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That is 'Chess for Six Players', by Dr. Max Lange, Weimar, 1881. It uses 3 chess boards layed side-by-side and 3 sets of chess pieces.
What is the variant on the picture on the right ?
A year or so ago a British chess club wanted to sell a copy of this book to raise money, and Fred Wilson of Fred Wilson--Books in New York City said that he had sold several copies over the years, and he didn't believe that only fourteen copies were printed.
I searched for this book on the Web, and have found that two copies of it are on sale on Abebooks for about U.S. $800. Google Books does not have a downloadable copy, but its 'find in a library' feature turns up 15 copies. Also, several old books with long listings of other books for sale from the same publisher list this book. Thus, the note in one library's copy that only 14 copies were printed does not seem to be accurate.
When I was in high school, the Brooklyn Public Library had a copy, but it does not appear in their online catalogue now. When I took it out in 1967, the card said the last time anyone had taken it out was 1959. I would certainly want a copy, and I'm sure there are others who would also.
A copy of this book is in the John G. White chess collection Cleveland Public Library, USA; a ms note in the flyleaf says that only 14 copies were printed. (http://cpl.org/sdi-special-collections.asp) My chess club (Charlton chess club, London) owns a copy which it wishes to sell. Does anyone know if eBay is a good place to sell old and rare chess books? Is a reader of Chess Variants interested in acquiring the book? Any reply can be posted here or emailed to [email protected] Thanks.
Hi Paul, I would think the book is fairly valuable. I would be willing to pay on the order of $200 for it, but you may be able to get much more than that depending on the book's condition.
David, Have come into possesion of this book. Do you know its value? 1885 Longmanx Green and Co- Chess Eccentricities- Major Geeorge Hope Varney h/b good condition. Paul Kelly
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