
Chess & Draughts by "Captain Crawley" - possibly a first edition, 1858
According to chessbookchats.blogspot.com: "This book by Captain Crawley, pseudonym of George Frederick Pardon, went through thirteen editions up to 1880, but the first edition of 1858 is particularly hard to find.
Douglas Betts could find nothing earlier than the 4th edition for his Bibliography, and the LN catalogue of 1955 also only lists the 4th edition onwards. Betts's Bibliography states that the 4th edition has 191 pages and includes 32 games; the first edition has 180 pages and 31 chess games and was one of the first books to include games by Morphy."
My book has 180 pages and a dedication page, rather the usual title page, at the start- so I believe this may indeed be a first edition - a rare beastie indeed, if so. The final line of the book states "Printed by W.H.Cox, 5, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields".
ID | Century | Size | Maker | Nationality | Sold? |
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146 | 19th | n/a | English | no |