Published by David McKay, Philadelphia, 1912
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Square with gently bumped upper corners. Gray pictorial cloth over boards is edge rubbed and somewhat soiled; a few smudges to outer edges of pages (visible when closed). Binding is tight with sound hinges. Some very slight foxing on late pages. Pages are clean but a bit age darkened. Introductory instructional manual on playing draughts (checkers). Basic rules, strategies, elementary positions, games (Ayrshire Lassie, Bristol, Cross, Defiance, Double Corner, Dyke, Fife, Glasgow, Laird and Lady, Maid of the Mill, Old Fourteenth, Second Double Corner, Single Corner, Souter, Whilter, Will o' the Wisp), problems, and solutions to problems. 8.25" (21 cm) tall; 136 pages.