Agnel, H. R: The Book of Chess: Containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary Analysis of the Most Popular Openings.  Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters; Including Staunton's Analysis of the King's and Queen's Gambits, Numerous Positions and Problems on Diagrams, Both Original and Selected; Also A Series of Chess Tales, with Illustrations Engraved from Original Designs.  The Whole Extracted and Translated from the Best Sources

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Agnel, H. R : The Book of Chess: Containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary Analysis of the Most Popular Openings. Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters; Including Staunton's Analysis of the King's and Queen's Gambits, Numerous Positions and Problems on Diagrams, Both Original and Selected; Also A Series of Chess Tales, with Illustrations Engraved from Original Designs. The Whole Extracted and Translated from the Best Sources

D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1868

Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and gilt decoration of a chess board on the front cover. 5" x 7 1/2." 507 pages, complete. Black and white illustrations including four black and white plates, complete. Eight additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Pages and covers are intact. There is faint dampstaining and foxing throughout the book on the pages, affecting text but not the readability. The top portion of the covers and spine have black staining. A Good copy. Chapters: "The Rudiments of the Game," "The Kin's Bishop's Opening," "The King's Knight's Opening," "Staunton's Analysis of the King's Gambit, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters," and "The Queen's Gambit.". Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover

Agnel, H. R : The Book of Chess: Containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary Analysis of the Most Popular Openings. Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters; Including Staunton's Analysis of the King's and Queen's Gambits, Numerous Positions and Problems on Diagrams, Both Original and Selected; Also A Series of Chess Tales, with Illustrations Engraved from Original Designs. The Whole Extracted and Translated from the Best Sources is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Barry Cassidy Rare Books.

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