2003 WALTER PENN SHIPLEY by J. S. Hilbert HARDBACK McFarland - Listing # 26766

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"WALTER PENN SHIPLEY"

By John S. Hilbert (2003)

McFarland 1st Hardback Edition. SOLD OUT

Hilbert, John S.: "Walter Penn Shipley". Philadelphia's Friend of Chess.

Jefferson, McFarland, 2003. Original hardback edition. V (including Half Title page, Frontispiece with Shipley's portrait and Title page) + 442 pages + 16 unnumbered pages on coated paper, between pages 266-267, containing 23 photos. 26,1 x 18,3 cm. In English.

As new: Virtually as new condition.

McFarland:

"Walter Penn Shipley was crucial to the development of chess in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He organized correspondence chess in the United States in the 1890s, was a talented player and was a friend of world champions and contenders. He served as the president of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia at the height of its power and prestige.
This work is a complete biography and games collection of Walter Penn Shipley. It draws from original documents—correspondence with Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Pillsbury and others, detailed Shipley family records—and extensive research conducted in contemporary newspapers, journals and magazines. The book contains approximately 250 games (most of them annotated), with 246 positional diagrams.

Table of Contents:

Introduction 1

1. Arrival and Antecedents (1860–1880)      3
2. Early Chess Club Play (1880–1887)      20
3. Philadelphia’s Champion (1887–1890)      46
4. Expansion and New Friends (1891–1893)     74
5. Golden Years, Golden Play (1894–1898)     110
6. Very Good Years (1899–1904)      196
7. Years of Transition, and Controversy (1905–1910)      267
8. Through the Decade (1911–1920)      349
9. Through the Years (1921–1942)      396

Selected Bibliography 433
Index 437"

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Item weight 979g

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Listing Format:	Auction
Current price :	€40,00
Starting bid:	€40,00
Shipping Cost:
# of bids:	1
Closes:	Auction is closed
Location:	Spain
Started:	2021-07-17 10:07:49
Ended:	2021-07-26 21:01:00
Seller:	victorneus (878)
High Bidder(s):	docjan (97)
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