THE ART OF CHESS PLAYING FOR BEGINNERS
Book Description
THE ART OF CHESS PLAYING FOR BEGINNERS
A Sure and Certain Guide for Those Ignorant of the Game
With Diagrams illustrative of the Various Movements of the Pieces
By Charles H. Stanley
Henry Lea
London
British First Edition
1861
Dated 1861 on the preface page, this is a British Printing of this little guidebook to playing chess by the American Chess Champion Charles H. Stanley, bound in cloth with pictorial paper front cover laid down (possibly rebound this way) a small slim format measuring 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches approx., (14cm by 9cm approx.) 34 pages including final advertising page
Dealer Notes
Possibly rebound in cloth with original paper front cover laid down, covers marked and rubbed, internally opens on to the title page, the title page looks like it may have been loose once and has been glued back in place, creasing and foxing to pages with some marking to rear inside cover else in good acceptable condition.
Author
Charles H. Stanley
Date
1861
Binding
softcovers
Publisher
A Sure and Certain Guide for Those Ignorant of the Game
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