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Chess at odds of pawn and move. A Complete Analysis of the Opening; exemplified in two hundred and fifty games, from actual play, contested between some of the best exponents of the last 50 years
by Baxter-Wray
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- Hardcover
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85+[14 ad] pages with diagram. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with blind stamped dark green pictorial and lettering to cover. (Betts: 13-32; Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1844) First edition.
250 games arranged in tabulated form, illustrating openings used in 'pawn and move' odds games. A second edition published in 1891.
Condition: Endpapers with glue shadows. Toned inside. Cover slightly dusty with bumped corners. Spine and back cover stained else good.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2656
- Title
- Chess at odds of pawn and move. A Complete Analysis of the Opening; exemplified in two hundred and fifty games, from actual play, contested between some of the best exponents of the last 50 years
- Author
- Baxter-Wray
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Morgan - Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. - George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, Melbourne, Sydney, New York and Paris
- Date Published
- 1890
- Pages
- 85+[14 ad] pages with diagram
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
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