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Frere's Chess Handbook. Containing Elementary Instructions and the Laws of Chess, Together with Fifty Select Games by the First
por Thomas Frere (1820-1900)
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- About Very Good
- Livreiro
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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xii+229-334 pages with diagrams and pictorial title. Small octavo (6 1/2" x 4 1/4"). Issued in decorative embossed cloth with lettering and decorative gilt design on the spine. (Hagedorn: 45). First edition.
Thomas Frere (1820-1900) was one of the foremost promoters of chess in the USA in the 19th century. He helped organize the 1st American Chess Congress in New York. He was a player in the minor tournament of that congress. He organized the first Brooklyn chess club. He was one of the organizers of the Manhattan Chess Club. He organized the Fifth American Chess Congress in 1880 and the Sixth American Chess Congress in 1886. He worked as a clerk at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York.
Condition:
Corners bumped, spine ends rubbed through, previous owner's name on front end paper, title soiled, Doodling in pencil to back free end paper else about very good.
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- Livreiro
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- BOOKS005938
- Título
- Frere's Chess Handbook. Containing Elementary Instructions and the Laws of Chess, Together with Fifty Select Games by the First
- Autor
- Thomas Frere (1820-1900)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - About Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First
- Editorial
- T W Strong
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1858
- Páginas
- xii+229-334 pages with diagrams and pictorial title
- Dimensão
- Small octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Sobre The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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