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Basic Chess Endings
by Reuben Fine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
David McKay, USA, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book Size: 12mo (7 to 7.5 inches). Item Type: Book. Text has pencil marks in various places.. Binding still very good but sagging a little at the spine. Light foxing / browning to front/rear pages, text pages clean. Soiling, edgewear including open tears and heavy rubbing to jacket. Prior owner or seller's stamp. Edges moderately browned/foxed. First two pages stuck together, minor damage resulting. Minor damage to rear free endpaper. Minor damage to binding between last few pages. Now protected in non-adhesive clear wrap..
Synopsis
Basic Chess Endings is a book on chess endgames which was written by Reuben Fine and originally published in 1941. It is considered the first systematic book in English on the endgame phase of the game of chess. It is the best-known endgame book in English and is a classic piece of chess endgame literature. The book is dedicated to World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who died in 1941. It was revised in 2003 by Pal Benko. Cecil Purdy said "...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shiny Owl Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24450
- Title
- Basic Chess Endings
- Author
- Reuben Fine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB157 Chess Chess; Chess::End Game; Reuben Fine Basic Chess Endings
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shiny Owl Books
Biblio member since 2006
Mona Vale, New South Wales
About Shiny Owl Books
Formerly known as Retriever Books, Dee Why we now have a bookshop in Mona Vale further up the peninsula on the Northern Beaches of SydneyOpening HoursTuesday to Friday 10.15 to 5Saturday 9.30 to 4.30Sunday & Monday closedOpen every day except New Year's Day, Australia Day, Anzac Day, Good Friday, Mother's Day, Christmas Day and Boxing DayWe have over fifty categories of books in-store, we appear to have many titles inCurrently only 8000 books are listed here. Please use the offline search service link to forward us a book title you require or just send an email.Not all online titles are held in the shop, so contact us prior to coming in to view particular titles.Up to 8 hour free parking across the road in the council car park
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
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