easy introduction game chess containing (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Missing backstip. Front board detached. Lacking title page and other preliminary pages; text begins with the introduction. Most of textblock separated from the rear board. Owner's name on front pastedown and introduction page. Dampstained. (Chess, Games).

[8], xx, 184pp; [4], 142, [2]pp, half titles, frontispiece. 12mo. Old brown mark to upper corner of two leaves vol I. An uncut copy bound in original drab grey boards, expertly rebacked with cream paper; some dusting to e.ps. Early inscription at head of half title. This was first published in London by Ogilvy in 1802, and in America in 1817. The name of the compiler has never been established.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Frontis, 7 x 4, blue-grey boards, printed paper spine labels, 184pp, 142pp. Covers loose and spotted, Volume I front cover and ffep detached, corners bumped, spines gone except for small piece on Volume II, spine labels missing pieces, ink name & inscription (Evey? ? from her grandfather 31 dec-'87), a few loose signatures in Volume I else good. Dr. Franklin's essay "The Morals of Chess" is to be found in Volume II, pages 115-119. Benjamin Franklin started playing chess in the 1730s, which is also the time period that he started working on "Morals", it didn't become public until 1786. This essay was reprinted several times by the end of the 18th centrury and translated into French, German and Russian. It was originally printed on Franklin's Passy Press but no known copy has survived. This book, "An Easy Introduction" was extremely popular and was reprinted many times. FIRST EDITION, EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Zustand: Very Good. New edition. Hardback. Octavo. viii, 246pp. Bound in recent plain brown cloth. Lacks frontis and last couple of pages, otherwise very good indeed with slight scattered foxing to contents.

Folding plate, 7 x 4.25", leather backed marbled boards, 267pp, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped, hinges broken (holding on by threads), couple of inkstamped ownership names, ink inscription from former owner, pp heavily foxed and toned, folding plate has an ink stain and is tearing at folds; an As-Is copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; containing one hundred Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor's Analysis, With copious Selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c. with instructions for learners; Rendering a complete Knowledge of that Scientific Game perfectly easy of Attainment. To which are added, Caissa: A Poem, by Sir William Jones, The morals of chess by Dr. Franklin; Chess and Whist compared; Anecdotes respecting Chess and Chess-players, &c. A New edition, carefully revised. London, 1820. Baldwin Craddock and Joy. VIII. 254 p. Fifth English edition. Later full cloth binding, gilt lettering and library mark on spine. Glued library label "Bath Municipal Reference Library" on front endpapers. Volume removed from the library's collection. - -- - This was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1802 (2 volumes). First published in America in 1817 and reprinted in 1824. The name of the compiler has never been established. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest. The openings and games are all in the numerical notation and no diagrams are given.