" He achieved fame by winning a celebrated match against the French champion St Amant, gave his name to a set of chessmen that has become standard, edited the first English chess magazine and by his originality and enthusiasm brought about the first International Chess Tournament. This remarkable man was Howard Staunton, the only British chess master of whom it could be said that at one time he was the world's leading player." "In 1847 came Staunton's first and greatest work on chess, the Chess-Player's Handbook. It was at once an immense success and remained so throughout his lifetime and long after. In between the years 1847 and 1935 it was republished 21 times." Harry Golombek
- ISBN10 0713450568
- ISBN13 9780713450569
- Publish Date 25 April 1985
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 September 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pavilion Books
- Imprint Batsford Ltd
- Edition Facsimile of 1847 ed
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 528
- Language English