book chess containing rudiments game von agnel translator (1 Ergebnisse)

Original stamped cloth with illsutration of a chess board on the front cover. Chipped and worn at spine and extremities. 309, 10 pp. Internally fine. A good American compilation of chess knowledge to date, with opening analysis and many problems. This is a reissue of a book first published in 1848. It was probably reprinted in 1859 to take advantage of the popularlity of chess due to the celebrity of Paul Morphy. None of Morphy's games are represented here. OCLC 4380400 (8 loc.).