The chess-player's companion: . comprising a new treatise on odds, and a collection of games ... ; including the great French match with Mons. St. Amant; to which are added a selection of new and instructive problems. By Howard Staunton, ...
Howard Staunton (1810-1874)
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140494
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[1],510p., plate . ill.. . 8vo.. Possibly indigenous. Spine badly cracked and split, text block intact.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Oliver Penrose, 2002, from the collection of his father, Lionel Sharples Penrose [1898-1972], and possibly previously in the collection of L.S. Penrose's grandfather, Alexander Peckover [1830-1919].. Binding: Publisher's red cloth, blind stamped on covers and spine; gilt illustration of chess board on front cover; gilt lettered.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Oliver Penrose, 2002, from the collection of his father, Lionel Sharples Penrose [1898-1972], and possibly previously in the collection of L.S. Penrose's grandfather, Alexander Peckover [1830-1919].
Makers and roles
Howard Staunton (1810-1874)