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Chess Sparks or Short and Bright Games of Chess
by John Henry Ellis (editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
[5]+160+[24 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration of queen and lettering to front cover, front cover edge ruled. (Betts:24-15). First edition.
A collection of 400 miniature games (i.e. under 25 moves), played between 1760 and 1894, without annotations. in 113 cases, the winning continuations of the games are left for the reader to solve; solutions appear at the end. Also includes a chronological list of the important matches and tournaments, 1824-1894, and index of players.
Condition:
Stain to front cover, corners and spine ends moderately rubbed and bumped else a good to very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C0480
- Title
- Chess Sparks or Short and Bright Games of Chess
- Author
- John Henry Ellis (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Pages
- [5]+160+[24 ad] pages with diagrams and index.
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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