The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, Held in New York, in the Year 1857, with the Papers Read in Its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament
by Fiske, Daniel Willard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. Ex-library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels and markings. Removed pocket remnants on rear ep, library taped gutters, grey endpapers. Exceptionally tight. Slight shelf soiled page edges and some moisture staining. Rebound in red buckram, moderately worn, bumped corners. 563pp., including indeces.. First Edition. Red Buckram. Good+. Illus. by Plates, Chess Diagrams and Charts; Frontispiece. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library Hard Cover.
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- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB9852
- Title
- The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, Held in New York, in the Year 1857, with the Papers Read in Its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament
- Author
- Fiske, Daniel Willard
- Illustrator
- Plates, Chess Diagrams and Charts; Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rudd & Carleton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- First American Chess Congress, American Chess, American Chess Congress History, First American Chess Congress History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games & Humor;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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