1964 THE CHESS COLLECTION CLEVELAND/J. G. WHITE - Listing # 13957

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CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

John G. White Department

"Catalog of THE CHESS COLLECTION (Including Checkers)"

Vol. 1 Author Catalog & Vol. 2 Subject Catalog

CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY. John G. White Department: "Catalog of THE CHESS COLLECTION (Including Checkers)". Volume 1 Author Catalog & Volume 2 Subject Catalog. Introduction by George J. Maciuszko (Head, John G. White Department).

Boston, G. K. Hall & Co., 1964. Original red cloth publisher edition gilt lettering to spine in 2 Volumes. Title page + IV unnumbered pages + 613 pages (Volume 1) + Title page + IV unnumbered pages + 578 pages (Volume 2). A one-sided photocopied pamphlet (1 unnumbered page + 11 pages) of the previous owner of the complete DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM is enclosed. 36,2 x 26,5 cm. In English.

Excellent: Minor defects. Some very light rubbing to the extremities. Very slight remains of having been detached ex-libris present formerly, inside the front covers. Very slight dirt on some outer edge of a few pages. Very slight inclination of the upper part of the spine of Volume 2, and very slight and small spot on the top of the spine of Volume 2.

Betts: 1-58.

CATALOG OF THE MOST FAMOUS COLLECTION IN THE HISTORY OF CHESS!! EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND!! AN AUTHENTIC JEWEL FOR ANY LIBRARY!!

Currently there is only 1 copy on the Internet, and its price is $3,250!! Previously, in my whole life, I only saw a copy for sale on EBAY in 2013.

This catalog consists of some 15.000 items from the Chess and Checker section of the John G. White Department of the Cleveland Public Library. The catalog entries from the card catalog have been photographically reproduced (size reduced) with 21 entries to each page in three columns of seven lines. In the Volume 1 Author Catalog, titles are further arranged chronologically by date of publication. The titles in the Volume 2 Subject Catalog are classified by a local extension of the Decimal Classification. Cataloging practice appears to conform largely to the Dewey Decimal code, with some divergence of practice over the years. Some annotation of the bibliographical nature is given where relevant.

The collection originated as the personal library of John Griswold White, a noted Cleveland attorney, who served many years as President and member of the Cleveland Public Library's Board of Trustees. White was an outstanding benefactor of the Library. His gifts to the Collection that was to bear his name began in the 1880's and continued to his death in 1928. "The largest chess library in the world", wrote the famous chess historian Harold J. R. Murray about this collection in his work in 1914. Hundreds of titles have been added since that time, including many of the choicest volumes from the library of J. W. Rimington Wilson, a British collector whose fine chess library was broken up after his death in 1927.

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Item weight 5024g

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Listing Format:	Auction
Current price :	€1 300,00
Starting bid:	€1 000,00
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Location:	Spain
Started:	2019-03-13 08:53:55
Ended:	2019-03-24 22:02:59
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