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THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's
THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's

THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON Circa 1880's

$ 369.59

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  • Condition: Book Condition: Some moderate general wear and age staining with a few small tears (note the lower right edge of front cover) and a little creasing but in surprisingly nice shape overall given its age. Pages are clean and binding (thread) is sound.
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    Description

    THE ADVENTURES OF AJEEB THE WONDERFUL CHESS AUTOMATON -
    No author credited
    Deltje & Cutting Printers and Stationers, 115 Pearl St., New York. Undated but circa mid 1880's. Measures roughly 4.5" x 7" and is 24 pages long. An exceedingly scarce item.
    The original booklet about the Chess & Checkers playing automaton.
    While presented as an automaton, the Ajeeb figure actually concealed a highly skilled human chess player inside. Opponents over the years included Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt and O. Henry, Sarah Bernhardt and Christy Mathewson. Ajeeb is defined in Arabic as strange or un-explainable. Alas, Ajeeb perished in a fire in 1928.