{"product_id":"the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-vii-8","title":"The Westminster Papers. A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and the Drama Volume VII (7)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Telemachus Brownsmith and William Norwood Potter (editors)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW Kent and Company, W W Morgan, J Menzies and Company, McGlashan and Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon, Edinburgh and Dublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[ii]+256 pages with one plate, diagrams, tables and index. Quarto (10 1\/2\" x 8 1\/2\") bound in gold cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Betts: 7-13) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume one has the title \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Chess Club Papers\u003c\/em\u003e and published between 1869 and 1879, volumes 1 through 11 no more published. The full name was \u003cem\u003eThe Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal Of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill, and the Drama\u003c\/em\u003e and, although a vehicle of the Westminster Chess Club, it covered a variety of recreational activities. William Norwood Potter began as one of its Chess editors, but soon founded his own venture, \u003cem\u003eThe City of London Chess Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, writing, \"...our Magazine will be devoted entirely to Chess; and we say this without any disparagement of our contemporary, the \u003cem\u003eWestminster Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, which, while it appeals to a more general class of readers than is contemplated by us, nevertheless, never ceases to bestow the greatest possible attention upon that portion of its pages which is devoted to Chess... \"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eModern binding, previous owner's book plate on front pastedown, some occasional marginal pencil notations, corners bumped, closed tear to page 151 else a very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45063281475784,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/files\/w7.jpg?v=1776965289","url":"https:\/\/chesscollectorshop.com\/products\/the-westminster-papers-a-monthly-journal-of-chess-whist-games-of-skill-and-the-drama-volume-vii-8","provider":"The Chess Collector","version":"1.0","type":"link"}