[Selkirk. Staunton] The Book of Chess + The Chess Player's Companion

(1) The Book of Chess. A popular and comprehensive guide to all players of that intellectual game with the latest discoveries and full instructions for Blindfold Chess. George H. Selkirk. London, Houlston and Wright, 1868. Halfleather, title on spine and front board in gilt stamping, illustrated and coloured frontispiece with chess problem by J.J. Löwenthal, title, VIII,439 pp. and numerous diagrams. Spine with minor dam., else very good. LN 946.

(2) The Chess-Player's Companion comprising a new treatise on odds and a collection of games (...) including the great French Match with Mons. St. Amant; to which are added a selection of new and instructive problems. Howard Staunton, Esq. London, H.G. Bohn, 1849. Lacks title page, else good. LN 777. Added: (3) Hoyle's Games Modernized. London, G. Routledge and Sons, [1863]. LN 3609 B. (total 3)