Morphy's Games of Chess. 300 games by the Greatest Chess Player of all Tine

Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1871-1952)

Edité par Dover Publications, New York, 1965

x+352+[1]+[13 ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams, appendix and indexes. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Introduction by Fred Reinfeld. (Betts: 29-89)

Reprinted with revisions 1916 (a new prefatory note is dated July, 1916); further reprinted 1919, 1921, 1925, 1930 and 1937. Also published New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1916 and New York, Dover 1957. This work supersedes Lowethal's, but closely follows its arrangement, with first a biography, followed by part 1 of the games (matches and Congress of 1857), part 2 (simultaneous and consultation games), part 3 (blindfold games), part 4 (casual games), and part 5 (games at odds). The biography has been rewritten, the annotation overhauled and the number of games increased from 206 to 300.

Condition: Rebound. Lightly soiled, previous owner's name to frontispiece verso else very good. N° de réf. du vendeur C3191

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Titre : Morphy's Games of Chess. 300 games by the ...
Éditeur : Dover Publications, New York
Date d'édition : 1965
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Assez bon