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1889 1ed Chess Players Textbook Gossip Rules Strategy Opening Ending Gambit

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1889 1ed Chess Players Textbook Gossip Rules Strategy Opening Ending Gambit

American-English chess master and esteemed writer, George Gossip presents The Chess Players Text Book. This scare chess treatise is designed for those new to the game of chess and is filled with instructive strategies. Contained within are a variety of subjects for beginners to learn such as strategies for openings, endings, as well as numerous illustrative games.

Item number: #40038

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GOSSIP, G.H.D.

The chess players text book : an elementary treatise on the game of chess

New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, [1889]. [First Edition]

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

VI, [1], 8-156, [4]

Illustrated throughout

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Green cloth

Size: ~6.5in X 5in (16.5cm x 12.5cm)

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