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CHESS CATECHISM; Including the Ten Best Games of the Modern Era
by Evans, Larry
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Annotated chess games. 8vo, blue cloth with white lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with artistic blend of chess pieces within a knight's profile, comprehensively illustrated with challenging and progressive chess questions & answers + the 10 Best Games per LE (up to this date), 250 pages, SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, and clean. Minute edgewear and very light soil to dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Larry Melvyn Evans (1932 - 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess.--Wiki.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9990
- Title
- CHESS CATECHISM; Including the Ten Best Games of the Modern Era
- Author
- Evans, Larry
- Illustrator
- Annotated chess games
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- training, chess, grandmaster, challenges, diagrams, study, illustrated
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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