London 1866 und Dundee 1867. Löwenthal J. and Medley G. W. The Transactions of the British Chess Association for the years 1866 and 1867; containing a report of the proceedings at the London and Dundee meetings, with a selection of the games played, and of the problems sent in for competition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868. In English. Frontispiece with diagram, title page, table of contents, 164 pages. LN 5193. Betts 26-6. Original green cloth binding with lightly blind-stamped cover decoration and gold-stamped title on front cover.

Contains a selection of 37 games from the Congress of London 1866 (Challenge Cup: 1. de Vere; 2. MacDonnell. Handicap: 1. Steinitz and Green), 46 from the Congress of Dundee 1867 (Challenge Cup: 1. Neumann; 2. Steinitz. Handicap: 1. Steinitz and Fraser), 14 games from the competition Steinitz - Anderssen 1866 (Steinitz won 8 : 6 and was considered the best player in the world afterwards) and 64 problems. London 1866 was the third major tournament in which time was measured; timekeepers were hourglasses. In Dundee 1867, draws were valued at 1/2 point for the first time. All games have brief annotations.

Condition - Good to Very Good: only light wear on the cover, the back cover a bit stained.