The "cheapest book on Chess ever published". The ABC of Chess. Being a Concise and Easy Introduction to Chess; with the Laws of the Game; Diagrams etc.

A Lady.

Verlag: London; Jacques and Son, 1860., 1860

Beschreibung

SECOND EDITION. Square small octavo, pp 51, [13] advertisements (many pictorial). Diagrams of problems and strategies throughout. Original pale pink printed paper wraps. Covers and title page lightly soiled and foxed; spine worn with loss; edges nicked & creased. A Little scattered foxing and a few leaves corner-creased otherwise contents clean. The publishers ad to p 2 states that the first printing of 5,000 copies sold within a few weeks and that the format of this second edition has been altered "in compliance with numerous suggestions. to allow of its going into a chess box unfolded" and that "the price has been increased to twopence. and is, beyond all question, the cheapest book on Chess ever published". Rare, COPAC locates no institutional holdings for this work. Mass Market PaperbackOriginal Wrappers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6044

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The "cheapest book on Chess ever published"....

Verlag: London; Jacques and Son, 1860.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1860

Einband: Softcover