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The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated, First Printing with the complete number line ending in a 2. A Near Fine book in a Fine unclipped dust jacket ($13.95) in a mylar wrap. The hardcover has light foxing to top of text block and a light water stain at the edge of the rear free end paper and the "About the Author" page.
Synopsis
Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio. He is the author of seven books, including three that were the basis of major motion pictures: The Man Who Fell to Earth , The Hustler , and The Color of Mone y . His other books include Mockingbird, Far From Home and The Steps of the Sun . He died in 1984.
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- Bookseller
- EGR books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3627
- Title
- The Queen's Gambit
- Author
- Walter Tevis
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 243 pages
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Modern First Editions;
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- Fine
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