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The First Book of Chess
by Leeming, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+ (in mylar)
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Franklin Watts Inc, 1953. Textblock immaculate and tight, appears unread; Binding lightly sunned at the base of the spine, with minimally rubbed spine head; Dust jacket spine-sunned, chipped at the foot and worn/scuffed along the edges and creases, overall lightly edge-rubbed, and showing the original $1.75 price on the front flap; A gift quality copy.. First Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Doris Stolberg. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24220
- Title
- The First Book of Chess
- Author
- Leeming, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Doris Stolberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts Inc
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Beginning Chess, Games, Game of Chess, Chess Strategy, Chess Instruction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games & Humor;
- Size
- 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
Established July 1, 1946. Member- Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Now exclusively on-line. Used - Old - Rare - Out-of-print - Antiquarian; CERTIFIED APPRAISALS * Visit our homepage at www.clausenbooks.com
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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