[Checkers]. The Elements of Draughts; or, Beginners' Sure Guide: Containing a Thorough and Minute Exposition of Every Principle, Separately Explained: Together with Model Games, Illustrative of all the Openings. Illustrated by Diagrams: Exhibiting Critical Positions, to be Won or Drawn by Scientific Play.

SWEET, I.D.J. (Draught Editor of the New York "Clipper").

Published by New YorkRobert M. de Witt Publisher 160 & 162 Nassau Street. ., 1859

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FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (15.5 x 10 cm). pp.vii+8-108. Original grey cloth stamped in blind and decorated in gilt, adverts to endpapers. 20 black & white diagrams. Lightly toned, generally an excellent example in the original cloth. The motive of the following book according to the preface is "simply to teach you how to master and comprehend the principles of the beautiful and scientific game of draughts" (preface). The New York Clipper, also known as The Clipper, was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924. It covered many topics, including circuses, dance, music, the outdoors, sports, and theatre.

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• Title: [Checkers]. The Elements of Draughts; or, Beginners' Sure Guide: Containing a Thorough and Minute Exposition of Every Principle, Separately Explained: Together with Model Games, Illustrative of all the Openings. Illustrated by Diagrams: Exhibiting Critical Positions, to be Won or Drawn by Scientific Play.
• Publisher: New YorkRobert M. de Witt Publisher 160 & 162 Nassau Street. .
• Publication Date: 1859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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