Mr. Blackburne's games at chess . selected, annotated and arranged by himself. Edited, with a biographical sketch and a brief history of blindfold chess by P. Anderson Graham.
Joseph Henry Blackburne (1842-1899)
Category
Books
Date
1899
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140496
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[3],331,[1],32p., plate . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Possibly indigenous. Spine cracked, some pages detached.. 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]. Twentieth-century illustrated bookplate, lettered: Ex libris L. S. Penrose.. Binding: Publisher's brown cloth; gilt stamp of chess piece on front cover; spine 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
Joseph Henry Blackburne (1842-1899) Peter Anderson Graham (d.1925)