First and Second Piatigorsky Cup with Biography of Jacquelin Piatigorsky

Author: Kashdan, Isaac (1905-1985) signed by Jacqueline PiatigorskyYear: 1965-68Publisher: Ward Ritchie PressPlace: Los AngelesDescription:2 volumes: xix+240 pages with frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) table, diagrams and index; xxxiii+288 pages with illustrations, table, diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") volume one issued in red with silver lettering to spine and black and silver decorative cover; volume two issued in sea green with silver lettering to spine. Inscribed by Jacqueline Piatigorsky Laid in Jacqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer by John Donaldson. (Betts: 25-340; 25-388) First editions.Volume one annotated by Samuel Reshevsky and other participants. All 56 games, annotated, with an index of openings. Each competitor annotated the game he considered his best and Reshevsky the remainder. Volume two annotated by Jan H Donner, Tigran Petrosian, Robert Fischer, Lajos Portisch, Boris Ivkov, Samuel Reshevesky, Bent Larsen Minguel Najdorf