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Basic Chess Endings (The Signed/Limited Edition)
Published by David McKay, Philadelphia, 1941
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
Patterned Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. THE 1941 SIGNED/LIMITED AND STATED 1ST EDITION. #248 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY REUBEN FINE at the limitation. A very solid copy to boot: Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its patterned crimson cloth, with just a touch of light spotting to the front panel and one small, neat former owner name (Sidney Coggan {1912-1997}--former New York chess player and Harvard graduate) below Fine's on the limitation page. Thick 12mo, lovely marbled endpapers and speckled edges. Signed.
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Basic Chess Endings
Published by David McKay Company, Inc, Philadelphia, 1941
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB IOBA TXBA
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiv+573 pages with diagrams. Small Octavo. bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and stamping to spine and cover issued without jacket. Signed and limited to 500 copies of which this is number 26. (Limited edition not in Betts) First edition. Fine had an exceptionally brief but fruitful international career before changing from grandmaster to psychiatrist. Within three years, 1935-8, he developed from an unknown American master into co-winner of AVRO 1938, one of the highest-rated events ever held. Yet when chess revived after the second World War Fine was too busy with his studies to accept an invitation to the World Championship tournament of 1948. After AVRO 1938. Fine concentrated on writing chess books. Altogether he wrote more than a dozen works. (Golombek: 116p) Condition: Previous owner's name in pencil limitation page else a very good to fine copy. Signed by Author(s).
