GAMES ANCIENT AND ORIENTAL AND HOW TO PLAY THEN. BEING THE GAMES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS THE HIERA GRAMME OF THE GREEKS, THE LUDUS LATRUNCULORUM OF THE RONANS AND THE ORIENTAL GAMES OF CHESS, DRAUGHTS, BAOKGAMMON AND MAGIC SQUARES. NEAR IMMACULATE COPY EDWARD FALKENER

1st edition. Large 8vo. (4 blanks) + iv + original portrait photo plate + 2 - 366 + (2 list) pages complete. Publisher's grey cloth covers, gilt lettering + gilt "Queen Hatashu" on front gilt lettering and cartouche on spine. Original black eps. Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, two very slight bumps front top edge else very clean, unmarked and bright. Contents : faint fox marks very outside edges of pages else very clean, unmarked and unfoxed. Beautiful bright attractive copy, near immaculate. very clean & tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy. F.