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Ceske listy sachove 1896 - 1899

First printed Czech chess magazine

Complete run of all 4 volumes

Ceske listy sachove 1896 – 1899 (volume 1-4, complete run).

Praha, 1896-1899. Uniform recent/modern bindings, spines lettered. Size ca 23 cm. 1,600 grams. In Czech. LN 5983 Soukup 2. Mokry 234. Di Felice 467.

Pagination:

1896: (4) = title, index + 160 pages + 1 plate (Jan Dobrusky)
1897: (8) = halftitle, title, index + 192 pages
1898: (8) = halftitle, title, index + 192 pages 1 plate (Frantisek Moucka)
1899: (6) = title/index + 188 pages

Complete run inclusive all half-titles (published only in 1897-1898), title/index pages and plates - just two were issued, Jan Dobrusky in 1896 and Frantisek Moucka in 1898. Volume 1897 has all covers bound in, the other volumes are without covers.

Condition: Volume 1896 is OK. Front cover of 1897 is a little stained. Pages 81-84 of 1898 are stained at the bottom. Volume 1899 has small stamp of previous owner on title, pages are occasionally a little/somewhat stained, occasional notes in text. Overall, volumes 1896-1898 are Good to very good, volume 1899 is Good minus.

Ceske listy sachove is the first printed chess magazine in Czech language. The main editor is Jan Kotrc - alone in 1896-1898 and together with J. V. Stefanydes in 1899. The problem section was edited by Josef Pospisil during the whole run 1896-1899, Karel Traxler was among editors in 1896-1897.

The magazine is published monthly with issues of 16 pages each. In 1896 only 10 issues came out because the publication only started in March. The other volumes have 12 issues. In the four volumes, 256 games and 656 problems were published.

The complete run appears seldom in the market. The edition is not known, it was possibly about 500 copies of volumes 1897-1899 and about 300 copies in 1896. All these numbers are not confirmed but they are based on information taken from contemporary sources like chess columns of Zlata Praha, Svetozor etc. According to Prokop: Ceskoslovensko ve svetovem sachu (Praha 1935, p.79), the magazine had about 300 subscribers. Max Wellner in his booklet: Kratky prehled pet a triceti normalnich otevreni sachovych (Domazlice 1897) informs that the magazine has currently (it means begin of 1897) 203 subscribers.

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Shipping weight 2 kilograms

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Listing Format:	Fixed Price
Price per item:	Buy Now for €575,00
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Location:	Czech Republic
Started :	2019-01-17 17:02:03
Ended:	2019-01-21 15:17:16
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