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227+[1 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chess is supposed to be fun. Here then is a king's treasure of insiders' chess stories, unusual problems and annotated games, dedicated to that proposition. The reader will find tales of famous grandmasters who were two-fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fight and a broken rib, of police interrogations of a world chess champion because he was receiving post cards from Russia carrying code like notations. Condition. Light edge wear with bumped, rubbed and creased corners else very good.
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- Title Chess to Enjoy
- Author Andy Soltis
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 227 p. ill. 22 cm.
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stein and Day, N.Y.
- Date 1978
- ISBN 9780812823318
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Chess to Enjoy / Andy Soltis
by Soltis, Andy (1947-)
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New York : Stein And Day, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 227 pages; Description: 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Chess. Chess--Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
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New York:: Stein and Day, Publishers, 1978. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Small ink mark on top edge (remainder mark?). The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First printing with "First Published in 1978" so stated on the copyright page. Illustrated with chess board diagrams throughout. Index. Bound in the original brown boards with a black spine lettered in shiny gold. From the Dust Jacket: "A king's treasury of chess stories and unusual games and problems for budding masters, sideline kibitzers, and rainy-Sunday-afternoon beginners... [The book is filled with] unusual problems and annotated games dedicated to the proposition that chess is supposed to be fun... Here are stories of famous grandmasters who were two fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fight and a broken rib, and a chubby young Czech champion falling out of his chair. The New York police once questioned…
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Scarborough House, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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227 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over brown boards with faux gilt signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Even if Bobby Fischer did fall asleep in his game with Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier, chess is no sedate sport. Here are stories of famous grandmasters who were two-fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fist-fight and a broken rib, and a chubby young Czech champion falling out of his chair. Condition: back head edge bumped and lightly chipped. Jacket spine head chipped else very good in like jacket.
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UNKNO, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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