Howard Staunton: 1810-74
by David Neil Lawrence "D N L" Levy (1945- )
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 4871878120
- ISBN 13
- 9784871878128
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
147 pages with photographs, illustrations and facsimiles. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition.
Howard Staunton (1810-1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardized shape – the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cooke – that is still the style required for competitions. He was the principal organizer of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognized as the world's strongest player.
From 1840 onwards he became a leading chess commentator, and won matches against top players of the 1840s. In 1847 he entered a parallel career as a Shakespearean scholar. Ill health and his two writing careers led him to give up competitive chess after 1851. In 1858 attempts were made to organise a match between Staunton and Paul Morphy, but it never came about. It was alleged by British Chess Association president Lord Lyttelton that Staunton misled Morphy while trying to avoid the match; it is also possible Staunton overestimated his chances of getting physically fit and of making time available for a match. (Wikipedia)
Condition: Light edge wear with gently bumped corners else very good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2723
- Title
- Howard Staunton: 1810-74
- Author
- David Neil Lawrence "D N L" Levy (1945- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 4871878120
- ISBN 13
- 9784871878128
- Publisher
- Chess Player, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Nottingham
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 147 pages with, photographs, illustrations and facsimiles
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About the Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...