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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV

Sat, Oct 25, 2025 12:00PM EDT
Lot 174

[AUTOMATA]. Three Extracts On the Automaton Chess Player. I...

Estimate: $100 - $200

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[AUTOMATA]. Three Extracts On the Automaton Chess Player. Including: ?An Oxford Graduate." ?Observations on the Automaton Chess Player, now exhibited in London, at No. 4, Spring Gardens." pp. 298-308. ? ?Automatic Chess and Card Playing." London, 1875. From The Cornhill Magazine. pp. 584-96. ? (and) POE, Edgar Allan. ?Maelzel's Chess Player." pp. 891-908, with an illustrated leaf from ?The Mirror" laid in. Three extracts, with bookplates of Edwin A. Dawes or Stanley Collins.