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Book Condition: Used
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

United States
About Item: xii+399+[3 ad] pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in blue cloth binding with white lettering to spine. Volume 20 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945-1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblatter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged… Read More
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