J.D. Walker wrote:
Anders Thulin wrote:
samsloan wrote:

Where exactly? I have searched http://www.bookfinder.com and I cannot
find even one.

There's this selection box with 'Books written in
(Dutch|English|French|German|Italian)' that you have to use in the
right manner.

I mean, really no point in searching for 'Handbuch des Schachspiels'
among books
written in English or French, is there?


Well, there is some point to it. You can find English, and presumably
French, texts that refer to it. This may or may not be useful.

I retract my statement since that search engine does not do search of
text contents... Sorry about that.
--

"Do that which is right..."

Rev. J.D. Walker

On Jun 1, 11:37 am, Anders Thulin
wrote:
samsloan wrote:
Where exactly? I have searchedhttp://www.bookfinder.comand I cannot
find even one.

There's this selection box with 'Books written in
(Dutch|English|French|German|Italian)' that you have to use in the right manner.

I mean, really no point in searching for 'Handbuch des Schachspiels' among books
written in English or French, is there?

--
Anders Thulin anders*thulin.name http://www.anders.thulin.name/

I have searched the German Language site of http://www.bookfinder.com
and nowhere is the 1880 edition of Bilguer's Handbuch available. There
is available a Jahre 1916-1929 edition but that would be of much less
interest than an 1880 original.

I know that the copy I have on my desk is an 1880 original because it
has a handwritten letter in it dated 1881.

I have not found anywhere in the world another copy of the 1880
original and I have searched bookstores, libraries, collections and
everywhere else that I can think of.

Sam Sloan

The Deed is Done.

The book has just been sent to my printer.

Sam Sloan

On Jun 2, 10:28 pm, samsloan wrote:

I have searched the German Language site ofhttp://www.bookfinder.com
and nowhere is the 1880 edition of Bilguer's Handbuch available.

Quick repeat: Search for 'Handbuch des schachspiels', first hit I get
is for Bilguer: Handbuch des schachspiels (no year) along with a
number of
other hits. Select that one. On second page I find one (or is it two)
entries
from Antiquariat Querido, and one from Antiquariat Bucherwelt for the
1880 edition.


Of course, things change from day to day, so I can't promise they
still will be
there tomorrow.

And as to 'not found anywhere in the world', I check out www.abebooks.com
for the title, restrict hits to 1880, and out pops both the Querido
book,
and one from Sinnewerk (bookshop in Berlin).

On Jun 4, 9:05 am, " wrote:
On Jun 2, 10:28 pm, samsloan wrote:

I have searched the German Language site ofhttp://www.bookfinder.com
and nowhere is the 1880 edition of Bilguer's Handbuch available.

Quick repeat: Search for 'Handbuch des schachspiels', first hit I get
is for Bilguer: Handbuch des schachspiels (no year) along with a
number of
other hits. Select that one. On second page I find one (or is it two)
entries
from Antiquariat Querido, and one from Antiquariat Bucherwelt for the
1880 edition.

Of course, things change from day to day, so I can't promise they
still will be
there tomorrow.

And as to 'not found anywhere in the world', I check outwww.abebooks.com
for the title, restrict hits to 1880, and out pops both the Querido
book,
and one from Sinnewerk (bookshop in Berlin).

Perhaps you should have mentioned that the price they are charging for
the book is $384.25

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...D61%26y%3D1 2

I plan to charge a bit less for my reprint.

Also, it seems uncertain that they are offering the same book. I
realize that they say 1880 but there is nothing else to indicate that
it is the same edition as I am reprinting.

Sam Sloan
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891404

"samsloan" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
On Jun 4, 9:05 am, " wrote:
On Jun 2, 10:28 pm, samsloan wrote:

I have searched the German Language site ofhttp://www.bookfinder.com
and nowhere is the 1880 edition of Bilguer's Handbuch available.

Quick repeat: Search for 'Handbuch des schachspiels', first hit I get
is for Bilguer: Handbuch des schachspiels (no year) along with a
number of
other hits. Select that one. On second page I find one (or is it two)
entries
from Antiquariat Querido, and one from Antiquariat Bucherwelt for the
1880 edition.

Of course, things change from day to day, so I can't promise they
still will be
there tomorrow.

And as to 'not found anywhere in the world', I check outwww.abebooks.com
for the title, restrict hits to 1880, and out pops both the Querido
book,
and one from Sinnewerk (bookshop in Berlin).

Perhaps you should have mentioned that the price they are charging for
the book is $384.25

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...D61%26y%3D1 2

I plan to charge a bit less for my reprint.

Also, it seems uncertain that they are offering the same book. I
realize that they say 1880 but there is nothing else to indicate that
it is the same edition as I am reprinting.

Presumably because can read neither the seller's description
nor 'your' book. LOL - an illiterate publisher!

He is selling an original 6th edition printed 1880 in good condition.
You are selling a xeroxed glue-bound copy of what you think
is an 1880 editionh. There had better be a price difference.

There is nothing special about the 6th edition. Somebody who
collects such books would probably be looking for the 1st, the
5th (the last one edited by von der Lasa) or the 8th (the last
and most authoritative).

The book is listed now, but no price, picture or order information
yet.

That will come in a few hours.

Take a look at

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891404

Sam Sloan

The Bilguer Handbuch is available now:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891404

There is also one on ebay.com

Sam Sloan


On May 31, 10:09 pm, samsloan wrote:
I am in the process of reprinting "Manual of the Game of Chess by P.R.
von Bilguer", 1880 Edition, better known by its German title, Handbuch
des Schachspiels von P. R. von Bilguer.

This book is extremely rare. I happened to come across a copy in good
condition. I have been unable to find another one, and I have searched
everywhere.

This book is the equivalent of Modern Chess Openings, but for the 19th
Century. Like Modern Chess Openings, it is packed with long columns
and lines of analysis. It is in German but that should not prove a
problem because, like Chess Informant, it is multi-lingual. All you
need to do is remember that D = Queen, S = Knight, T = Rook and L =
Bishop.

The fact that it is 128 years old is the main reason I am reprinting
it. It contains opening traps and tricks which are no longer played
and are no longer to be found in any openings book.

The book is 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches and 720 pages. Every page is jam-
packed with chess analysis. I did not even know that so much analysis
had been done back in 1880.

Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815- 1840) was considered to be one of the
strongest chess players in the world, but he died at an early age. The
work continued without him and new editions kept coming out 90 years
after his death.

My reprint of the 1880 edition should be out within ten days. When it
comes out it will be available at:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891404

Sam Sloan