Antique and Lates Chess Sets and Related Items
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Release : 1991
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Release : 1991
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Author : Phillips Son & Neale (London, England)
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File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Phillips Son & Neale (London, England)
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Release : 1992
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Author : Phillips (London).
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Page : 33 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 1137279370
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Author : Hans Kmoch
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486319695
Profoundly original book demonstrates how basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples illustrate theory. 182 diagrams. Index of games.
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Release : 1996
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Author : Duncan Pohl
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2016-11-23
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ISBN : 9781537640846
A detailed record of vintage chess sets produced or designed by American companies, artists and designers.
Author : Bonhams (Firm)
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Release : 1995
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Author : MacCartneys Ludlow
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File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 1988
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