Draughts. Match Games, Between Robert Martins, of England, and James Wyllie, of Scotland, 62 Games, for a HUNDRED POUNDS... and the Championship of England and Scotland....
N.p. N.p., n.y. Pamphlet. 24mo. Stiff wrappers. 32pp. Checkerboard graphics. Very good. Bit of wear to outer wrappers (only) and minor wrinkling; tiny inked notes to several pages. Item #52255
Undated modern facsimile reprint of the scarce undated first edition, printed by William Love of Glasgow in 1864. Call observes that it "is now valued at $1 a copy" -- an impressive sum in 1908. Detailed tables record every move of each day’s matches. This cryptic production perhaps dates from the 1970s. Inner front wrapper bears two small gold foil printed name/address label of the "John Caldwell-Irving Windt Library of Checkers" of Dubuque.
Price: $20.00