[Chess]. First edition of Antonius van der Linde's Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels of 1874 in 2 volumes, Johann Allgaier's neue theoretisch-practische Anweisung zum Schachspiele edited by C. de Santo Vito of 1834 in editorial binding, the first edition of Geschichte des mittelalterlichen, vorzugsweise des deutschen Schachspiels byHans Ferdinand Massmann in the Quedlinburg and Leipzig edition of 1839 with 15 plates at the end of the volume, Handbuch der Schachaufgaben by Max Lange of 1862, Der Schachwettkampf zwischen Wilh. Steinitz und J.H. Zukertort, Anfang 1886 edited by Emil Schallopp of 1886, and the first edition Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature by Willard Fiske of 1905, to name a few titles. (12)

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