This is the rare original hardcover edition of the famous 1895 chess tournament that was the strongest ever held up to that time. It was won by the American newcomer, Harry Nelson Pillsbury. The games are annotated, but in an oddity, they were not annotated by one of the players of the game but rather by a different player in the tournament. This book has had a hard life. It is an ex library copy. The front free endpaper, tissue paper in front of an absent portrait, and index are present, but detached from the binding which is itself shaken. As shown in the photos, the spine is chipped. Most concernedly, someone has neatly snipped out the 22 portraits of the players. (In the Dover publishers reprint, the player portraits are likewise absent.) This book would benefit greatly from rebinding.  The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895. Containing the authorised account of the 230 games played Aug. - Sept. 1895. With annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch. Many diagrams. Descriptive notation. Cross table. Game index. Index. Biographical sketches of the chess masters, Introduction and history of the tournament. Pillsbury won in front of 2. Tschigorin and 3. Lasker. (III) - XII, 370 pages, 1 leaf. 32 pages with ads. London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. L/N 5239. Betts 25 - 28.