Backgammon: Its History and Practice (1844)

Name/Title

Backgammon: Its History and Practice (1844)

Entry/Object ID

BG-2025.0012

Description

Here is the original publication that was resurrected in a popular facsimile edition under the title 'Comic Backgammon' in 1931.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Sequence

Other Number

1844

Dimensions

Width

4-1/2 in

Length

6-1/2 in

Book Details

Illustrator

Edition

First

Date Published

1844

Condition

Date Examined

Jul 5, 2023

Notes

FIRST EDITION Small octavo (17 x 11 cm) pp vii, [viii], 79, [1] imprint, vignette title, text illustrations by Kenny Meadows, publisher's blind-decorated red cloth over limp card covers, wit hilt titles to upper. All edges gill yellow-coated endpapers. Light even browning throughout; creasing to lower corners of some central leaves. heavy pencil ownership to fly-leaf. Sewing a little loose in places. Light rubbing to cloth; head pulled, with some toning to spine. Very Good.