Backgammon: Its Theory and Practice, by George F. Pardon

Backgammon Books

Backgammon: Its Theory and Practice
With Something of Its History

AUTHOR: George F. Pardon

PSEUDONYM: Captain Crawley

YEAR: 1858

PUBLISHER: C. H. Clarke

CITY: London

BINDING: Hardcover

PAGES: vi+110

SIZE: 15 cm high, 10 cm wide

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CONTENTS:

I. Introductory
II. Something of Its History
III. Instructions
IV. The Laws of Backgammon
V. Calculation of Chances
VI. Explanation of Technicalities

ABOUT THE
AUTHOR: "Captain Crawley" was a pseudonym used by George Frederick Pardon (1824-1882) for a series of books he wrote on billiards, backgammon, chess and draughts (checkers), and whist, loo, and cribbage. He took the name from a character in the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackary, which was published as a monthly serial in 1847-48. Crawley is an all-around gamester and mentioned several times in connection with billiards, the subject of Pardon's first book.

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AUTHOR:

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   Backgammon and Draughts (or Checkers)
Comprising G. F. Pardon's complete work and many valuable parts of Andrew Anderson's "Checkers."
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