Modern Backgammon

Book

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20th-Century American Backgammon

Beautiful period styling on the original dust jacket. The feminine hand reflects the great popularity of backgammon among women during the Modern period.

Beautiful period styling on the original dust jacket. The feminine hand reflects the great popularity of backgammon among women during the Modern period.

Name/Title

Modern Backgammon

Entry/Object ID

BG-2024.0442

Description

Grosvenor Nicholas' 'Modern Backgammon' (1928) is the only American book devoted to backgammon in the 1920's, well ahead of the spate of texts that appeared in 1930. it is a landmark text as it is the first published sourced to explain the innovations of doubling and chouette play in "the Modern Game" of backgammon.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Sequence

Other Number

1928_04_06

Book Details

Author

Grosvenor Nicholas

Edition

First

Publisher

Henry Holt & Company

Date Published

Apr 6, 1928

Time Period

Modern Backgammon

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