THE BOOK OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS: CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THAT CELEBRATED ASSEMBLAGE, HELD IN NEW YORK, IN THE YEAR 1857, WITH THE PAPERS READ IN ITS SESSIONS, THE GAMES PLAYED IN THE GRAND TOURNAMENT, AND THE STRATAGEMS ENTERED IN THE PROBLEM TOUR-NAY; TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHESS IN THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS. EXTREMELY SCARCE LOVELY COPY
Language: English
Published by NEW YORK: RUDD & CARLETON, 130 GRAND STREET, (BROOKS BUILDING, COR. OF BROADWAY.), NEW YORK, 1859
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United KingdomDeightons
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Condition: Used - Very good
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1st edition. 12mo, xii + (1 blanksketch) + 2 - 563 + (1 blank) + (5 list) + (2 - 4 list) + (2 list) + (2 blanks) pages complete. Tissue guarded chromo fronts. Original mottled brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, blind crest on front. Original brown end papers. Attractive bookplate "William K. Kent" on front endpaper. Covers : slight knocks top/bottom of spine and front top cornere else clean and unmarked. Contents : crack to hinge page 285 but holding well else very clean, tight and unfoxed. Clean tight attractive copy. VG.
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- Title
- THE BOOK OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS: CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THAT CELEBRATED ASSEMBLAGE, HELD IN NEW YORK, IN THE YEAR 1857, WITH THE PAPERS READ IN ITS SESSIONS, THE GAMES PLAYED IN THE GRAND TOURNAMENT, AND THE STRATAGEMS ENTERED IN THE PROBLEM TOUR-NAY; TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHESS IN THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS. EXTREMELY SCARCE LOVELY COPY
- Author
- DANIEL WILLARD FISKE, M.A. & William K Kent (bookplate)
- Publisher
- NEW YORK: RUDD & CARLETON, 130 GRAND STREET, (BROOKS BUILDING, COR. OF BROADWAY.), NEW YORK
- Publication year
- 1859
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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