Stamma on the Game of Chess; Containing Numerous Openings of Games, and One Hundred Critical Situations, Illustrated on Coloured Diagrams. A New and Improved Edition, with Notes and Remarks. By William Lewis, Author of 'Oriental Chess'. London: Printed for W. H. Reid, 1818.
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Size: 130 x 200 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), t.p., iii-xii, 337pp., 2pp., (2)]
Full blue cloth binding with a tooled label to the spine. Spine sunned. Binding lightly rubbed, scuffed, and with some marks. Both boards attached with the front joint cracked, and wear to the rear joint and both hinges, some starting. Shelf and edge wear. Slight shelf lean but remains upright. Page edges somewhat toned and foxed. Ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. Text block very clean with occasional foxing, some pages more foxed than others, and occasional pencil marginalia. Binding string partially detached at the front hinge.
