[Hastings 1895] The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895

Containing the authorised account of the 230 games played Aug.-Sept. 1895 with annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz, Schiffers, Teichmann, Bardeleben, Blackburne, Gunsberg, Tinsley, Mason and Albin, and biographical sketches of the chess masters. Edited by Horace F. Cheshire. With twenty-two portraits. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons/ London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. First edition.

8vo, red hard cloth, photo of Pillsbury before the title, title in red and black, VII,(1),370,(1) pp. With the games, short biographies and an index. Very good copy. The tournament was won by H.N. Pillsbury before Tschigorin, Lasker, Tarrasch and Steinitz and is known as the strongest tournament of the time. LN 5239.