[Rarebooks] FS: First Book on Chess by an American Published in America, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $500 NET

ELEMENTS OF CHESS. Boston: W. Pelham, 1805. First Edition. Bound in 
modern quarter green goatskin leather; folding frontispiece of chess 
board in expert facsimile. The second book published in America on chess 
and the first by an American. To Americanize the game, the author 
suggested renaming the pieces: Governor for King; Captain for Knight; 
Pioneer for Pawn. Quite scarce especially when uncut as with this copy. 
Signature of Stephen North(?) dated 1826 on title page and old ink notes 
on three pages; corners of two leaves lacking resulting in partial loss 
of text in each case. Moderate aging. New endpapers. Nicely bound. 
(#005580) $750.00

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