Chessmen for Collectors
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1985.
First Edition. Hardcover.
Photographs by Daniel Keats and Adrian Pope.
Chess set design reflects changing styles in art and historical contexts including topical controversies, battles, propaganda and mythology. This comprehensive overview charts the development of chess sets chronologically and geographically and provides a tool for identification of chess set origins for the collector. The illustrations give details of the materials used – ivory, wood, porcelain, bronze – and precise heights of pawns and pieces, and their provenance and date of origin. The text and illustrations highlight the variation of style in English sets, Indian ivory sets, Spanish ‘pulpit’ chessmen and delicate French 19th century sets, as well as unique sets from around the world.
Item #901540ISBN: 0713417188
8-1/2 x 12", black cloth, tan endpapers, 240pp, appendix, bibliography, index, illustrated with 273 black & white photographs and 50 color photographs.
Square, clean, bright, fine in very good, rubbed dust wrapper with laminate loss to front panel and a bit of moderate edge-wear.
Price: $85.00