Lasker's How to Play Chess: An Elementary Text Book for Beginners, which teaches Chess by a new, easy and comprehensive method
by Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
107 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original; publisher's black cloth with yellow lettering to spine in original jacket. Introduction by William H Watts.
German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher, Emanuel Lasker(1868–1941), who was World Chess Champion from 1894 to 1921, reveals his secrets in this classic how-to chess primer. In his prime the author was one of the most dominant champions. He is still generally regarded today as one of the greatest chess players ever.
Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed. Jacket with chips and tears to edges, tear down the center of spine else a very good copy in a good jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
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- Title
- Lasker's How to Play Chess: An Elementary Text Book for Beginners, which teaches Chess by a new, easy and comprehensive method
- Author
- Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gramercy Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Pages
- 107 pages with diagrams
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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