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(Chess.) J. Bishop: 'Chess & Draughts made easy. Containing ...

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(Chess.) J. Bishop: 'Chess & Draughts made easy. Containing instructions to learners, and hints to advanced players. With rules for playing, and games for practice', London, A. & S. Joseph Myers & Co, [nd], circa 1855, 52pp, 12mo (12 x 7.5cm), engraved illustrations in text, original limp blindstamped cloth gilt, all edges gilt. A very rare C19th book on Chess and Draughts, only 1 copy extant listed on Copac/JISC Library Hub in British Library, and not present in exhaustive Chess & Draughts bibliographies

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