological Illustration of a Stock DoveColor lithograph. Signed in print. Passepartout cutout: 30 x 21 cm. Framed & behind glass : 45 x 35 cm. Picture of a Stock Dove, inscribed "Columba Oenas", "Skogsdufva"; from: "Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade" (Swedish Birds) by the brothers Magnus, Wilhelm and Ferdinand von Wright, new edition 1917 - 1929 (first edition 1828 - 1838). .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.
SADELER, Raphael II.(Wohl 1584 Antwerpen - 1632 München) Bildmotiv der Elisabeth von ThüringenKupferstich. Platte: 22 x 16 cm, Blatt: 32,8 x 21,5 cm, im Passepartout: 40,5 x 32 cm. Darstellung der Heiligen Elisabeth von Thüringen (1207 - 1231) als Sinnbild tätiger Nächstenliebe beim Waschen von Füßen von Bedürftigen, betitelt "S. Elisabetha Vidva Regina", Begleitvers in lateinischer Sprache; Bild 136 aus der lateinischen Erstausgabe von Matthäus Raders "Bavaria Sancta", 1615. Etwas fleckig, griffspurig, oben links mit Riss und abgerissener Ecke. SADELER, Raphael II.(Probably 1584 Antwerp - 1632 Munich) Image motif of Elizabeth of ThuringiaCopper engraving. Plate: 22 x 16 cm, sheet: 32.8 x 21.5 cm, in passepartout: 40.5 x 32 cm. Picture of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia (1207 - 1231) as a symbol of active charity while washing feet of the needy, titled "S. Elisabetha Vidva Regina", accompanying verse in Latin; image 136 from the Latin first edition of Matthew Rader's "Bavaria Sancta", 1615. Somewhat stained, traces of grip, top left with tear and torn corner. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.
A 1930s edition red 'New Ideal' volume that came to us in a paper wrapper tied with string and wax-sealed from a bank vault, the first part of a collection continuing with Lots 140 and 141, this album well-filled with thousands of mint and used stamps, highlights including (used unless stated otherwise) Antigua 1907 5/- and 1912 2/-, Ascension 1934 set mint, Barbados 1897 2/6d blued paper mint (SG.133), 1903 2/6d (SG.115, cat. £300), 1905 2/6d, etc, Canada from 3d imperf beaver (lower margin just touching outer frame) jubilee $2 roller cancel, 1903 20cts mint and 50cts, 1908 Quebec mint set (without usual thins, 5cts damaged), etc, Cyprus 1892-94 set (SG.31/37, cat. £1,100), surcharges, 1894 upper values mint (SG.44/49, cat. £275),1924 90pi (SG.117, cat. £300) and 1934 set mint, Falklands 1904 5/- and mint 1914 10/-, Great Britain four margin penny black through to excellent KGV mint range with several seahorses to 10/- shades with vibrant colours, mint PUC £1 and mint re-engraved seahorses set. Then on to interesting Hong Kong incl. scarce 1898 Noronha 10cts surcharge (SG.54, cat. £1,200), India from imperfs onwards, Lagos 1904 2/6d and 5/- mint (SG.51/52, cat. £290), good Newfoundland, Rhodesia double portraits mint to 2/6d again with strong colours, etc. Plenty of potential here for discoveries, a highly recommended viewing.
Box of Iris Gower and Iris Davies signed books, many first editions: 'Daughters of Rebecca', 'Proud Mary', 'Firebird', 'Fiddler's Ferry', 'Return to Tip Row', 'Bride of the 13th Summer' and 'Tudor Tapestry'. (7)(B.P. 21% + VAT) First editions: Firebird, Proud Mary (U.S first edition), Return to Tip Row, Bride of the 13th Summer and Tudor Tapestry
A large collection of chess books. (1) Books are: Chessmen for Collectors, Victor Keats, 1985, (2) Chess Theory & Practice, Howard Stunton, Virtue & Co. 1876. (3) The Chess Players Pocket Guise, Ward & Downey, Dynamic Chess, R.N Coles Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1956. (4) Poems & Chess Problems by John Augustus Miles 1882. (5) Chess in an hour, Frank J Marshall, Sentinel Books 1938 (6) Imagination in Chess, C.D Locock, Whitehead & Miller Ltd (7) Social Chess, James Mason, Horace Cox 1900. (8) The Art of Checkmate by Georges Renaud and Victor Kahn, G Bell & Sons 1955. (9) Prague 1946 by H Golombek. (10) Chess - volume 17 October 1951 to September 1952. (11) Chess Social Quarterly, second volume 1936-1937. (12) Chess Social Quarterly, first volume 1935-1936. (13) The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1899 (14) Chess at Odds of Pawn & Move by Baxter-Wray, W.W Morgan 1891, second edition.
The Book of The London International Chess Congress 1899 - Frederick Williams Lord (c1856-1937) and W Ward-Higgs (editors) - Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1900. lii+232 pages with diagrams, index and tables. Cloth bound with gilt lettered spine label and original vignette affixed to front cover. Limited to 500 copies. First edition. Spine cover detached, board edges bumped and worn.
