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NY: James Cockroft and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, foxing to first and last thirty . leaves, title page nearly detached, rear flyleaf removed.. 1875. Hardcover. Decorative beveled green cloth boards. Preface by Philip Gates. Pages all have red ruled borders. Top edges gilt. A Victorian de luxe compilation of "the best things that have been written regarding the ever-welcome Christmas-tide and its kindly belongings", including works by Clement C. Moore, Sir Walter Scott, Bayard Taylor, Adelaide Proctor, E. H. Sears, Tennyson, Milton, Longfellow, Eliza Cook, Charles Dickens, Thackeray and many others. Illustrated throughout by such artists as Gustave Dore, Thomas Nast, Birket Foster, and others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 383 pages .
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A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess: Containing Numerous General Rules and Remarks, Also, the Most Approved Method of Beginning the Game Exemplified in Five Openings; with Reasons for Every Move, the Whole Written Expressly for Beginners
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A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess: Containing Numerous General Rules and Remarks, Also, the Most Approved Method of Beginning the Game Exemplified in Five Openings; with Reasons for Every Move, the Whole Written Expressly for Beginners
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London: James Fraser. Good; Wear to head and foot of spine, two stains on front boards, foxing . and dampstaining to first and last several leaves, penciled gift . inscription on front free endpaper.. 1831. First Edition. Leather. Halfbound in red leather with red cloth boards. Author name and flourishes stamped in gilt on spine. xi, 320 pp. List of subscribers at front with several printed names pasted in and some stains. According to Wikipedia, William Lewis (1787-1870) was a noted English chess player and instructor, as well as the first person to be described as a chess Grandmaster. He was also one of the operators hidden inside the famous chess-playing automaton, "The Turk", when it toured London. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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