An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor
An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor
An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor
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An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hindered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor

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Year: 1824

Publisher: H C Carey & I Lea, and Abraham Small

Place: Philadelphia and New York

Description:

267 pages. Small octavo (7" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with a new spine and label and original boards housed in a custom slipcase. (Hagedorn: p54-55, 7. 1824)

Willard Fiske noted that this was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1806. Editions in one volume afterwards appeared in 1809, 1813, 1819, and at other times. the name of the compiler has never been made public. the miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays, and poems at the end is ot without interest. The openings and games are all in numerical notation and no diagrams are given.

Condition:

New spine in a custom made slipcase, ruminants of old book plate on front paste down, lacks folding plate else a very good copy.