Spence Jack L (11 results)
Published by Chess Player
- Softcover
Seller: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, U.S.A.Avalon Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. faintly soiled covers.
Language: English
Published by Alfred Kalnaj, Kansas, 1961
- Hardcover
Seller: Benjamin Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaBenjamin Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.
Published by The Chess Player, 1970
- Softcover
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Volume III (3) ONLY!!! No publishing date listed, though with some research approx. 1970. Book has light rubbing/smudging to covers, light wear to corners, a faint spine twist.otherwise book is in very good condition. Pages are clean, crisp and bright with tight binding, and an unbrok…en spine. A very nice copy.

Published by Lincoln, NE, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bagatelle Books, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.Bagatelle Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 177 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductoins of chess diagrams, including a few photographs. Very good in original cloth boards with gilt design and titling, some faint bumping and rubbing to edges and corners.
Published by A. Liepnieks and J. Spence, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, U.S.A.Avalon Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Rubbed spine. Former owner's name in block letters.
More imagesPublished by The Chess Player, 1970
- Softcover
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Midway Book Store (ABAA)
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 17.5 x 13 cm. 152pp. 92 annotated games, chess figures. Blue paperback.
More imagesA Selection of the Best Games of Vassily Smyslov, World Chess Champion
Liepnieks, Alexander, and Jack L. Spence (edited and arranged by )
Published by A. Liepnieks and J. Spence, Lincoln, NE, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Clausen Books, RMABA
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Blue Cloth. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Descriptive Notation; Endpapers and textblock are gently aged but clean and tight; Bound in blue cloth, with a classic chess piece stamped in gilt on the front cover; The cloth is worn and frayed at the spine tips and board corners, and the rear outside gutter is torn along the hinge…from the bottom up; Lacks dust jacket: Includes biography of the Russian Grandmaster Vassily Smyslov, his tournmant and Match Record, and his essay on the Problems of Development in Chess. 177p., including index of openings. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Photos; Chess Diagrams (illustrator). Hardcover.
A SELECTION OF THE BEST GAMES OF VASSILY SMYSLOV-WORLD CHESS CHAMPION
Liepnieks, Alexander and Spence, Jack L. (Edited and Arranged)
Published by A. Liepnieks and J. Spence, Lincoln, NE, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 177 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ b/w photos and a b/w frontispiece of Vassily Smyslov. Contents very nice.
Published by Alfred Kalnaj's Printing Company, Chicago, IL, 1961
- Hardcover
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 256+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Slight bumping to bottom corners. Small "Chess" label on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Published by Alfred Kanaj's Printing Co., Omaha, Nebraska, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.UHR Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Published. The Chess Career of Rudolf Spielmann, 1903-1926 is a rare, highly regarded chess game collection and biographical work edited by Jack L. Spence. Originally published in 1961 by A. Kalnaj, this book serves as an exhaustive historical record of the early-to-mid career…of Austrian-Jewish Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann. Spielmann was famously dubbed "The Master of Attack" and "The Last Knight of the King's Gambit" due to his fierce, romantic, and sacrifice-heavy playing style. A very nice copy. Illustrated. Book.
Published by The Chess Player
- Softcover
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. (No Date) 152 pp. Original blue wraps, moderately soiled. Title page detached from top approx. 3". Contents nice.