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The Chess Player's Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings. Fifth Edition with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

The Chess Player's Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings. Fifth Edition with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

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The Chess Player's Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings. Fifth Edition with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

by COOK William

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Frank Hollings,, 1910. Roy. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with title in red and black, and very numerous chess tables throughout, free endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial green cloth, upper board framed and blocked in white and black and lettered in gilt, lower board blocked in white and black, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all lettering entirely legible), covers lightly age-marked else a very good, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisements at front and rear. This edition contains an additional 31 pages of examples from games played 1902-1910. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Betts 13-67.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Chess Player's Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings. Fifth Edition with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Author
COOK William
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Frank Hollings,
Date Published
1910
Keywords
sporting, chess, sports, pastimes, games, board games, william cook

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