It's not a method book but as far as dealing with great musical pieces for beginners this book has it all. Some are arranges in a less musical manner but most of them are really beutiful.
But you were talking about playing piano chords. To begin with go through the Complete Acoompaniment Course. I guarantee you it is more worthy than any other book I know in the field.
I personally didn't learn and do not teach to play piano by chords with a book but if anyone here knows of a great book please let us know...