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Chessmen

A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson

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Description:The game of chess has spread throughout the world since its earliest beginnings in the Ganges Valley nearly 5,000 years ago. Craftsmen have made sets and ieces from a wide variety of different materials: boxwood, ebony, softwoods, ivory, bone, glass, precious stones, silver, gold, brass, stainless steel and plastics.This attractive book illustrates and discusses the many different chesspieces which have been made, from sets of Meissen porcelain to simple wartime sets made from cartridge cases.A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson traces the history of the game, and describes the few pieces which have survived from the medieval period. He considers the contribution of different coountries: Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. Finally he surveys the wide variety of attractive and individual sets made in the Far East.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chessmen. To get started finding Chessmen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 97

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Octopus

Release: 1967

ISBN: 070640050X

Description: The game of chess has spread throughout the world since its earliest beginnings in the Ganges Valley nearly 5,000 years ago. Craftsmen have made sets and ieces from a wide variety of different materials: boxwood, ebony, softwoods, ivory, bone, glass, precious stones, silver, gold, brass, stainless steel and plastics.This attractive book illustrates and discusses the many different chesspieces which have been made, from sets of Meissen porcelain to simple wartime sets made from cartridge cases.A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson traces the history of the game, and describes the few pieces which have survived from the medieval period. He considers the contribution of different coountries: Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. Finally he surveys the wide variety of attractive and individual sets made in the Far East.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chessmen. To get started finding Chessmen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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