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Chess for Beginners. In a series of Progressive Lessons showing the most approved methods of beginning and ending the game; with various situations and checkmates illustrated by numerous diagrams printed in colours.
de William Lewis
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chapman and Hall, 1835. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, black cloth with embossed floral design with gilt vignette of a mounted knight on front. 114 pages with illustrations and 24 colored diagrams including frontispiece. Lewis was a leading chess teacher and author-his most famous pupil was Alexander McDonnell-and for a time he ran chess rooms in St. Martin's Lane. In 1819 he operated the chess-playing automaton The Turk when it was exhibited in London. The Lewis Counter Gambit was name for him. First blank page has "With the Publisher's Compliments" in pencil, otherwise clean, There are 2 small chips to the front cover cloth. (See picture), otherwise a handsome copy of this scarce chess book. Record # 383011
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- Librería
- Browsing Is Arousing
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 383011
- Título
- Chess for Beginners. In a series of Progressive Lessons showing the most approved methods of beginning and ending the game; with various situations and checkmates illustrated by numerous diagrams printed in colours.
- Autor
- William Lewis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Edición
- 1st
- Editorial
- Chapman and Hall
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1835
- Palabras clave
- Sports, Games, , .
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Middlebury, Vermont
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