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Pachman, Ludek: Taktika moderniho sachu, 1.-2. dil (complete set).
Praha, STN, 1962+1964, 276 + 276p. 870 grams. Orig. hardcovers. Very good / dust jackets not issued: light signs of use, no flaws, text is clean with no writings. Inscribed by Ludek Pachman to Josef Marsalek on halftitle of volume 1: Pepickovi Marsalkovi s pranim, aby si vedle zajmu technickych obcas vzpomnel i na sachy. Praha, 27. X. 1962. L. Pachman. It means in English: To Pepicek Marsalek with a wish that he would remember chess alongside his technical interests. Prague, 27th October 1962. L. Pachman (signature). (Ludek Pachman, 1924-2003, Czech GM, 7x Czechoslovak champion, German champion. Noted chess writer and theoretician. He won 2 games against Bobby Fischer in 1959. Josef Marsalek, 1935-2023, several times participated in the Czechoslovak championship. He was a member of the team, which won Student World championship in 1954 – his result was 5 of 5. Later he stopped playing and devoted himself to work, which is also indicated in Pachman's dedication. Picture 1 = stock photo, pic.2,3 = real photos). Code #10874.
Kč 2800,-

Philidor, Francois-Andre Danican / (Pratt, Peter ed.): Studies Of Chess: Containing A Systematic Introduction To The Game, And The Analysis Of Chess.
London, printed for Samuel Baxter, 1817, 5th edition, halftitle, frontispiece, title, V-XXXII, 428p. Orig.(?) boards with label on spine. Fair: edges and corners rubbed, front cover at fore-edge more. Binding somewhat soiled. Front endpaper, which is well repaired at spine, is well stained, with residua of old paper tape. Rear endpaper soiled near spine. Old stamp THE RETREAT / YORK on title, halftitle and on endpapers. Old small blind stamp of previous seller on ffep. Internally occasional marks in old pen, pages occasionally a little stained but nothing serious, generally OK. (2x real photo). LN 605. Whyld 1817:19. Code #5894.
Kč 6000,-