pfeiffer gustavus (17 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Philosophical Writings and Aphorisms of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: G-vg. First Edition. 171 pages. black binding with gold lettering on spine. Numerous B/W illustrations scattered through the book. Top and bottom corner tips worn and frayed a bit. Foxing to endpapers. Dark staining first 12 pages. confined to margins at foredge. . Last few pages the same. Pages a little wavy. Photos of book on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. This 8 x 10.5, unpaginated book is the original 1955 printing by the Grabhorn Press. This copy with the attractive red cloth over the grey-covered spine has the spine label with gilt lettering all in fine condition. The interior text pages are flawless with no real condition issues to mention. The book has the photograph picture of Pfeiffer opposite the title page and protected by two tissue guards laid in. The hand-made paper with deckled edges shows little if any sign of handling or use. All in all a beautiful example of Grabhorn craft.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, CA. 1955. 58 unnumbered pages. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Pirie MacDonald. 1000 copies privately printed for the estate of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer in March, 1955. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer (1872-1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist who collected chessmen and chess related materials. He was active in the Marshall Chess Club in New York City. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Privately Printed (Grabhorn Press: San Francisco) 1955. Portrait, 10.5 x 8", cloth, unpaged, lightly foxed else good in slightly split slipcase.

Condizione: Good. San Francisco: Privately printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1955. 1st edition. Sm 4to. Unpaginated. Portrait. Good Book. Good Slipcase. Bookplate of the Zamorano Club inside. Calling cards of Carl Irving Wheat and Garfield David Merner laid in. (sayings, maxims) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Special Edition. Quarto, publisher's full morocco binding with raised bands lettered in gilt. First edition on letterpress, with a frontispiece photograph by Pirie MacDonald. A stunning work.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. One of one thousand copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Bound in original quarter grey cloth with red cloth on boards. Maroon label stamped in gilt on spine. Red slipcase in near fine condition.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY G.A. PFEIFFER, THE CO-AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1937 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG in its dark cloth, with bright, completely unflecked gilt-lettering and design along the spine. One small chip at the spine crown, otherwise clean as could be. Quarto, crisp black-and-white plates thruout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. viii+376 pages with color pictorial title, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine and fillets to corners and edge over black cloth boards. Title in red and green. Volume XII (12). From the library of Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer. (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 Palamede, 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 Lowenthal 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. Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer (1872-1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was originally from Cedar Falls, Iowa where he was born and educated. His occupational field was pharmaceuticals. Pfeiffer was at the same time a serious collector of chessmen and chess rel.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii+171 with plates, bibliography, appendices and index. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4") bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and pictorials to spine. In collaboration with Gustavus A Pfeiffer and J Maunoury. Inscribed by Donald Liddell. (Betts: 54-4) First edition. In a large and striking format, with 96 pages of halftone illustrations, Chessmen provides a rare delight for the chess enthusiasts. The authors tell in detail the history of the various pieces from earliest centuries down to the present day, showing how wars and religions, national customs politics, even geography, have affected the design of chessmen. The game of chess, an undying pastime in every nation of the world, has been employed by generals to study military problems, by kings to escape from affairs of state, by statesmen to spread propaganda. During the Soviet regime, Russia designed sets which dramatize the struggle between the old order and the new; during the World War many players used sets depicting the struggle between the French and German armies. Napoleon, an enthusiastic chess player, added a colorful chapter to the game and its men. Eighteenth-century sets were made to emphasize the absorbing struggle between Sacred and Profane Love. In short, hundreds of anecdotes and curious facts are set down to tell this interesting story. But by far the most striking feature of this book is the illustrations of sets. Here are pictures of Javanese and medieval chessmen, handwoven and jade sets, modern porcelain beauties - almost one hundred of them. Condition: Inscribed on the front end paper. Jacket with some edge wear and closed tear at head edge else a very good copy in like jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. x+400 pages with pictorial title, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Volume III (3) New Series. From the library of Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer. (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 Palamede, 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 Lowenthal 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. Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer (1872-1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was originally from Cedar Falls, Iowa where he was born and educated. His occupational field was pharmaceuticals. Pfeiffer was at the same time a serious collector of chessmen and chess related material lie donated his entire collection of chessmen.

Hardback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.