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A Treatise on the Game of Chess Containing a Regular System of Attack and Defence Also Numerous Rules and Examples Teaching the Most Approved Method of Playing Pawns at the End of Game
by Sarratt J. H
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: printed for William Miller, 1808. Complete in 2 volumes. Collation, xxxi[1]271pp, [4]3to349pp, half title present. Bound in modern quarter calf, marble boards, raised bands, gilt tooling and title lettering. Bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, page edges trimmed on volume 2, volume one uncut. Early previous owners name inscription on blank endpaper and top margin of title page in volume two. Some minor light staining to a few pages, some occasional light spotting. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A good clean well bound set.. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo.
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- George Jeffery Books
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- Title
- A Treatise on the Game of Chess Containing a Regular System of Attack and Defence Also Numerous Rules and Examples Teaching the Most Approved Method of Playing Pawns at the End of Game
- Author
- Sarratt J. H
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Chess
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; First Editions; Antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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