Howard Staunton 
Blue Book of Chess [EPUB ebook] 

Excerpt: "The following work is designed for those who are learning the noble game of Chess. Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner. In order to insure perfect accuracy, all the lessons and games have been carefully gone over on the board after being put in type."