Chess Players Manual

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xi+884+[122 index] pages with illustrations. Thick octavo (8 3/4″ x 6″) bound in original decorative pictorial cover with red, black and gilt stamping on a green cloth. Spine stamped in gilt with red lettering and black decoration. First published in 1875 (London). (Betts: 13-27) Revised edition.

Chiefly consists of a survey of all the openings. Main lines of play are shown in a bold typeface, with notes of sub-variations printed in lighter type. Includes diagrams of critical positions and many illustrative games; also, a selection of 25 problems by various composers. This edition is after S Lipschutz first appearing in 1888 in London and New York by Routledge. This addition with a supplement of “revisions, amendments, specimen games and problems”, from the period 1880-1886.