1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS: A Treasury of Masterpieces in Miniature
by Chernev, Irving
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 556 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on yellow cloth spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ wear to corners. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper; old tape ghost (?) at bottom edge of front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ moderate wear, tear, and chipping to edges. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22416FUNC
- Title
- 1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS: A Treasury of Masterpieces in Miniature
- Author
- Chernev, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- FUN GAMES CHESS STRATEGY TECHNIQUES SHORT GAMES COLLECTIONS OF GAMES PLAYERS CHERNEV IRVING 1900 1981 NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fun - Chess; Fun;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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