London, George Bell & Sons, 1890. Sm. 8vo; pp. viii, 544, 23; frontispiece, diagrams, appendix, index to openings, chess literature, book adverts; original red cloth with gilt title on spine, gilt illustration on front cloth, cloth slightly worn, darkened along spine and edges, bumping to head and tail of spine, small tears on top and bottom of spine edges, clear tape between pages 352 and 353 along spine, writting in blue pen on verso front cloth and front free endpaper, picture taped to first two pages, some pages uncut, minor flecking to some pages, good copy.