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A Selection of Games at Chess Played at the Westminster Chess Club Between L. C. de la Bourdonnais and an English Amateur of First Rate Skill bound with Fifty Games at Chess, Which Have Actually Been Played, Most of Which Occurred Between the Author and Some of the Best Players in England, France and Germany; to Which is Added Some Account of the Village of Stroebeck, in Germany, With the Three Games132 pages; iv+108 lacking the 2 ad pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather with decorative gilt to spine with red label in gilt lettering over marbled boards and marbled page ends. (Whyld and Ravillous 1835: 3 and 1832: 4) First editions.La Bourdonnais came to London and encountered the great Irishman Alexander McDonnell in 85 games lasting all through the Summer (La B. 46, McD. 26, Drawn 13). These games were unevenly split between six matches, but the conditions of play were very loose – there were no seconds, there was no time-limit, the stakes were "very small" and, amazing to relate,… Read More

iv+108+2 ad pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in quarter grey paste board over grey boards. From the Lothar Schmid chess library. Rimington Wilson library and the author's personal copy. (Whyld and Ravilious 1832:4, Biblioteca van der Liind 3142, Kiel Chess Kat. 3874) First edition.
William Lewis was the leading English player in the correspondence match between London and Edinburgh in 1824, won by the Scots (+2 = 2 -1). Later, he published a book on the match with analysis of the games. Lewis visited Paris along with Scottish player John Cochrane in 1821, where they played with Alexandre Deschapelles, receiving the advantage of pawn and move. He won the short match (+1 =2). When De La Bourdonnais visited England in 1825, Lewis played about 70 games with the French master. Seven of these games probably represented a match that Lewis lost (+2 -5). Around 1819 Lewis was the hidden player inside the Turk (a famous automaton), meeting all-comers successfully. He suggested to Johann Maelzel that… Read More