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(checkers) . SIXTH AMERICAN CHECKER TOURNEY 1924
Detroit 1925 Morris Systems. 8vo., 249pp., boards, Owner signed. VG. (a3453)
$25.00 draughts . DRAUGHTS: BANKS V. STEWART MATCH GAMES 1922
Dunferline 1922 Paterson Bros. Match Games played in Glasgow January 28-February 11, 1922 for a purse of 500 pounds. 8vo., 71pp. Owner signed. Near VG. (a3455)
$25.00 Parker, W.G. (editor) . LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1925
1925. Issue of The Draughts Review for June 1925. Volume 1 #8. 8vo., pp. 143-162, wraps. Good, cover worn and 2 chips on front cover, one 1x2 inches. The first internal page is also chipped but as this is a page of advertisement it does not affect text of the pamphlet. (a3456)
$25.00 Wendemuth, F. . WENDEMUTH'S CHECKER COMPANION.
Chicago n.d. (c.1900). Hardcover. Octavo, 161pp., index,cloth. Some magazine articles on checkers are very neatly glued to rear end pages. Owner signed. Good , light wear, hinges secure and unbroken. Text bright and clean. (a3463)
$22.00 O'Connor, George (annotated and illustrated) . DRAGHTS. GEORGE O'CONNOR, GLASGOW V. SAMUEL COHEN, LONDON MATCH GAMES ...1926
1926. Octavo, 47pp., illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. Owner signed. VG. (a66750)
$25.00 Spayth, Henry . DRAUGHTS OR CHECKERS FOR BEGINNERS
NY 1866 1st Fitzgerald. Hardcover. 12mo., original brown cloth with gilt decoration on front. Near Fine. Hard to find in this condition. (a71904)
$25.00 Alexander, J. . THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DRAUGHTS
Bristol 1928 J. A. Kear. Revised edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 452pp. plus 52 pages of probems and 16 page supplent, cloth. Lots of ink notation in text, presumably by person who signed the front end paper which appears to be H. M. Damphilon. Good plus, text toned, no DJ. (a78009)
$69.00 Lees, James (annotated by) . FORTY GAMES AT DRAUGHTS PLAYED IN A MATCH BETWEEN JAMES FERRIE, CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 1894-95 AND RICHARD JORDAN CHAMPION OF SCOTLAND 1896
Glasgow 1896 Bryson. Small octavo, 70pp., ads, original wraps. Good, light wear. (a78012)
$35.00 Cousins, S. E. (annotator) . THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY CORRESPONDENCE GAMES
Northampton 1912 Cousins. 12mo. 76pp., original wraps. Good plus. (a78013)
$35.00Baker, E T and James P Reed.. THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS - THE ALMA OPENING
1888 first edidton. Percy Roberts. Hardcover thin octavo. Black cloth with gilt lettering checker board on front panel. 74p. Owner signed. Complete title: " Embracing the games first published by Mr. John Drummond,with corrections and additions by the best analysts...containing upwards of five hundred variations." Good, light cover wear; hinges not cracked or broken in or out; text clean but slightly toned. no dj. (a96118)
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