The Game of Draughts Simplified and Ilustrated with Practical Diagrams, Seventh (7th) Edition
by Anderson, Andrew; revised by Robert McCulloch
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- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, N.D.. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. No date; circa 1900. Square with gently bumped upper corners. Gray pictorial cloth over boards is edge rubbed and somewhat soiled; a few smudges to outer edges of pages (visible when closed). Binding is tight with sound hinges. Some very slight foxing on late pages. Pages are clean but a bit age darkened. Introductory instructional manual on playing draughts (checkers). Basic rules, strategies, elementary positions, games (Ayrshire Lassie, Bristol, Cross, Defiance, Double Corner, Dyke, Fife, Glasgow, Laird and Lady, Maid of the Mill, Old Fourteenth, Second Double Corner, Single Corner, Souter, Whilter, Will o' the Wisp), problems, and solutions to problems. 8.25" (21 cm) tall; 136 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4950014
- Title
- The Game of Draughts Simplified and Ilustrated with Practical Diagrams, Seventh (7th) Edition
- Author
- Anderson, Andrew; revised by Robert McCulloch
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- DRAUGHTS, CHECKERS, CHECKERBOARD, GAMES, GAME, RECREATION, ENTERTAINMENT, HOW, SELF
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; How-To Books;
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