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Franklin Classics. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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Franklin Classics. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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London: John Jacques & Sons. Very Good-. 1915. Revised Edition. Paperback. A few tiny chips and closed tears to the cover and spine - see image. ; No date given. "Morals of Chess" essay by Dr. Franklin ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 52 pages .

Legare Street Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy... 1809. . New Edn. Contemporary half leather, spine rubbed, paper yellowed otherwise good. pp (viii), 254. Without the engraved plate as often found. Whyld & Ravilious, Chess Texts 1809:2. LN 610. chess antiquarian 61.

Baltimore: Joseph Neal, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Owner signature and date (1842) on free endpaper. In original dark green cloth, with worn, unreadable spine label, and chipping to spine tip.

London:: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy,, 1820.. A New Edition, Carefully Revised. . original boards with printed paper label on spine.. Bookplate; old ownership signature; chipped along the joints and at the extremities of the spine; contents very nice.. 12mo,. Lacks the frontispiece diagram..

[8]+254+[2 pages publisher's advertisements] lacks frontispiece. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 4 3/4") rebound in 3/4 leather with paisley boards. Contains Sir William Jones' poem "Cassia: or The Game of Chess, A Poem"; based upon Pratt's "Studies of Chess". (Van der Linde: 613) 5th English edition.This was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1802 (2 volumes). First published in America in 1817 and reprinted in 1824. The name of the compiler has never been established. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest. The openings and games are all in the numerical notation and no diagrams are given. (Hagedorn: 55p)Condition:Rebound in decorative half leather with red spine label with gilt lettering, new end papers and paste downs, lacks frontispiece fold out chess board, else about very good.

Legare Street Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Palala Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy,, 1820. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in recent plain brown cloth. Lacks frontis and last couple of pages, otherwise very good indeed with slight scattered foxing to contents. Octavo. viii, 246pp.

267 pages. Small octavo (7" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with a new spine and label and original boards housed in a custom slipcase. (Hagedorn: p54-55, 7. 1824)Willard Fiske noted that this was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1806. Editions in one volume afterwards appeared in 1809, 1813, 1819, and at other times. the name of the compiler has never been made public. the miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays, and poems at the end is ot without interest. The openings and games are all in numerical notation and no diagrams are given.Condition:New spine in a custom made slipcase, ruminants of old book plate on front paste down, lacks folding plate else a very good copy.