ADVENTURES OF A CHESS MASTER
by George Koltanowski
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: D. McKay Co, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Pages are clean, no marking from previous owners, end papers are foxed. binding is square and tight. Light wear to cloth at spine ends and edges. Text block is foxed. DJ is foxed on flaps, has small creases and closed tears along edges, spine ends and corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81351
- Title
- ADVENTURES OF A CHESS MASTER
- Author
- George Koltanowski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. McKay Co
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Games
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....