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The Book of the First American Chess Congress.
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New York 1857. The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage, held in New York, in the year 1857, with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament, and the stratagems entered in the problem tournay; together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new world. 67 games from the tournament with annotations in English. 53 problems including the solutions. Chapter IX, pp. 485-503, 19 pages with a bibliography on American chess books. The bibliography includes 39 items, each with a detailed description. Colored frontispiece. Many diagrams. Descriptive notation. Morphy won. 563 pages. 19 cm. L/N 5184. van der Linde II, 84. Betts 25 - 3.
Condition: From David DeLucia's Chess Library. VG. Very nice original binding.
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