Name/Title
[Franklin, Benjamin] Franklin, Dr. (Benjamin) Chess Made Easy. New and Comprehensive Rules for Playing the Game of Chess...Description
The first American book on the game of Chess. This includes the first American printing of Franklin's "THE MORALS OF CHESS."
Philadelphia: James Humphrey, 1802. First American edition. 32mo. 97, (1), (8) (ads) pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece. Quarter brown leather, over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt,
Philadelphia: James Humphrey, 1802.
Rare, one example on the market as of February 2025 and only a handful at auction in the past century.