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Allman.Chess.1824
A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824.
| Title: |
HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [rule] | A TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF CHESS; | OR, | SHORT RULES
FOR SHORT MEMORIES; | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME | AND LECTURES. | Selected principally from the | Stratagem of Chess. | [short oxford rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [woodblock] | LONDON : | PRINTED FOR T. AND
J. ALLMAN, | 1824. |
| Collation: |
11.0 x 6.4: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–24 |
| Label: |
BOB SHORT'S | CHESS. | [short rule] | Price Sixpence. |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (1) |
title |
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| A1v (2) |
blank |
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| A2r (3) |
woodblocks of chess men and the chess board |
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| A2v (4) |
blank |
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| A3r–A12r (5–23) |
‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ |
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| A12v (24) |
‘BOB SHORT'S | CHESS LECTURES. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
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| Plates: |
on A2r(3) woodblock: Chess Men and The Chess Board |
| Publisher: |
Thomas and Joseph Allman |
| Printer: |
John M'Gowan (colophon) |
| Price: |
6d. (label) |
| References: |
Rather 119 |
| Colophon: |
‘[short rule] | J. M'Gowan, Great Windmill Street.’ |
| Copies Seen: |
O [Johnson Chapbooks 5]; OCl [789.07 I4S] |
| Other Copies: |
L [D-7913.a.100.(1.)]; MH [SG 3646.787*] |
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