L/N 156. 111 pages with index. Octavo (9" x 6") issued in wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:156) First edition. The book Schaak-Bibliotheken, by Dr M Niemeijer (and privately published by him in 1948), written in Dutch, describes over 60 collections, including those of Buschke, E B Cook, the New York Public Library, and other which wre important for the development of this book. Niemeijer is one of the founders of the chess collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, to which he donated 7,000 chess books while continuing to collect additional works.

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.

Author: Dr. M. Niemeijer
Publisher:
Publisher city: Wassenaar
Year: 1948
Pages: 111
Language: Dutch
Condition: Good

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