An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; Containing One Hundred Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; Including the Whole of Philidor's Analysis, with Copious Selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c. Arranged on a New Plan, with Instructions for Learners

Published by Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & J. Lea, and Abraham Small, 1824

About this Item

Binding tight with cracking to spine edges and wear to leather corners. Light foxing and toning throughout; pages otherwise clean and clear with small calligraphic prior owner signature to front endpaper. Foldout chessboard plate is intact with a couple of tears. No idea whether the leather-and-marbled-cloth boards are original. One of the first chess guides, anonymously compiled from a variety of sources -- including poems! -- and first published in London in 1802; first published in the United States in 1817 and reprinted in 1824. Uncommon in any edition. 4-1/4 x 7-1/8". 267 pages. Seller Inventory # 5208

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; ...

Publisher: Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & J. Lea, and Abraham Small

Publication Date: 1824

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good