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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The pocket chess-board, being a chess and checker-board |
| Date | 1858 |
| Record ID | 517559 |
| Collection Name | Games Collection |
| Reference | (MWA)517559(OCoLC)ocn898160805 |
| Box | 3 |
| Folder | 13 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Chess Checkers Games Toys Board games |
| Description | Being a chess and checker-board provided with a complete set of men, adapted for playing games in rail-cars without disturbing the game. Small, folding chess board with pockets for pieces so that they do not move during play. Includes twenty nine of the original game pieces, lacking three, and including two homemade pieces. |
| Publisher | D Appleton & Company |
| Places | New York, N.Y. |
| Document Type | Board Game |
| Book Type | Games Toys |
| Size | 1 game (1 box, 1 board, 31 pieces) ; in box 16 x 10 cm |
| Catalog Notes | "Price 50 cents." "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1858, by D. Appleton & Co., in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of M. Needle, 1975. MWA |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |