Chess Problems and Master Games, Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th C. Ledgers Turned Chess Scrapbooks antique carved madonna and as perfect little pedestals

and as perfect little pedestals for displaying other little things

which supported and promoted the work of Haitian artists

bright jade green on the exterior

and one I'd be especially glad to keep for myself--to my eye just as beautiful as can be

Chess Problems and Master Games, Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th C. Ledgers Turned Chess Scrapbooks antique carved madonna and as perfect little pedestalsI'm not much of a chess player, but I love the game as the ultimate strategy sport, and as also as a metaphor. And as a huge fan of Duchamp, a chess devotee whose whole oeuvre can be read as a series of chess moves, all things chess related feel Duchampian to me. So I had to bring these home, ledgers turned chess scrapbooks, which sold me on their covers alone: "Chess Problems, 1892" and "Chess Games Played by the Masters in International Tournaments,