Listing # 29906
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| Location: | Spain |
| Started: | 2021-10-24 16:52:07 |
| Ended: | 2021-10-25 20:10:00 |
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1995 "THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB
THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON"
COPY 207 of a LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES
Reprint of 3 old documents on Ajeeb (Chess Automaton)
Connolly (Ed.): "THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB". THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON.
New Milford, Connolly Conjuring, 1995. Original softback edition. 24 pages (including Title page) + 1 loose Leaf Certificate of Copy 207 + Pink Diptych "AJEEB Steel Pier's Checker Robot" + Postcard of "Eden Musée". 17 x 11,5 cm. In English.
As new: In perfect and new condition.
Date is an estimate. Limited edition (#207 of 300) reproduction of a 24 page booklet which appears to date originally from circa 1895. Also included is a reproduction of a circa 1934 single leaf (4 page) brochure explaining a history of the pseudo-automaton booklet and a reproduction of a full color advertising card. All items in as new condition.
Regarding the publication date of the 1st edition of the booklet, there are different "opinions".
In the following link give 1885: https://digital.hagley.org/08075486_ajeeb
In the following link also give 1885: https://books.google.es/books/about/The_Adventures_of_Ajeeb.html?id=FcDgHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
And finally, in the following link give (1890): https://denksportboeken.webnode.nl/schaken/bibliografie/a/
In the following link David DeLuica give (1893): http://www.chessbookstore.com/downloads/HighlightBooks.pdf
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Item weight 43g
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