The British Chess Magazine 1884. Edited by John Watkinson. Huddersfield, Wheatley, London, Trübner and New York, Brentano, 1884. Issues 1-12 (No. 8/9 is a double issue). 448 pages. Volume 4 including title page and index (4 pages). Without plate in issue 1. Covers not bound except for issue 12. LN 6135. Betts 7 - 27.

BCM is the oldest continuously published chess magazine in the world.

Condition - Good Minus: elegant half-leather binding with gold lettering and ornaments on spine, binding a little worn, pages 173-174 and 187-188 a bit more cut at the edges but no text is missing, stamps on the title page, a few mostly removable markings inside.