Adolf Anderssen. Combinative Chess Genius. An Autobiography with 80 Annotated Games.

Large heavy hardback (22 x 30cm), pictorial covers, slight marks to front cover otherwise a fine copy. 353pp., 36 fine large photos (3 in colour of Anderssen's grave), comprises ten chapters with biography and 80 annotated games using contemporary annotations where possible, appendix with Steinitz's Obituary of Anderssen, bibliography and indexes. Printed on high quality paper with large type and diagrams. The author has "endeavoured to present the fullest, most accurate possible account of Anderssen's life in English." A superb book. Signed and dated by the author on the endpaper.