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The Chess Apprentice
by R. Bott, D. Morrison
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
Item Price
$13.29
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About This Item
Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing to surfaces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1639040182BAB
- Title
- The Chess Apprentice
- Author
- R. Bott, D. Morrison
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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.... [More]
- 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... [More]
- 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... [More]
- 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... [More]
- acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists... [More]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process... [More]
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