Caissa editions (140 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. An unexpected gambit in Bird's Opening. Great surprise for blitz or rapid play. Sticker removed from front cover. 64 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : As New. 2 gambits proposed by the swashbuckling romanticist. With errata. 67 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Rubinstein wins ifo Chigorin, Flamber and Salve in a triple round-robin. #20 of a limited edition of 475. Signed by Dale Brandreth. 7 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. An unexpected gambit in Bird's Opening. Great surprise for blitz or rapid play. Sticker removed from front cover. 64 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : As New. 135 games and x-tables. 182 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Rubinstein wins ifo Chigorin, Flamber and Salve in a triple round-robin. #125 of a limited edition of 475. Signed by Dale Brandreth. Embossed seal of noted chess historian. Many games not in databases. 7 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : New. B chess: This hardcover is fine, red cloth, gilt spine title.

Softcover. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Slight lean, faint rubbing and toning. Photo on request. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request. Please note that the buyer is responsible for any customs duties, tariffs, or import fees levied by the destination country.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages Very Good+ No dust jacket as issued.…

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Alekhine and Kashdan win in a field of 10. 2 page summary by Brandreth. No notes. Many games not in databases. 12 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Euwe and Landau win ifo Flohr in a field of 6. Embossed seal of noted chess historian. 8 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 20 facsimile pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. )Lusis: 2256) reprint of the 1917 Leipzig edition. This was a non-title match played in Berlin, Germany from November 25 - December 10. Emanuel Lasker 5/6; Siegbert Tarrasch 0.5/6. Condition: Some light edge wear corners gently bumped else a very good copy.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Koblenz wins ifo Steiner in a field of 11. Slight discoloration on cover. Many games not in databases. 14 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Grunfeld and Takacs win ifo Kmoch, Becker, Muller in a field of 12. Many games not in databases.12 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 481 pages, 8vo. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hard cover. Etat : Good. No jacket. The top and bottom edges of the spine are bumped with the spine being shaken, but binding is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Reshevsky wins ifo Fine,Kashdan, Pinkus, Denker, and Reinfeld (!) in a field of 17. Fotos and backdrop of the tournament. 209 pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. THE WILLIAMS GAMBIT, by WIlliam L. WILLIAMS, a Mid-Level Chess Champion. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED by WILLIAMS on the page facing the copyright page: "Bernie & Charyle / With my appreciation for your loyal friendship over the past 45+ years! / W. Williams / 3.97". Published by Caissa Editions, a division of Brandreth Books, Yorklyn, Delaware, 1997. Booklet, printed paper covers, 6x9 inches, 64 pages. NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and clear. SIGNED and INSCRIBED copies of this Chess Gambit are Hard to Find. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Light shelfwear to covers. Contents clean and tight. 359 pages, index, b&w photos and illus.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Published Without Dust Jacket. 209 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt type face on the front board and spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bio and 321 games of the early American master. Much history about the times and era. Some foxing on top of book not affecting individual pages. 354 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bio and 321 games of the early American master. Much history about the times and era. 354 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 112+[4] pages Octavo (8" x 6") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and decorative vignette on cover. Introduction by Dale A Brandreth, postscript and errata by Egbert Meissenburg. (Lusis: 1) Caissa limited editions, volume 3. Number 295 of 700 copies. Facsimile reprint of the 1881 Berlin edition. Introductory matter in English, French and German. Contains 3362 numbered items, arranged alphabetically by author and title, covering the period from 850 (the earliest Arabic writings) to 1880. Includes very brief bibliographic descriptions. Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as "Baron von der Lasa" was an important German chess master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades). His name is usually abbreviated as "von der Lasa", as this is how he signed his letters. However both contemporary and more recent writers have used other abbreviations, such as "von Heydebrandt" (which is a miss-spelling) and "Der Lasa". The Prussian King (later Emperor) William I made a joke out of the confusion by saying, "Good morning, dear Heydebrand. How is von der Lasa doing?" Von der Lasa was born 17 October 1818 in Berlin. He studied law in Bonn and Berlin. From 1845 he was a diplomat in the service of Prussia. His career took him to Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Rio de Janeiro, among other places. He retired from the diplomatic service in 1864, and thereafter devoted himself to the world of chess. He played several matches and defeated the strongest masters in the period 1843-1853. He won against Henry Thomas Buckle 2-1 (1843), Adolf Anderssen 4-2 (1845), Johann Lowenthal 6-1 (1846), John Schulten 4-1 (1850), Anderssen 10-5 (1851), and Howard Staunton 7-6 (1853). To the modern chess world he is known above all as the main author of the Handbuch des Schachspiels (first published in 1843). His friend Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, responsible for the original plan, had died in 1840, with the work still in the early stages. Von der Lasa took over, and, in a noble gesture of friendship, put his friend's name as author. In later editions of the Handbuch, in German commonly called der Bilguer, von der Lasa was named as co-author. In 1850 von der Lasa published in the Deutsche Schachzeitung (German Chess Magazine) a call for an international chess tournament, the first ever, to be held in Trier. Instead the first such tournament was held in 1851 in London. Von der Lasa did not play in tournaments, being usually busy as an organizer, but played well in off-hand games against such leading masters as Howard Staunton and Adolf Anderssen. He was also a renowned chess investigator and theoretician, publishing numerous articles in the German Chess Magazine and, in 1897, his great work Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, Forschungen (Researches in the History and Literature of Chess). In the course of his researches he traveled extensively (including a trip around the world in 1887-88) and accumulated a comprehensive chess library, to which he published a catalog in 1896. In 1898 the German Chess Federation saluted his tireless efforts and accomplishments by conferring on him its first honorary membership. One of von der Lasa's last services was to encourage HJR Murray to pursue further researches into the early history of chess. Von der Lasa died on 27 July 1899 in Storchnest bei Lissa, now in western Poland. His library is still intact at Kornik Castle near Poznan. Condition: Corners gently bumped. A very good to fine copy.…

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.