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M
ARACHE'S
MANUAL
OF
CHESS.
Containing a
de-
scription
of
the
Board
and
t'_ie
Pieces,
Chess
Notation,
Technical
Terms
with
diagrams
illustrating
tacm,
Eolative
Value
of
the
Pieces,
Laws
of
the
Game,
General
Observations
on
the
Pieces,
Preliminary
Games
for
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Filty
Openings
of
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latest
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Slodcru
M.vstors,
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best
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and
copious
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Twenty
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showing
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ways
of
effecting
Check-
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Thirty-six
ingenious
Diagram
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and
Sixteen
curious
Chess
Strata-
gems.
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Treatise
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Backgammon,
Russian
Back-
gammon
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Dominoes,
the
whole
being
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of
the
best
Books
for
Beginners
ever
published.
By
N.
M.\jiache,
Chess
Editor
of
"
Wilkes*
Spirit
of
the
Times."
Bound
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cloth
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price
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^FAITH'S
A3IEIIICAN
DRAUGHT
PLAYER
;
or,
The
Theory
and
Practice
of
the
Scientific
Game
of
Checkers.
Simplified
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il-
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upwards
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By
Henry
Spayth.
Third
edition,
with
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two
hundred
corrections
and
improve-
ments,
containing
:
The
Standard
Laws
of
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Full
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Draught
Board
numbered.
Names
of
the
Games
and
how
formed.
The
"
Theory
of
the
Move
and
its
Changes
"
practically
explained
and
illustrated
-with
Diagrams,
Plaj-ing
Ta-
bles
for
Draught
Clubs,
New
gystems
of
Numbering
the
Board,
Prefixing
Signs
t j
the
Variations,
ejtc.
Bound
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gilt
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and
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SIPAYTH'S
GAME
OF
DRAUGHTS.
Containing
up-
wards
of
Five
Hundred
Games
and
Positions,
full
Instructions,
the
Move
and
its
Changes,
Laws
of
the
Game,
etc.
By
Henry
Spayth,
author
of
"The
American
Draught
Player.''
This
book
is
entirely
new,
and
although
it
is
designed
as
an
ad-
dition
or
supplement
to
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autlior's
first
work,
"
The
American
Draught
Player,"
it
is
complete
in
itself.
It
contains
lucid
Instructions
for
Begirmers,
Laws
of
the
Game,
Diagrams,
the
Score
of
oOO
games,
together
with
about
84 novel,
instructive,
and
ingenious
"
critical
positions."
Cloth,
gilt
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j^PAYTH'S
DRAUGHTS
or
Checkers
for
Bei-mners.
Being
a
comprehensive
Guide
for
those
who
desire
to
learn
the
Game.
This
treatise
was
v
itten
by
Henry
Spayth,
the
celebrated
player,
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is
by
far
the
most
complete
and
.nstructive
elementary
work on
Draughts
ever
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It
is
pro-
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%vith
diagrams
of
ingenious
stratagems,
curious
positions
and
per-
plexing
problems,
an
1
contains
a
great
variety
of
interesting
and
instructive
Games,
progressively
arranged
and
clearly
explained
with
notes
bo
that
the
learner
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them.
"With
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aid
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valuable
Manual,
a
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the
theory
of
Checkers,
and
will
only
require
a
Little
practice
to
become
proficient
in
the
Game.
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'PHE
GAME
OF
BILLIARDS.
By
Michael
Phelan.
Eighth
edition,
revised
and
enlarged.
Embellished
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a
Steel
Portrait
of
the
Aut:iorand
fi:"ty-one
Engra^angs
and
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hausts
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can
te
said
about
Billiards.
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contains
the
rcAased
Laws
of
aU
the
Games,
with
clear
directions
how
to
make
every
variety
of
Shot,
etc.
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WALKER'S
CRIBBAGE
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Treatise
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Anthony
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scientific
work
on
Five-Card
Cribbage.
By
George
Walker,
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This
is
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very
comprehensive
work
on
this
Game,
being
the
most
complete
ever
written.
It
contains
over
500
examples
of
how
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Small
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THE
GAME
OF
WHIST
:
Bulea,
Directions
and
Maxims
to
be
Observed
in
playing
it.
ConLining,
also.
Primary
Rules
for
Beginners,
Explanations
and
Directions
for
Old
Players,
and
the
Laws
of
the
Game.
Compiled
from
Hoyle
and
Matthews.
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