STAUNTON, Howard. The Chess Tournament [1851], London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852, 8°, FIRST EDITION, diagrams, with half title and advertisements at end, original red cloth gilt (a little soiled and frayed). [VDL 3053] -- Henry Max LANGE. Paul Morphy; A Sketch from the Chess World, translated and edited by E. Falkbeer, London: J. H. Starie, 1860, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, diagrams, original blue cloth (a little rubbed). [VDL 824] With a presentation copy of Chess History and Reminiscences by H. E. Bird (London, n.d.), 4 copies of the same author's Chess Novelties (London, 1895) in variant bindings, and G. H. Verney's Chess Eccentricities (London, 1885). (8)

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STAUNTON, Howard. The Chess Tournament [1851], London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852, 8°, FIRST EDITION, diagrams, with half title and advertisements at end, original red cloth gilt (a little soiled and frayed). [VDL 3053] -- Henry Max LANGE. Paul Morphy; A Sketch from the Chess World, translated and edited by E. Falkbeer, London: J. H. Starie, 1860, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, diagrams, original blue cloth (a little rubbed). [VDL 824] With a presentation copy of Chess History and Reminiscences by H. E. Bird (London, n.d.), 4 copies of the same author's Chess Novelties (London, 1895) in variant bindings, and G. H. Verney's Chess Eccentricities (London, 1885). (8)

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