The British Chess Magazine 1881. Edited by John Watkinson. Huddersfield, Wheatley, London, Trübner and New York, Brentano, 1881. Issues 1-12 (No. 8/9 is a double issue). 400 pages. Complete volume 1 including title page and index (IV pages). Covers not bound. LN 6135. Betts 7 - 27.

BCM is the oldest continuously published chess magazine in the world. Volume 1 is the rarest and most sought-after volume of the magazine by collectors.

Condition - Good Minus: private half cloth binding with gold lettering on spine, small part of spine at top torn away, binding worn, corners bumped, stamps on title page, a few pages with minor stains and light soiling.