Thomas Actius. Thomae Actii Forosemproniensis De Lvdo Scacchorum In Legali Methodo Tractatvs. Nunc primum in lucem editus com Summariis & Indice. Ad Serenissimvm. Franciscvm Mariam II. Dvcem Vrbini VI. [illustration]. Cvm Licentia Svperiorvm. Pisavri Apud Hieronymum Concordiam. M.D. LXXXIII. Small 4to. 1 leaf (blank), 4 leaves (portrait of author on recto of 3rd leaf), 108 leaves, 18 leaves, final blank leaf. First edition book of this early classic of chess literature by an attorney from Fossombrone who wrote it for recreation in the course of four months. Aside from presenting a complete description of the game, the author tries to prove, from the point of view of both canon and civil law, that chess is exempt from general bans on games of chance because it is a game of skill.
Two books translated by William Caxton. (1) The Game of the Chesse : A Moral Treatise on the Duties of Life, translated by W. Caxton. Reprinted in Phonetic Spelling. Publisher: F Pitman 1872, second edition. Bookplate of Grierson, presentation notes on pastedown. (2) Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474: A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition. Published by Elliot Stock, London, 1883. Bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine. Translated by William Caxton, with an introduction by William E A Axon.
Neuentdeckte Schachspielgeheimnisse, oder, Sammlung der schonsten, meist noch unbekannten Zuge beym Schachspiel, Alfred Montigny; Echecs-Schaken, Book published by Straszburg: Amand Konig, 1802. First edition in German. The second part of the book contains over 100 colour plates of chess diagrams printed in ochre, red and black. The chess pieces are represented by various letters printed in red and black. Book plate reads: Xaver Göldlin Von Tieffenau. Full leather bound, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Spine rubbed, board edges bumped and rubbed.
Games played in the London International Chess Tournament 1883 (First Edition), London, Jas Wade. lvi+371 pages with two tables and diagrams. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") book bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine and embossed chess board, pieces and lettering on cover. Edited with the assistance of the English Masters, Zukertort, Steinitz, Mason and Bird. Annotated by Zukertort, Steinitz, Mason and Bird. (Betts 25-16) (Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana 5216) First edition.
The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1899 - Frederick Williams Lord (c1856-1937) and W Ward-Higgs (editors) - Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1900. lii+232 pages with diagrams, index and tables. Cloth bound book with gilt lettered spine label and original vignette affixed to front cover. Limited to 500 copies. First edition. Spine cover detached, board edges bumped and worn.
A collection of chess books. (1) Books are: Common Sense in Chess, Emanuel Lasker, Will H Lyons, 1909. (2) Chess Openings, J Du Mont, G Bell, 1920 (3) Test you Chess IQ, A Livshitz, Pergamon Press, 1981. (4) Adolf Anderssen der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst, Leipzig, 1912 (first edition). (5) B.C.M Quarterly, No. 3, 4th Candidates Tournament, Bled_Zagreb- Belgrade, 1959. (6) Master Chess Play, P Wenman, Vawser & Wiles, 1951 (7) The Chess Sacrafice, Vladimir Vukovic, G Bell & Son, 1968. (8) Modern Ideas in Chess, Richard Reti, G Bell & Sons, 1924. (9) The Book of Chess Containing the Rudiments of the Game and Elementary Analysises of the Most Popular Openings Agnel, H. R., published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1859 (10) The Year Book of Chess 1970-71, published by G H Simmons. (11) Analysis of the Game of Chess by Mr Philidor, London, printed by P Elmsly 1790. 8vo. 1790. 3rd edition ( ' new edition improved and greatly englarged '). (223) Light foxing to sporadic foxing to text. Full leather bound, boards are heavily worn, front board and title page detached.
The Royal Game of Chesse-Play, Gioachino Greco, London: for Henry Herringman, 1656, 8°, first edition. Illustrated with almost a hundred gambetts, engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles II, woodcut title border. Full leather bound, tooled boarders front and rear, raised banded spine, spine (upper) label damaged. Provenance: Leonard James Shrubsall (1879-1952, book collector, bookplate to front pastedown). Marbled end papers. Bookers sellers pencilled comments on endpapers, and penned comments from previous owner to Shrubsall dated 1857.
A collection of chess books. Books are: (1) The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, Paul Morphy's Late Secretary. Published by First edition, published by D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1859. (2) Stratagems of Chess, or, A Collection of Critical and Remarkable Situations selected from the Works of eminent masters, illustrated on plates, describing the ingenious moves by which the game is either won, drawn, or stalemate. Montigny, Sieur de. Published by T and J Allman, London, 1817. (3) An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor. Published by H C Carey & I Lea, and Abraham Small, Philadelphia and New York, 1824
The Noble Game of Chess.- Philip Stamma, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Printed for J. Brindley, 1745. First edition book, folding diagram, endpapers title slightly foxed. Signed by the author at finis (115). Comtemporary full leather bound, with raised banded spine with a floral motifs in each compartment and gilt lettering for title.
Le Jeu des Eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois. Greco, Gioachino. Published by Jacques Le Febvre, Paris, 1689. Second French edition. [24], 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Book translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco (c.1600-1634), considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe. A complete copy of one of the most famous early chess books. Full leather bound with raised banded. Rubbed and bumped spine and boards.
Le Jeu des Eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois. Greco, Gioachino. Published by Jacques Le Febvre, Paris, 1689. Second French edition. [24], 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco (c.1600-1634), considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe. A complete copy of one of the most famous early chess books. Full leather bound with raised banded (worn).
A Treatise of the Game of Chess: containing a regular system of attack and defence in two book volumes by J H Sarratt, published by William Miller, 1808. UK first edition. Full leather bound book, marbled front and rear boards, raised banded spine with gilt lettering. Together with " The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez and Salbio on the game of chess ", by J H Sarratt published by T Boosey, 1813.
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