Stanley, Charles Henry — The Chess Player's Instructor or, Guide to Beginners, Containing All the Information Necessary to Acquire a Knowledge of the Game

New York, R.M. De Witt, 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Stated Third Edition. Bound attractively in full-color paper over boards, green cloth-backed. Scuffing to edges and tips, light pulling to the first two signatures, else still tightly bound and clean and unmarked of interior. A hirsute, heavy cloak-wearing man is playing against a crinoline dress-sporting woman, and she's crushing him. R.M. De Witt's other books are featured in advertisement on rear panel. including "Webster's Practical Letter Writer." Table of Contents lists "Arrangement of the Board," "Castling the King," "Queening a Pawn," "On the Openings," and much more. Nearly a dozen chess diagrams. Penned by an acknowledged chess master instructor, Charles Henry Stanley. His Wikipedia entry notes that he was the first U.S. chess champion! In 1846 he founded the American Chess Magazine. iv [3], 8-72 pp. + 11 pp. of publisher ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good