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Agnel, Hyacinth R., 1779-1871
Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874
Title
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses 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
Publisher
New-York : D. Appleton & Co.
Description
Book, cloth, with cover design in gold of chess board with caption: White having to play can checkmate in 6 moves; frontispiece
[10] pages of publisher's advertisements at end
Robert Todd Lincoln's copy. Handwritten in black ink on inside front cover: "R.T. Lincoln Springfield Illinois"; handwritten in pencil on front free endpaper: "Robert T. Lincoln Springfield Illinois"; handwritten in black ink on first preliminary page with decorative red florishes and drawing of an American flag: "Robert T. Lincoln" and in red "March[?] 58"; handwritten in black ink on back free endpaper: "This book was stolen from R.T. Lincoln Springfield Illinois" continued in blue ink in a different hand "by his wife Mary Harlan Lincoln and given by her to his granddaughter Mary Harlan Lincoln Beckwith"; handwritten in black ink on inside back cover: "RT Lincoln"
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Subjects: Chess
Language English
Publication date 1857
publication_date QS:P577,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: lincolncollection; americana
Accession number
bookofchessconta00agne
Authority file  OCLC: 904346819
Source
Internet Archive identifier: bookofchessconta00agne
https://archive.org/download/bookofchessconta00agne/bookofchessconta00agne.pdf
  • IA contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
  • IA digitizing sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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