George Botterill T Harding (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. viii+136 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 This opening is defined by the development of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called "Italian bishop"), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square. It is part of the large family of Open Games or Double King's Pawn Games. The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it occurs in the Göttingen manuscript and was developed by players such as Damiano and Polerio in the 16th century, and later by Greco in 1620, who gave the game its main line. It has been extensively analyzed for more than 300 years. Condition: Previous owner's name to front wrappers else very good in a near fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. London: B. T. Limited, 1977. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped (£4.25 net). No chips, or tears. Square and reasonably tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. NO owner's mname or bookplate. With 120 chessboard diagrams. Bound in the original gilt-stamped light brown boards. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xviii, 140pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 140 pages. tidy copy.