AMATEURS. Traité Théorique et Pratique du Jeu des Echecs par un Société d'Amateurs , Paris: chez Stoupe, 1775, 12°, FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY inscribed: "presented by Mr. Kieseritzky to his friend John Campbell " with half title and 2-leaf privilege at end (some corners creased), 19th century blue morocco-backed boards (rubbed). [Van der Linde Jartausend 141 (misdated 1776)] -- [Robert LAMBE] The History of Chess together with short and plain instructions , London: for J. Wilkie and G. Frier, 1765, 8° in 4's, second edition, folding letterpress table (inner margins wormed), contemporary half calf (upper cover detached). [VDL 1457] -- François André Danican PHILIDOR. Analysis of the Game of Chess ... a new edition , [the first edition to be enlarged by Philidor], London: for P. Elmsly, 1790, 2 volumes, 8°, engraved frontispiece portrait (small stain to lower margin of frontispiece, title to vol. II soiled at lower margin and with small piece torn away, final gathering in each vol. almost detached), old boards backed in green cloth (spines worn, inner hinges split), ownership inscription of Francis Courtenay, Tunbridge Wells, 1832. [VDL 2006] With 2 later Philidorian books. (6)
AMATEURS. Traité Théorique et Pratique du Jeu des Echecs par un Société d'Amateurs , Paris: chez Stoupe, 1775, 12°, FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY inscribed: "presented by Mr. Kieseritzky to his friend John Campbell " with half title and 2-leaf privilege at end (some corners creased), 19th century blue morocco-backed boards (rubbed). [Van der Linde Jartausend 141 (misdated 1776)] -- [Robert LAMBE] The History of Chess together with short and plain instructions , London: for J. Wilkie and G. Frier, 1765, 8° in 4's, second edition, folding letterpress table (inner margins wormed), contemporary half calf (upper cover detached). [VDL 1457] -- François André Danican PHILIDOR. Analysis of the Game of Chess ... a new edition , [the first edition to be enlarged by Philidor], London: for P. Elmsly, 1790, 2 volumes, 8°, engraved frontispiece portrait (small stain to lower margin of frontispiece, title to vol. II soiled at lower margin and with small piece torn away, final gathering in each vol. almost detached), old boards backed in green cloth (spines worn, inner hinges split), ownership inscription of Francis Courtenay, Tunbridge Wells, 1832. [VDL 2006] With 2 later Philidorian books. (6)
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