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The Huddersfield College Magazine, Volume VIII
by William John Clarke Miller (1832-19030 and John Watkinson Editors
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
320 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Subscription to The New Chess Magazine, which became the publication of the British Chess Magazine laid in. Volume 8. (Betts: 7-15) First edition.
The Huddersfield College Magazine chess section was superseded by the British Chess Magazine after 1880 with no more published. First published as volume one in October 1872 and issued monthly until September 1880, it was edited by W J C Miller from October 1872 to June 1876 and John Watkinson from July 1876 until 1880. One of the earlier chess magazine published.
Condition:
Heavily rubbed at edges, corners bumped and rubbed through, damaged to front hinge, soiled, some occasional internal soiling, front inner hinge cracked. Over all a good copy of a scarce chess item
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio155
- Title
- The Huddersfield College Magazine, Volume VIII
- Author
- William John Clarke Miller (1832-19030 and John Watkinson Editors
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J E Wheatley & Company
- Place of Publication
- Huddersfield
- Date Published
- 1879-1880
- Pages
- 320 pages with diagrams and index
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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