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The book of the first American Chess Congress containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 : with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament and the stratagems entered in the problem tournay : together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new worlds

Title
The book of the first American Chess Congress [electronic resource] : containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 : with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament and the stratagems entered in the problem tournay : together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new worlds / by Daniel Willard Fiske.
Author
American Chess Congress (1st : 1857 : New York, N.Y.)
Publication
New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1859
Supplementary Content
Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904.
Description
563, [4], 6, [2] p. : ill.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • American Chess Congress 1857 : New York, N.Y.)
  • Chess > Tournaments, 1857
  • Chess > Tournaments > New York (State) > New York
  • Chess > Collections of games
  • Chess > United States > History
  • Chess problems
Note
  • Title-vignette.
  • Includes indexes.
  • Publisher's advertising: [3] p., 2nd count; 6 p., 3rd count; [2] p., 4th count.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 24544.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM11-B1991
Conference
American Chess Congress (1st : 1857 : New York, N.Y.)
Title
The book of the first American Chess Congress [electronic resource] : containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 : with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament and the stratagems entered in the problem tournay : together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new worlds / by Daniel Willard Fiske.
Imprint
New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1859 (R. Craighead, stereotyper and electrotyper)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Antebellum.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904.
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