Fiske, Willard 1831-1904

Overview

Works:	1,314 works in 1,813 publications in 5 languages and 5,385 library holdings
Genres:	Bibliographies Catalogs History Biographies Personal correspondence Criticism, interpretation, etc Periodicals Bibliographies
Roles:	Former owner, Author, Editor, Adapter, Other, Inscriber, Honoree, Dedicatee, Correspondent, Author of introduction, Creator, Contributor, Donor
Classifications:	F593, 851.154

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Willard Fiske

Willard Fiske, life and correspondence : a biographical study by Horatio S White( Book )
The fate of Virgil as conceived by Dante : a dialogue of the dead and the living between Walter Savage Landor and Willard Fiske by Melville Best Anderson( Book )
Jennie McGraw Fiske : her influence upon Cornell University by Ronald John Williams( Book )
Willard Fiske : æfiminning by Bogi Th. Melsteð( Book )
Willard Fiske : vinur Íslands og velgjörðarmaður by Kristín Bragadóttir( Book )

Willard Fiske as a bibliographer by Mary Fowler( )
Willard Fiske and Icelandic bibliography by Halldór Hermannsson( )
Willard Fiske memorial; papers read at the annual meeting of the society ... 1918( )
Willard Fiske in Iceland by William H Carpenter( )
Willard Fiske's writings on Iceland by Elisa Jebsen( )
A sketch of the life and labors of Professor Willard Fiske by Horatio S White( )
Catalogues of collections given by Willard Fiske to Cornell university( )
Skrá um erlend skákrit í Landsbókasafni Íslands by Pétur Sigurðsson( Book )
Willard Fiske memorial by Willard Fiske( Book )
Bókasafnarinn : Willard Fiske og Íslandssafn hans by Kristín Bragadóttir( Book )
In the matter of the accounting, &c., of Douglass Boardman, as executor of the last will and testament of Jennie McGraw-Fiske, deceased by Douglass Boardman( Book )
Willard Fiske : friend and benefactor of Iceland by Kristín Bragadóttir( Book )
A Florentine library by Mary Wright Plummer( )
Willard Fiske Memorial by Bibliographical Society of America( Book )
Catalogue of Runic literature, forming a part of the Icelandic collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

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Most widely held works by Willard Fiske

Catalogue of the Dante collection presented by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the Petrarch collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

10 editions published in 1916 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Hernando de Soto and Florida, or, Record of the events of fifty-six years, from 1512 to 1568 by Barnard Shipp( )

1 edition published in 1881 in English and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the Icelandic collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

14 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of Runic literature, forming a part of the Icelandic collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

14 editions published in 1918 in English and German and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the Icelandic collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

17 editions published in 1914 in English and German and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The English sportsman in the western prairies by Grantley F Berkeley( )

1 edition published in 1861 in English and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of the first American Chess Congress : containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 : with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament, and the stratagems entered in the history of chess in the old and new worlds by American Chess Congress( )

2 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic literature, with historical notes on other table-games by Willard Fiske( Book )

14 editions published between 1901 and 2007 in English and held by 104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book gives an account of the importance of the game in Icelandic literature

Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic collection presented to the library by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

4 editions published between 1885 and 1894 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memorials of Willard Fiske by Willard Fiske( Book )

8 editions published between 1920 and 2010 in English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chess tales & chess miscellanies by Daniel Willard Fiske( Book )

10 editions published in 1912 in English and Undetermined and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This trip through the literary side of chess mania contains many humorous short stories and anecdotes. Professor Williard Fiske, organizer of the American Chess Congress and editor of "Chess Monthly," wrote these pieces for his magazine over several decades. The topics covered include a fantastic tale of chess in Hades, an imagining of ancient Romans' introduction to the Indian game chaturanga (the ancestor of modern chess), first person tales of games, chess poems and fables involving chess. A section of historical sketches traces the development of the game, and the book also includes biographies of several famous chess devotees, including Benjamin Franklin

The growth & importance of the Cornell Dante collection by Theodore Wesley Koch( Book )

3 editions published in 1900 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the Icelandic collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( Book )

11 editions published in 1927 in English and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An Egyptian alphabet for the Egyptian People by Willard Fiske( Book )

16 editions published between 1897 and 2016 in English and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A catalogue of Petrarch books by Willard Fiske( )

11 editions published in 1882 in English and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of the first American chess congress; containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new worlds by Willard Fiske( Book )

3 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chess monthly : an American chess serial( )

in English and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Agrûmyja maṣry maktûba bil lisân el maṣry, we maʻha amsila by Willard Fiske( Book )

5 editions published in 1904 in Arabic and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the Dante collection presented by Willard Fiske by Cornell University( )

6 editions published in 1921 in English and Multiple languages and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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