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

Price: £150.00

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