Published by Octopus Books, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 070640050X ISBN 13: 9780706400502
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 97 pages with 123 illustrations in color and black & white and map. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with white lettering t spine with color pictorial cover in original pictorial jacket. (Lusis: 2556) First edition. A E J Mackett-Beeson traces the history of the game, and describes the few pieces which have survived from the medieval period. Then he considers the contribution of different countries, Europe, Russian and the Middle East. And finally he surveys the wide variety of attractive and individual sets made in the Far East. Condition: Light rubbing to spine heal else a very good in a very good to fine dust jacket.