Bernhard Kagan Editor (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 96 pages with six plates, diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") issued in wrappers. Includes problem tournament. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5394) First edition. The chess club in Hannover, Germany celebrated its fifty year anniversary by organizing a small, international chess master tournament in 1926. Eight players were invited to participate, including two very strong masters: Aron Nimzowitsch from Denmark, and Akiba Rubinstein from Poland. They met with six German chess masters that included Jacques Mieses, Friedrich Sämisch, Oscar Antze, Hans Duhm, Hermann Von Gottschall, and Walther Von Holzhausen. Games were played from August 9th to the 18th. Nimzowitsch won with a near perfect score of 6½ of 7, edging out Rubinstein by half a point. The prizes were awarded to the players at the Hotel Luisenhof. In conjunction with the tournament was a problem tournament which a number of problems were presented from contestants in Europe. Condition: Spine heal bumped, light edge wear, rubbing to spine and ends, lightly soiled else a very good copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 24 pages with tables. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. First edition. Contains the match between Richard Reti and Savielly Tartakower. Contains five games annotated by Bernhard Kagan. The second part includes all the games of Master Tournament in Berlin, 1919. This was a double round tournament with Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov of the Russia capturing first with four wins and two draws against second place finisher and countryman Alexey (Alex) Sergeyevich Selezniev who drew all his games. Richard Reti of Hungary and Rudolf Spielmann from Austria tied for third and fourth with win and losses against one another. All games are annotated by Kagan. Condition: Corners bumped, edge wear with age toning else about very good.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. pamphlet in paper wraps, 24 pages (including wrappers), wrappers almost detached, some browning, text internally clean and fresh. Rare. Provenance: Collection of J. J. O'Hanlon, former Irish chess champion. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 344 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") bound with original wrappers bound in. Volume 10 complete, also includes volume 2, numbers 8 through 12 of Fernschach bound in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Some occasional marginalia else a very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 468 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") Rebound. Volume 7 complete, with supplement Erstes Sonderheft, Erstes Extrablatt, Erstes Extra-Ausgabe, volumes 1, 1a, 1g, 2a, 2b and 2c. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Rebound with the original wrapper from volume 4a bound in at front, an occasional pencil notation else very good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 308 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (9" x 6") Volume 4. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Volume  rebound, some age toning to pages else a very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 512 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo 8" x 6 1/4") bound in half red leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Volume 6 complete, with Sonderheft no 1, 2 and Extra Ausgabe, Jubildums Ausgabe bound in at back. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Rubbing to extremities else a very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 382 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 1 with out index, with supplement Das Problem-Heft Schach in Deutschland (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Corners bumped, some rubbing to hinges, pages age toned, bound without original wrappers, else a very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 124+380 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Volume 8 complete, with supplements bound in at front. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) 1st edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Spine gilt dulled else a very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 432 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") bound in stiff boards with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Volume 9 complete, with Sonderlieferung 1, 2 and 3. Also, bound in, is volume 7 numbers 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 of Fernscach which from time to time was part of the pagination of this series. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Light rubbing to extremities, rebound else a very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 329 pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") rebound. Volume 3 complete.(Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) 1st edition. Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157) Condition: Rebound with hand written label on spine. Some darkening to first part of number 3 due to size change between number 2 and three. About very good.…