THE GOOD COMPANION CHESS PROBLEM CLUB YEAR 1917 COMPLETE - Listing # 10143

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"THE GOOD COMPANION CHESS PROBLEM CLUB 1917"

YEAR 1917 COMPLETE

INSCRIBED to WALTER PENN SHIPLEY by JAMES T. MAGEE!!!

Magee Jr., James F. (Ed.): "The Good Companion Chess Problem Club". 1917 Complete Year. No. 5 and 6 (VOL. IV. JANUARY 1, 1917) - No. 3 (VOL. V. DECEMBER 1, 1917).

Philadelphia, (The Good Companion Chess Problem Club), 1917. Private half leather binding with gold-embossed title in front cover and spine. 65-216 (VOL. IV) + 36 (Special, July 4, 1917) + 1-76 (VOL. V) pages. 21,5 x 16,7 cm. In English.

Fair to good: Leather is worn and powdering, binding sound, with the spine cracked in some areas, especially at the ends, and with small missing parts of spine at their ends (more important lower). Perhaps a new binding is recommended. Inside in very good condition. To know the approximate condition, please see the photos. All the major defects are photographed.

Linde - N. 6412; Betts 42 - 2; Di Felice 1053.

The Good Companion Chess Problem Club. Philadelphia, 1913-24. Volumes 1-11. Volume VI., No. 3 with title: Bonus Socius Folder and beginning with Volume VI., No. 4, Our Folder. 10 issues per year (one per month from October to May, one extra on Feb. 22nd, and one special issue in July), no more published after August 1924.

Volumes IV and V (formed mainly by the years 1917 and 1918, the 2 years presents in my current auction) are ones of the most sought after of this magazine.

Volume IV was sold in 63 Klittich-Pfankuch Auction (November 2012), for a TOTAL PRICE € 492,20!!! (Total Hammerprice 400,00 EUR + Buyers Premium 15% 60,00 EUR + 7% VAT 32,20 EUR).

Volume V was sold in 67 Klittich-Pfankuch Auction (November 2014), for a TOTAL PRICE € 516,81!!! (Total Hammerprice 420,00 EUR + Buyers Premium 15% 63,00 EUR + 7% VAT 33,81 EUR), and also in 63 Klittich-Pfankuch Auction (November 2012), for a TOTAL PRICE € 1230,50!!! (Total Hammerprice 1000,00 EUR + Buyers Premium 15% 150,00 EUR + 7% VAT 80,50 EUR).

This copy has the chess book plate of the famous James Barrett Chess Book Collection, and is INSCRIBED to WALTER PENN SHIPLEY by JAMES T. MAGEE!!!, the leading light of the Good Companions and the magazine's editor. Shipley was a friend and confidant to all the leading American players of his day as well as being a chess player, organizer, and leading American chess personality of the period about 1910 to his death in 1942. Marbled endpapers and also endpapers with notes by DAVID LAWSON and JAMES BARRETT. A very choice item, since in addition to its great pedigree, it has much chess history of the day plus chess problem content and photos and drawings. The magazine itself never had a large circulation, but it was the key chess problem magazine of its day with problem devotees from around the world in its membership.

Contents of this copy:

- JANUARY 1, 1917. VOL. IV. No. 5 and 6. AUTOMATON NUMBER. Pages 65-88.

- FEBRUARY 22, 1917. VOL. IV. No. 7. Pages 89-92.

- FEBRUARY 1, 1917. VOL. IV. No. 8. FEBRUARY TOURNAMENT. Maelzel's Chess Player. Pages 93-116.

- MARCH 1, 1917. VOL. IV. No. 9. MARCH TOURNAMENT. Pages 117-140.

- APRIL 1, 1917. VOL. IV. No. 10. APRIL TOURNAMENT. Pages 141-168.

- MAY 11, 1917. VOL. IV. Nos. 11 and 12. MAY TOURNAMENT. BEETHOVEN AND CHESS. Pages 169-216.

- SPECIAL, JULY 4, 1917. CHESS PROBLEMS by ARNALDO ELLERMAN, Buenos Aires, Argentine, and GIORGIO GUIDELLI, Laveno, Italy. 36 pages.

- OCTOBER 1, 1917. VOL. V. No. 1. OCTOBER TOURNAMENT. Pages 1-36 + 1 page Supplement.

- NOVEMBER 1, 1917. VOL. V. No. 2. NOVEMBER TOURNAMENT. Pages 37-60 + 2 plates of Benjamin Franklin + 1 page Supplement.

- DECEMBER 1, 1917. VOL. V. No. 3. DECEMBER TOURNAMENT. Pages 61-76.

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Item weight 765g

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Listing Format:	Auction
Current price :	€650,00
Starting bid:	€10,00
Shipping Cost:
# of bids:	34
Closes:	Auction is closed
Location:	Spain
Started:	2017-09-08 05:54:48
Ended:	2017-09-11 20:40:35
Seller:	victorneus (878)
High Bidder(s):	mpkmpk (280)
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