Checkmate! The Patterns of the Wining Mating Attacks and How to Achieve Them
by George Koltanowski and Milton Finkelstein
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Co., 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 8vo in 1/4 cloth, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square, very modest shelf wear, p.o. scribbling on both pastedowns and the ffep. The dustjacket is no price-clipped, modest rubbing at the corners, very shallow chipping at the spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295729
- Title
- Checkmate! The Patterns of the Wining Mating Attacks and How to Achieve Them
- Author
- George Koltanowski and Milton Finkelstein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Date Published
- 1978
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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