The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of that Celebrated Assemblage, Held in New York, in the Year 1857..

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. Very Good. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blind-embossed terracotta cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xii,[13]-563,[5],6,[2]pp.; chromolithographed frontispiece with tissue guard printed black, gilt, and bright green, black and white illustrations throughout. Light edgewear and mild scuffing and spotting to boards. Binding sound. Contemporary bookseller ticket to rear pasteodown; else unmarked; Very Good. Includes the frontispiece dedicated to tournament winner and prodigy Paul Morphy, the Problem Tournay, a section on chess in Benjamin Franklin's life, and a discourse on the Kempelen Automaton. A landmark volume in American chess history. (Inventory #: 32201)