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Joseph Henry Blake: signed letter to Dr. Zdenek Mach from 1929 or earlier View Watchlist >

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Joseph Henry Blake (1859-1951)

Signed letter to Dr. Zdenek Mach

from 1929 or earlier

 

Folded sheet size 15 x 11 cm, text on one page, in English

Good to very good: light signs of use, horizontal centre fold.

Autograph letter signed to Dr. Zdenek Mach informing him of a change of address and about one chess problem

The author mentions the chess column in Zlata Praha. Since Zdenek Mach edited the column from 1903 to 1929, the letter must have been written during this period.

Biographical data:

Josepf Henry Blake (1859-1951), English chess master).

Dr. Zdenek Mach (1877-1954), Czech problem composer, one of the leading representatives of the Bohemian chess problem school, long-year editor of several chess columns – Svetozor, Zlata Praha etc. Author of ca 500 problems.

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Postage – prices in EUR. Item weight 10g

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100g

250g

500g

1 kg

2 kg

BG, DE, GR, HR, HU, PL, RO, SI, SK

6.00

6-9

6-9

7-10

8-11

A, BE, ESP, EST, FR, I, LT, LV, NL, PT

6.00

9.00

8-11

10-15

11-16

UK + Other Europe

7.00

9.00

11.00

14-18

19-23

USA (FedEx only)

Insurance see note below

29-35

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37-44

Non-Europe (air-mail)

8.00

10.00

14.00

20.00

31.00

Note for our US customers: Please be aware of high shipping costs. USPS shipping is currently suspended due to US tariffs. At the moment, we can only ship via FedEx. Shipping costs via FedEx are variable and may differ for different US states. Approximate amounts are shown in the table.

FedEx provides insurance up to approx. €100. For higher values, we cover 50% of the total amount, while the remaining 50% is at the recipient’s own risk.

Insurance to other countries is usually included, but there may be exceptions. We combine shipping – you always pay just the real postage. 2+ kg boxes depend on location, please ask. Postage within the Czech Republic at real costs in crowns.

Payment methods and fees

EU:

Bank transfer with IBAN/BIC + EUR 0

Wise + EUR 0

Paypal + 2.5% of the total amount

Outside EU:

Bank transfer with IBAN/BIC + EUR 0

Wise + EUR 0

Paypal + EUR 0

Complete information about book description, postage and payment methods is on our website www.chessbookshop.com in the left column.

Questions are welcome, I shall answer immediately or the same day. If you need an additional information or if you have any questions, please email me to: karel@chessbookshop.com

 

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