Chess book enthusiasts may be interested in this link to the catalogue of an auction of Sir Frederic Madden's books, held at Sotheby's on 7 August 1873. The chess is in Lots 84 to 154:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/ ... shm=rime/1
The final lot, 154, includes 24 Staunton autograph letters to Madden. Where are they today? (The British Library catalogue describes four Staunton letters to Madden.)
Sir Frederic Madden's books
Historical knowledge and information regarding our great game.
-
John Townsend
- Posts: 1419
- Joined: Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:26 pm
Jump to
- Admin
- ↳ Rules and Registration
- ↳ News and Support
- General
- ↳ General Chat
- ↳ International News
- ↳ ECF Matters
- ↳ Chess History
- ↳ Junior Chess
- ↳ Congress Diary
- ↳ 4NCL
- ↳ Rating Debate
- ↳ Chess Questions
- ↳ County Championships
- ↳ Seniors Chess
- ↳ Women's Chess
- ↳ Adverts
- ↳ Live Games
- ↳ Congress Results
- ↳ Book Reviews
- ↳ Links
- ↳ For Sale
- ↳ Birthdays & Anniversaries
- ↳ Best of Chess
- Obituaries
- ↳ Deaths & Obituaries
- Special
- ↳ Not Chess!
- ↳ MCCU
- ↳ YCA
- Archive
- ↳ Chess Sets for Schools Project
- ↳ Certificate of Merit
- ↳ Chess Development
- ↳ Online Grading Database
- ↳ Event Cancellations
- ↳ English Chess Federation Forum
- ↳ Online Chess Club
- ↳ BritBase
- ↳ Technical Area
- ↳ The Right Move
- ↳ Accommodation Sharing
- ↳ Bits and Pieces