Marache n (13 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Original publisher's dark brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. No date, circa 1885. 4 1/2" x 7." 156 pages, complete (except for missing back free endpaper). Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Four additional pages in back advertise other books published by Dick & Fitzgerald. Pages are intact overall but back free endpaper is missing, front free endpaper has a piece missing at top measuring 4" (page's width) x 1 1/4," and there are pencil inscriptions on rest of front free endpaper and moderate age toning throughout. Covers are clean and intact overall but have a spot of discoloration on front, tiny spots of discoloration on back, and slight bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. A Good copy. A handbook on how to play chess and other table games such as backgammon, Russian backgammon, and dominoes. This manual focuses on chess and provides a fairly thorough explanation of the game and possible strategies to use. Authored by N. Marache.…

Full title: MARACHE'S MANUAL OF CHESS. CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD AND THE PIECES, CHESS NOTATION, TECHNICAL TERMS WITH DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THEM, RELATIVE VALUE OF THE PIECES, LAWS OF THE GAME, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PIECES, PRELIMINARY GAMES FOR BEGINNERS, FIFTY OPENINGS OF GAMES, GIVING ALL THE LATEST DISCOVERIES OF MODERN MASTERS, WITH BEST GAMES AND COPIOUS NOTES. TWENTY ENDINGS OF GAMES, SHOWING EASIEST WAYS OF EFFECTING CHECKMATE. THIRTY-SIX INGENIOUS DIAGRAM PROBLEMS AND SIXTEEN CURIOUS CHESS STRATAGEMS. TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE ON THE GAMES OF BACKGAMMON, RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON, AND DOMINOES. i-iv, 5-156, [20] pages. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 11.75cm. Original dark brown cloth; light staining and rubbing; spine's gilt stamped lettering remains vibrant. Light toning to edges and leaves; minor nicking at upper fore-edge of first three leaves. Pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With twenty page publisher's catalogue at rear. No publishing/copyright date provided but OCLC cites 1866 with later printing dates through the 1890s quite likely as Dick & Fitzgerald rarely dated any of their publications probably in an effort to keep older titles in their catalogue relevant. OCLC does cite a circa 1915 reprint under the amended imprint of Fitzgerald only. Folded four page brochure "Instructions for Playing Chess" laid-in between pages 104-105 published post-1912 per patent date included within advertisement at bottom of page 4. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good-. 1st Edition. 156 pp illustrated with chess problems, + 4 pages publisher's ads, bound in plum cloth with gilt title and decoration to front and spine. Cloth faded and stained, corners and spine ends scuffed, inscription to ffep, edges tanned, solid if rather worn copy.

156pp. + ads black & white diagrams includes treatise on the games of Backgammon, Russian Backgammon, & Dominoes front hinge & binding cracked, endpapers discolored, else VG.

Cloth. Etat : Good +. No Jacket. Book is bound in brown blindstamped clothe with bright gilt lettering to the spine. Contains 156 clean pages with 4 pages of ads and a tight binding. I cannot find a date anywhere. The book is old. Send an e-mail for pictures. Drawings (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Maroon board with gilt title on spine. 156 pages with four pages of book ads from publisher in rear. No date indicated (likely 1880's).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. colored pict. boards.( 1866), pp., (5), iv, 156, 17 pp of pub's adverts., illustrated, edge wear, cloth spine ends worn, boards are worn, shaken in binidng, ink sig on t.p. Size: 12mo. Book.

Etat : New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . .

Etat : New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. Hard cover. Near very good condition with light shelf wear to edges of boards, also to top and bottom of spine, lightly bumped corners, with some spotting front and back, stamp to free front endpaper, endpapers with light separation front and back, binding with some use wear within, otherwise fine with very little age.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

HC, Pictoral Boards. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket Issued. First Edition. [5 ads] 156pp [9 ads]. Condition = Heavy exterior wear. Interior strong but with some foxing. Size: 16mo 6-3/4 x 4-1/2. Hardback.