Author: FISKE, DANIEL WILLARD
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
Description: NY, Rudd & Carleton. 1859, First Edition. Red Buckram, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Plates, Chess Diagrams and Charts; Frontispiece. Ex-Library Hard Cover, 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. Good+.

Keywords: First American Chess Congress, American Chess, American Chess Congress History, First American Chess Congress History Plates, Chess Diagrams and Charts; Frontispiece


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