Chess at odds of pawn and move. A Complete Analysis of the Opening; exemplified in two hundred and fifty games, from actual play, contested between some of the best exponents of the last 50 years

Published by W.W. Morgan - Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. - George Bell & Sons, London, Melbourne, Sydney, New York and Paris, 1890

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85+[14 ad] pages with diagram. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with blind stamped dark green pictorial and lettering to cover. (Betts: 13-32; Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1844) First edition. 250 games arranged in tabulated form, illustrating openings used in 'pawn and move' odds games. A second edition published in 1891. Condition: Endpapers with glue shadows. Toned inside. Cover slightly dusty with bumped corners. Spine and back cover stained else good.

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Title
Chess at odds of pawn and move. A Complete Analysis of the Opening; exemplified in two hundred and fifty games, from actual play, contested between some of the best exponents of the last 50 years
Author
Baxter-Wray
Publisher
W.W. Morgan - Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. - George Bell & Sons, London, Melbourne, Sydney, New York and Paris
Publication year
1890
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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