Weiss, Max. 120 Schachprobleme von Samuel Loyd in New - York. Berlin, Dreyer, (1903). In German. 74 pages + 2 leaves with advertisements. LN 2561. Original red cloth with gold embossed title print on front cover. 

120 problems by American chess and puzzle legend Samuel Loyd (1841-1911) with solutions at the end of the book.

With handwritten text in Czech and signature by Emil Palkoska on the first endpaper: “IV.-V. cena v řešit. turnaji Nár. Politiky 1940/I. Dr. Palkoska.“  Translation: "IV.-V. prize in the solving tournament of Narodni Politika 1940/I. Dr. Palkoska."

Emil Palkoska (1871-1955) was a Czech composer and one of the most prominent figures of the Czech Problem School. He composed more than 1500 problems, mainly three-movers. Palkoska ran the chess column in Narodni Politika 1907 - 1945, in Nova Praha 1926 - 1930 and in Lidova demokracie 1946 - 1955. He wrote books Schachprobleme: Weiss: Dame und ein Laufer (with A.C. White in 1911), Idea and Economy in the Chess Problem (1928 and a second expanded edition in 1947) and the pamphlet Memorial of Ing. Jiri Chocholous in 1931.

Condition - Good: endpaper and pages 1-11 a little soiled at the bottom, stamps of Max Weiss on endpaper and title page, a few removable markings in diagrams.