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SOVIET CHESS
by Grekov, Nicolai/Reich, Theodore (Translator)
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- Used - Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€20.67
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New York City, NY/Philadelphia, PA: Chess Review/Distributed by David McKay Company, Inc. (1949) 256 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Covers a bit cocked; corners and spine ends bumped. Edges of leaves a bit age toned, otherwise, contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item Item Price
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A PICTURE HISTORY OF CHESS
by Wilson, Fred
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780486238562
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€39.46
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New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1981) 182 pp. Original pictorial wraps w/ light edge wear. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€39.46
BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE: Volume XVI (16) (Sixteen), 1896
by Brown, Isaac M. (Editor)/Ranken, Rev. G. E.; Wayte, Rev. W.; Rayner, J.; Blake, J. H.; Tinsley, S.; Cunningham, J. G.
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- Used - Good-
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€239.57
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London: Trubner & Company 496 pp. Red cloth covers w/ dark red leather spine and corners. Lacks most of spine. Binding rubbed w/ wear to extremities. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Includes a full year--12 issues, January through December, 1896.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€239.57
MINOR TACTICS OF CHESS: A Treatise on the Deployment of the Forces in Obedience to Strategic Principle
by Young, Franklin K. and Howell, Edwin C.
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€30.06
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. 222 pp. Original green cloth covers, lightly soiled w/ modest rubbing to corners. Spine a bit sunned w/ light fraying to ends. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Light dampstains at outer margin of last few leaves, not affecting text. … Read more about this item Item Price
€30.06
1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS: A Treasury of Masterpieces in Miniature
by Chernev, Irving
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- Used - Very Good-
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€95.83
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
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CHESS COMPANION: A Merry Collection of Tales of Chess and Its Players, Together with a Cornucopia of Games, Problems, Epigrams & Advice, Topped Off with the Greatest Games of Chess Ever Played
by Chernev, Irving (Selected and Annotated)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good-
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- First Printing
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€25.37
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New York, NY: Simon and Schuster (1968) 288 pp. Original brown tweed paper covered boards w/ green cloth spine. Light sunning to spine ends. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Approx. 1/4" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel. Few creases to front flap. Contents nice.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS: Match Tournament for the Absolute Chess Championship of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad--Moscow, 1941/Complete Text of Games with Detailed Notes & an Introduction
by Botvinnik, M. M. [Mikhail Moiseyevich]/Garry, Stephen (Translator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition in English
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€48.85
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Drexel Hill, PA: Bell Publishing Company (1950) 186 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ small dark stain below title on front cover. Contents nice. . First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€48.85
GRANDMASTERS OF CHESS
by Schonberg, Harold C.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good-
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780397010042
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.97
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Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company (1973) 318 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. DJ has wear, tear, and chipping to edges. Large piece missing at top edge of front panel. Creases to flaps. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-.… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.97
CORRESPONDENCE CHESS YEARBOOK #9 (Nine): Correspondence Tournament News Review/Contains the New ICCF Rating List
by Curtacci, S. (Supervisor)/Tirabassi, M. (Editor-in-Chief)/Barillaro, L.; Battistini, R.; Cimmino, P.; Cogan, S.; Del Rio, R.; Falchetta, G.; Hawkes, J. E.; Madonia, L.; Minerva, E.; Moscatiello, A. (Editorial Team/Staff)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Paperback
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- 9788886127165
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.97
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Bologna, Italy: S1 Editrice (1993) 240 pp. Original yellow wraps, lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€15.97
A PICTURE HISTORY OF CHESS
by Wilson, Fred
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Paperback
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- 9780486238562
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€34.76
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New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1981) 182 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled w/ creases to covers. Date written in ink at top edge of front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos.. Soft Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€34.76
CHESS COMPETITORS' HANDBOOK
by Kazic, B. M./Djaja, D.; Morrison, M. E.; Elo, A. (Co-Authors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780668049634
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€11.27
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New York, NY: Arco Publishing, Inc. (1980) 230 pp. Original yellow wraps, lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Evidence of small price label removed from top corner of half-title page. Contents nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€11.27
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
by Gligoric, S. [Svetozar] and Wade, R. G. [Robert Graham]/Edwards, Lovett F. (Translator)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060115739
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.97
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New York: Harper & Row (1972) 192 pp. Original purple cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration of chess pieces on front cover. Light soiling to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. Contents very nice. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.97
SAHOVSKI INFORMATOR (CHESS INFORMANT) #65 (Sixty-Five), X 1995--I 1996: (Schach-Informator); (Informateur D'Echecs); (Informador Ajedrecistico); (Informatore Scacchistico); (Schack-Informator)
by Matanovic, Aleksandar (Editor-in-Chief); Rabar, Braslav; Molerovic, Milivoje; Bozic, Aleksandar; Milic, Borislav (Inventors of the Chess Informant Systems)/Krnic, Zdenko (Assistant of the Editor-in-Chief)
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- Used - Very Good+
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€20.67
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Yugoslavia: Sahovski Informator (1996) 428+pp. Original green wraps w/ modest edge wear. Covers very bright and clean. Text in several different languages, including German, Russian, English, French, and others. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€20.67
WONDERS AND CURIOSITIES OF CHESS
by Chernev, Irving
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€15.97
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New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. (1974) 204+pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Creases to covers. Faint dampstain along foredge of rear cover, and foredge of text block. Contents nice. . Soft Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€15.97
CHESS THEORY: Volume 3 (Three), September--December, 1993/Dutch Defence; Semi-Slav
by Luccioni, M./Konikowski, FM J.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€11.27
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1993. 14 pp. Original white staple-bound wraps, lightly soiled. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€11.27
CHESS REVIEW ANNUAL: The Picture Chess Magazine--Volume 15 (Fifteen) #1 thru 12 (January thru December)
by Horowitz, I. A. and Harkness, Kenneth (Editors)/Reinfeld, Fred (Executive Editor)/Fine, Reuben; Pinkus, Albert S.; Collins, J. W. (Contributing Editors)
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- Used - Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€75.16
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Chess Review, 1947. Original publisher's blue cloth binding, lightly soiled and rubbed. Rear hinge cracked. Bound w/ all covers. Light dampstain to top margin of leaves, not affecting any text. Edges of leaves age toned. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€75.16
ALEKHINE IN EUROPE AND ASIA
by Donaldson, John; Minev, Nikolay; Seirawan, Yasser
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Paperback
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- 9781879479128
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€18.32
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Seattle, WA: International Chess Enterprises, Inc. (1993) 118 pp. Original red wraps w/ light edge wear. Small creases to top corners. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
€18.32
CARLSBAD INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 1929
by Nimzovich, Aron (Annotated)/Marfia, Jim (Translator)
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- Used - Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1981
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780486241159
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€46.98
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New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1981. 146+pp. Original wraps w/ mild edge wear. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€46.98
HASTINGS CHESS TOURNAMENT 1948-1949: Supplement to London and Midland Chess Bulletins Supplement No. 1 Feb. 1949
by Golombek, H. and Morry, W. Ritson
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- Used - Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1949
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- Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€44.16
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An En Passant Chess Publication, 1949. 32 pp. Original green staple-bound wraps w/ mild wear to edges. Lightly soiled. Contents nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€44.16
HOWARD STAUNTON 1810-1874
by Levy, David N. L.
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- Used - Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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€42.28
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Nottingham, England: The Chess Player, 1975. 148 pp. Original brown wraps lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Price sticker on rear cover. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
€42.28