Go back
Chess book dealers?

Chess book dealers?

Only Chess

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down

Anyone know of any chess book dealers?
I'm looking for an old book from 1849.

The chess players companion by Howard Staunton.

I want a mint condition, first edition. 🤗

Vote Up
Vote Down

@Phil-A-Dork

like this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ist-edition-1849-Chess-Book-THE-CHESS-PLAYERS-COMPANION-Howard-Staunton-/265041451522
?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Thanks and maybe I will buy it but I was hoping for a dealer who specializes in old chess books.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@phil-a-dork said
Thanks and maybe I will buy it but I was hoping for a dealer who specializes in old chess books.
If you happen to visit Dresden (Saxonia, Germany) you find one in Oskar-Mai-Strasse 6...
I doubt that they have the precise book you look for, but y0u can find some gems (mostly German and Russian antiquaric books).

https://www.euroschach.de/info/ueber-den-schachversand-euro-schach-dresden.html

Vote Up
Vote Down

It won't translate to English 😔

Vote Up
1
Vote Down

@Phil-A-DorTry Fred Wilson, 41 Union Square West, Suite 718, Manhattan, NY. He deals only in used and 2nd hand books.

4 edits
Vote Up
Vote Down

@sundown316

I actually met him once in New York.
It's a small room with a massive amount of books.
He had a cat there too LoL.

He got offended when I said I like his books with co-author Bruce Albertson.

His name is Alberston not Albertson

Vote Up
Vote Down

Apparently that is a big deal 🙄

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down

@Phil-A-Dork
I worked on most of Fred's books as a proof-reader. I've known him for over 40 years, and yes, he is that crabby, I think he was born that way!

Vote Up
Vote Down

@Phil-A-Dork

I recall Fred Wilson's place to be much smaller than a small room. A generously sized closet is what a real estate agent would pitch.