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Synopsis of Chess Opening, A Tabular Analysis with American Inventions in the Chess Openings and Fresh Analysis since 1882
by William Cook (1850-1917) and J W Miller association copy with T R Dawson's gift inscription
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Better than Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
270+12 ad pages with diagrams. Royal octavo (9 12" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial of a rook with gilt pictorial of "The night's Tour" to cover. Association copy with T R Dawson's gift inscription to title. (Betts" 12-22) Third edition.
This copy served as the text for the English edition of the American Supplement.
Contains the text of the third edition of the "Synopsis" (to age 140) and the supplement (pages 141-268). Has second title page on 141. Contains a list of chess clubs in the United States and Canada.
Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889-1951) was an English chess problemist and is acknowledged as "the father of Fairy Chess". He invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He introduced the popular fairy pieces grasshopper, nightrider, and many other fairy chess ideas.
Condition: Dawson's gift inscription and other previous owner's name to title. Old news clipping to front endpaper dated 1885. Corners and spine ends bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed through. Rear inner hinge cracked, marginalia else better than good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2563
- Title
- Synopsis of Chess Opening, A Tabular Analysis with American Inventions in the Chess Openings and Fresh Analysis since 1882
- Author
- William Cook (1850-1917) and J W Miller association copy with T R Dawson's gift inscription
- Book Condition
- Used - Better than Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 270+12 ad pages with diagrams
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Marginalia
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Association Copy
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