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George Bell & Sons, London, 1884. Reprint. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Rebound. Illustrator: Illustrated. Preface by author and chest endings. Colour illustrated frontispiece, showing 'The Sphynn" – where the white playing the first move mates in 11 moves. The frontispiece is protected by tissue guard which is round and foxed. Throughout the text there are examples of different types of games. Red coloured self embossed boards; and, there is a gilt embossed chessboard to the front panel with all chessmen in place. Title says it all. First published in 1848. This book has been rebound – with new end pages and dark red coloured back strip and quarter points of the boards. Unfortunately in the process of rebinding the book the pages holding the preface (4 pages) have not been caught in the text block. Surprisingly, only relatively light browning of the text block edges with a few marks to the text block edges. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of… Leer más

Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1972. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. a well used copy, slightly rubbed corners, age toning of the pages, trace the foxing to the first page. Second Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; chess; ISBN: 0140035737. ISBN/EAN: 9780140035735. Inventory No: 0255258. . 9780140035735

Treasure Press, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. forward by Viktor Korchnoi, glossary, index, illustrated end pages, text illustrated with photographs of various chess positions and chess players, as well as numerous board diagrams. Colour illustrated with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and black coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. Minor bumping of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. A couple of dense to the front panel. Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. 153 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; chess; ISBN: 1850512310. ISBN/EAN: 9781850512318. Inventory No: 0289751. . 9781850512318

Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Chess Hands. Biographical introduction, Tarrasch's tournament and match record, foreword by author and index of players and index of openings. Black and white illustrated frontispiece of Siegbert Tarrasch. Photographic paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting the rear panel blurb " ... This is the first definitive collection of Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch's best games. Over a period of fifty years, Tarrasch faced the best players in the world on equal terms, winning seven International Tournaments against such players as Mason, Mieses, Paulsen, Blackburne, spellTeichmann, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Janowsky,Tchigorin, and other chess masters." Creasing of the book corners and rubbing of the book panels and edges. Some small debits to the book edges. Sunning to the back strip with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some marks to the… Leer más

MacGibbon and Kee, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. Illustrator: Ralph Steadman. Dramatis Personae, preface by author. Illustrated end pages – being a chess board. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and the illustrations within the text (some double page), are by Ralph Steadman. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Ralph Steadman, with pale purple and white coloured titles to the front panel and act strip. Title says it all. Alice's second adventure. This book is an ex-library book, and, has the faults of same – library stamps to the half title page, front text edge and rear end page, library number to the title page. Remnants of Due Back slip to the rear free end page. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with some white marks to the lower left-hand corner of the front panel. Rubbing of the book corners and there is a 1 inch split to the… Leer más

Faber & Faber, London, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: diagrams & photographs. clean copy, slight rubbing and creasing of the rear board near the spine. internally clean free of annotation. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs, and numerous games and anecdotes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXII, 264 pages includes bibliography, and index. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: diagrams & photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Chess; ISBN: 0571149014. ISBN/EAN: 9780571149018. Inventory No: 0255259. . 9780571149018