marache 1815 1875 (1 risultati)

Full title: MARACHE'S MANUAL OF CHESS. CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD AND THE PIECES, CHESS NOTATION, TECHNICAL TERMS WITH DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THEM, RELATIVE VALUE OF THE PIECES, LAWS OF THE GAME, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PIECES, PRELIMINARY GAMES FOR BEGINNERS, FIFTY OPENINGS OF GAMES, GIVING ALL THE LATEST DISCOVERIES OF MODERN MASTERS, WITH BEST GAMES AND COPIOUS NOTES. TWENTY ENDINGS OF GAMES, SHOWING EASIEST WAYS OF EFFECTING CHECKMATE. THIRTY-SIX INGENIOUS DIAGRAM PROBLEMS AND SIXTEEN CURIOUS CHESS STRATAGEMS. TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE ON THE GAMES OF BACKGAMMON, RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON, AND DOMINOES. i-iv, 5-156, [20] pages. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 11.75cm. Original dark brown cloth; light staining and rubbing; spine's gilt stamped lettering remains vibrant. Light toning to edges and leaves; minor nicking at upper fore-edge of first three leaves. Pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With twenty page publisher's catalogue at rear. No publishing/copyright date provided but OCLC cites 1866 with later printing dates through the 1890s quite likely as Dick & Fitzgerald rarely dated any of their publications probably in an effort to keep older titles in their catalogue relevant. OCLC does cite a circa 1915 reprint under the amended imprint of Fitzgerald only. Folded four page brochure "Instructions for Playing Chess" laid-in between pages 104-105 published post-1912 per patent date included within advertisement at bottom of page 4.