1901 A Memorial to William Steinitz,

Charles Devidé (ed.) – A Memorial to William Steinitz, containing a selection of his games chronologically arranged with an analysis of play. New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (The Knickerbocker Press), 1901. First edition.

Octavo, VII, 99, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Steinitz and numerous diagrams. Index of games.

This is the memorial collection of games by William Steinitz, the first official World Chess Champion (1886–1894), published the year after his death. It was edited and annotated by Charles Devidé, chess editor of the New York Evening Post. Reference: Betts 29-135. 

Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine.

Condition: binding sound, spine ends lightly frayed, light wear to boards. Toning and foxing to frontispiece and title; page edges darkened. Text clean [no annotations].

• Code SW061126
• Anno 1901
• Pagine p. 102