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TONY PETERSON, 15 HARBOUR VIEW PARK, ROPE WALK, WEST SUSSEX,
BN17 5DQ, UK.
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A full page sheet is usually
11x16in., 28x40cm. Click on (Picture) to
see an image of each picture.
- (Picture) The
Game of Chess Played between London
and Portsmouth,
through the Electric Telegraph of the South Western Railway, 10th
April. 12 Apr.1845. Full page, including illustrations of the room of
the telegraph and along the railway line, and the game score, a draw
between Staunton
and Kennedy at Portsmouth, and Walker and another
gentleman at Vauxhall. (Centre-fold to page otherwise good.) £15
- (Picture) Staunton v Horwitz
Match . 7 Feb.1846. Part page illustration of Staunton playing Horwitz, with first two
game scores on other side. £5
- (Picture) Chess
Celebrities. Includes Lowenthal, Falkbeer, Staunton, and Kennedy, with details of
the meeting at Leamington Chess Club on other side.14 July 1855. Half
page. £8
- (Picture) Paul
Morphy. 18 Sep.1858. Full page. Illustration of Morphy in centre,
surrounded by text and 8 games of his blindfold display. £20
- (Picture) “Bashi
Bazouks Playing at Chess.” 4 June 1859. Part page illustration of a
drawing by Alexandre Bida. (OUT OF STOCK)
- (Picture)
“Checkmate Next Move”. 2 Aug.1862. Full page, from a painting by
J.C.Horsley from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy. £8
- (Picture) Oxford
and Cambridge Chess Match. 5 Apr.1873. Half page, showing two boards
from the match, with many spectators in top hats. £6
- (Picture) “The
Chess Players.” 28 Nov.1874. Full page, from a painting by C.M.Webb,
with description on other side. £10
- (Picture) Herr
Zukertort, The Champion Chess-Player. 7 Sep.1878. Part page illustration with column of
biography at side. (OUT OF STOCK)
- (Picture)
Sketches at the International Chess Tournament. 5 May 1883. Full page illustration
in a humorous vein, showing a number of named players, including Zukertort
v Steinitz at the chessboard. £15
- (Picture)
“Those Laugh Who Win.” 21 Mar.1885. Full page drawing by F.Dadd. £10
- (Picture)
Master Tournament at Hereford. 29 Aug.1885. Half page illustration of
the eleven players including Blackburne, Bird, Schallopp, Gunsberg, Mason.
(Just the half-page picture but includes the text details on other side.)
£10
- (Picture) The
Sixteen Leading Chess Players in the World. A Portrait Group. (From “The
Graphic.”) 17 July 1886. A fine double page print, including Steinitz,
Zukertort, Blackburne, Winawer, Bird, Kolisch, Paulsen, Gunsberg, Mason.
Size 23x16in., 59x41cm., one centre fold. VG. (OUT OF STOCK)
- (Picture)
Irish Chess Association at Belfast. 23 Oct.1886. Half page
illustration including the nine named players in the 2nd Irish
Chess Association congress, plus others. Includes Pollock, Blackburne,
Burn. (Without the brief details on other side as only the half-page
picture is present.) (OUT OF STOCK)
- (Picture)
Scottish Chess Association Meeting at Edinburgh. 6 Aug.1887. Half page
of 21 un-named members posed around two chessboards. (There was a 4th
Scottish Championship in Edinburgh in July.) £10
- (Picture) “A
Game at Chess!” 25 May 1889. Full page humorous illustration showing
eight stages of a game between two players from beginning to end. £15
- (Picture)
“After Lunch in the City: A Game of Chess.” (From “The Graphic.”) 10
Jan.1891. Full page illustration by L.Bogle showing gentlemen playing
chess. (OUT OF STOCK)
- (Picture) “The
Game of Chess.” 31 Aug.1895. Full page from a painting by A.A.Lesrel
exhibited in the Salon du Champ de Mars, 1895. £12