Author: Fiske, Daniel Willard
Title: Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature, with Historical Notes on Other Table-Games
Description: Florence, The Florentine Typographic Society, 1905. Hardcover. ix, 400 p. illus. port. 25 cm. 4to, 3/4 vellum with marble boards, title gilt to morocco label on spine, frontispiece. Very good condition Fiske organized the first American chess conference in 1857 and, with Paul Morphy, edited The Chess Monthly from 1857 to 1861 "The work [left in proof-sheet form] has been concluded with the assistance of Mr. George W. Harris, librarian of Cornell University, and Mr. Halldor Hermannsson of Reykjav ik, who were testamentarily named for this purpose. The latter has revised and completed the index itself." cf. Pref. p. ix.

Keywords: Chess--History. Games--History. Icelandic Literature--History and Criticism.


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