The Chess-Player's Handbook, a Popular and Scientific introduction to the Game of Chess

Howard Staunton

Published by George Bell & Sons, 1890
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1890. No Edition Remarks. 544 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Tears to some pages, text remains readable. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Marking to front board. Seller Inventory # 1735892524ABS

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Title: The Chess-Player's Handbook, a Popular and ...
Publisher: George Bell & Sons
Publication Date: 1890
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with Diagrams (illustrator). Later Edition. spotting and fading to cloth, internal browning, notes in ink, 8vo, 215pp. A good reading copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 0751403

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Published by Studio Edns., 1992
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Published by George Bell & Sons, 1893
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. heavy, extra postage may be required. the boards are worn and marked. foxing. binding has been repaired. all pages remain clear and much legible. fair condition [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 42ry

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Published by George Bell & Sons, 1890
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Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1861
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Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Second (First Revised) Edition. Invaluable guidance for the chess enthusiast. Second (First Revised) Edn., 1861; full burgundy cloth; decorative borders/designs blind-stamped to front/rear boards; chess-board illus. blocked in gilt (very worn) to front board; floral pattern blind-stamped full to spine, with titling/library classification number blocked in gilt (very worn); black silk marker; replacement endpapers (not recent) of plain brown paper; viii+518pp.; illus. col. (including gold) frontispiece/bw. diagrams. Slightly scuffed/sunned spine lightly worn at top/tail, but intact/quite clean; stained/very soiled boards rubbed/slightly bumped at corners; page edges very tanned; printed 'Norwich Free Library' leaflet (rules/regulations) affixed to front paste-down endpaper; neat 'Norwich Free Library' stamp to verso frontispiece/recto title page/p.518 at bottom margin/sporadic pages at bottom margins, but no further internal library disfigurements; pages clean/quite crisp; rear hinge weak, but binding secure, all intact. Poor. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback. Seller Inventory # 26149

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