Author: Thomas B Rowland (1825-1918) and Frideswide F Rowland editors
Year: 1889
Publisher: William McGee
Place: Dublin
Description:
[7]+104+[12 ad] pages wiyh diagrams, charts and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to cover. (Linden - N. 5893; Betts: 8-7) First edition.
Similar to Brand's 1880 directory, but extended in scope. Contents: articles, essays, humorous sketches, a list of the chess clubs and associations of the United Kingdom, names of the addresses of well-known players and of players willing to visit clubs, addresses of chess resorts in London, continental chess resorts, a list of chess periodicals and chess columns, chess laws and prize problems.
Condition:
Soiled, front gutter reinforced, corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, heal edges stained, lacks end papers, some occasional pencil notations else a good copy,