[Rarebooks] FS: Edwin Dimock's copy of Allen's LIFE OF PHILIDOR MUSICIAN AND CHESS-PLAYER, 1863, in leather binding with chess board design

[Charles Agvent]

ALLEN,  George.  THE LIFE OF PHILIDOR MUSICIAN  AND  CHESS-PLAYER.
Philadelphia:  E. H. Butler Co. 1863. First Edition. Octavo  (5-3/4" x
8-1/2")  bound  by  Pawson & Nicholson in full brown morocco  with  an
elaborate  gilt design on both covers incorporating a chess board with
red  and black morocco onlays and gilt chess pieces on the spine,  all
edges  gilt,  dentelles,  and marbled endpapers. xii, 156  pages.  Two
copies  of  this book were printed on vellum, self-proclaimed  as  the
first  book  printed  on vellum in America. Alas, this is not  one  of
those  two,  but it appears, however, to be one of a  few  large-paper
copies  printed  on  French vellum paper. Signature  of  Edwin  Dimock
dated  New  York 1919 on the first blank. Dimock was a member  of  the
Marshall  Chess  Club  of Manhattan who sponsored  the  Dimock  Gambit
tournament  in 1924 that featured Frank J. Marshall, the United States
champion,  and Carlos Torre. The tournament required all  participants
to begin their games with 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4. Despite the rubbing,
a nice copy in a very attractive binding.                      $750.00

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