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Elements of the Game of Chess or A New Method of Instruction in that Celebrated Game Founded on Scientific Principles Containing Numerous General Rules Remarks and Examples
by Lewis, William
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longman and co, 1822. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1822. A Fine copy, clean and bright without inscriptions or annotation. Bound in full modern brown calf, 5 raised bands and twin red and black morocco title labels, new endpapers. 8vo
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- finecopy ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110310
- Title
- Elements of the Game of Chess or A New Method of Instruction in that Celebrated Game Founded on Scientific Principles Containing Numerous General Rules Remarks and Examples
- Author
- Lewis, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman and co, 1822
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finecopy ltd
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About finecopy ltd
Finecopy Ltd is a member of the ABA ILAB and the PBFA based in the South West of England. We specialise in all English literature including modern authors and Modern Art. We also carry a collection of important and interseting works across the antiquarian spectrum from Science to Economics
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- New
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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