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Chess players' annual and club directory 1892
by Thomas B.Rowland (1825-1918) and Frideswide F Rowland editors
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good
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About This Item
[7]+104+[12 ad] pages wiyh diagrams and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. (Linden - N. 5893; Betts: 8-10) Sixth annual edition. First edition.
Similar to Brand's 1880 directory, but extended in scope. Contents: articles, essays, humorous sketches, a list of the chess clubs and associations of the United Kingdom, names of the addresses of well-known players and of players willing to visit clubs, addresses of chess resorts in London, continental chess resorts, a list of chess periodicals and chess columns, chess laws and prize problems. The 1892 edition did not include articles but directory only.
Condition: Covers soiled, corners and spine heal bumped, old bookseller's stamp to front pastedown else good to very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2532
- Title
- Chess players' annual and club directory 1892
- Author
- Thomas B.Rowland (1825-1918) and Frideswide F Rowland editors
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William McGee, George Bell & Son, I M Bown, N Preti, W H Lyons
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, London, Leeds, Paris and Newport
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- [7]+104+[12 ad] pages wiyh diagrams and illustrations
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
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