Backgammon and Draughts (or Checkers), by George F. Pardon

Backgammon Books

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

AUTHOR: George F. Pardon

YEAR: 1889 (1862)

PUBLISHER: Frederick A. Stokes Company

CITY: New York

BINDING: Hardcover

PAGES: 126

SIZE: 16 cm high, 12 cm wide

NOTE: This is a reprint of Pardon's 1862 book, Draughts and Backgammon, plus a one-page preface. Only 25 pages are devoted to backgammon.

OTHER
EDITIONS: A Handbook of Draughts, with a Chapter on Backgammon, 1862

CONTENTS:

BACKGAMMON
Origin of the Game
Technical Terms of the Game
How the Game is Played
Hoyle's Hints, Observations, and Cautions
Directions for Bearing your Men
The Laws of Backgammon
General Instructions
Playing at Setting Out the thirty-six Chances of the Dice for a Gammon or a Single Hit
How to Play for Chances when you play only for a Hit
Back-Game
A Case of Curiosity
Critical Case for a Back-Game
Calculation of Chances

BY THE SAME
AUTHOR:

   Backgammon: Its History and Practice
George F. Pardon
1844: D. Bogue, London

   Backgammon: Its Theory and Practice
With Something of Its History
George F. Pardon
1858: C. H. Clarke, London

   Comic Backgammon
George F. Pardon
1931: Barry Vail Corporation, New York