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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. 2nd ed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. clean and tight, some light edge wear.
Published by Dover Publications December 1961, 1961
ISBN 10: 0486207420 ISBN 13: 9780486207421
Language: English
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Trivial shelving wear.
Published by Bell Publishing, Drexel Hill, PA, 1951
Language: English
Seller: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bumped spine-ends and corners. Edgewear to jacket.
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Ed. First ed. Good/Good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, adhesive residue to FEP, dustjacket price clipped, back of dustjacket dirty. Book.
Published by Dover, N.Y., 1967
Language: English
Seller: Glynn's Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pb, vii + 212pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Includes 200 of the author's chess problems and explanations of the various themes and types of composition, plus an Appendix containing a few problems by other composers.
Published by Stated first edition, published by David McKay Co., Philadelphia, 1943., 1943
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Some spotting on page fore edge. Top page edges is slightly dirty. Dust jacket is faded on spine, lightly soiled on back panel, and rubbed at spine tips and corners. 222 pages with two indexes.
Published by Dover Pubns, 1967
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Fourth rev. ed.; 222 p., plus catalog, clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper mildly age-toned;"200 illustrative positions by the author;" binding firm; glossy wrapper has a few faint smudges on rear panel, slight rubbing at corners and at crown and foot of spine; small stain on lower section of fore-edge.
Published by David McKay Company, Inc, Philadelphia, 1943
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 222 pages with diagrams, appendix and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black label in gilt lettering to spine and black pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Erratum laid in. (Betts: 30-22) First edition. This is a volume designed to give the chess player and the problem devote, in an informal way, a basic knowledge of problem terms and themes that will double the enjoyment in solving problems. Condition: Light rubbing to heal corners and spine ends. Jacket stained, spine ends and corners chipped, edge wear with tears, back fold over edge chipped and creased else very good in a good jacket.
Published by Dover Publications, 1961
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd EDITION. 3rd Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dover Publications, 1961. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with price sticker on front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Author (illustrator). 2 nd. Edition. 2nd. ed. 1951 of the 1943 ed. , Hard cover with the dust cover , 222 page book . With 200 black and white illustrative prositions. Condition : Very Good / Very Good with chips and small repaired rips at the DJ spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by McKay, Philadelphia, 1943
Language: English
Seller: Glynn's Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hb, ix + 222pp. Good in a Good(-) dj which has small amounts of loss top/bottom of spine and chips/ edgewear. Contents clean, foxing along top edge of page block. Includes 200 of the author's chess problems and explanations of the various themes and types of composition, plus an Appendix containing a few problems by other composers.
Condition: Very Good. Bell Publishing Co 11/19/51 Binding: Unknown 222pp, 200 illustrative positions; maroon c; owner's plate Illustrator: Illus PublishPlace: Drexel Hill, PA Size: 8 vo.
Published by David McKay, Philadelphia, PA, 1943
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/Near New. Linen boards/NF w/rubs to corner tips & wear to spine edges. DJ/None. PO name on fEP. Kenneth Howard was editor for the American Chess Bulletin's problem section when he wrote this book. This collection of some 200 problems were first published in chess magazines and other periodicals with tested solutions. 17 chapters: 1, Introductory; 2, Types of Two-movers; 3, The First Move; 4, Black's Defense; 5, Pinning & Unpinning; 6, Black Self-Pinning; 7, The Mating Move; 8, Complex Themes; 9, Schools of Composition; 10, Types of Three & Four Move Problems; 11, Model Mate Echoes; 12, Stratetgic Problems; 13. Pawn Promotion Themes; 14, En Passant Pawn Captures; 15, Castling Themes; 16, The White Rooks; and, 17, Self-Mates. First Edition, First Thus.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. First edition, as stated. 6 x 8 in. Red cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; corners and spine ends bumped with minor wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; edges chipped, two large closed tear to front, some loss to spine ends, spine sunned. Games. RGR.
Published by David McKay
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75.
"Designed to give the everyday chess player, as well as the problem fan, in a popular rather than formal manner, a basic knowledge of terms and themes that should double his pleasure in solving chess problems." Pp.222/ publisher's catalogue to end, 200 illustrative positions. Paperback, crease to front and rear. G+.
Published by Dover Publications, NEW YORK, 1967
ISBN 10: 0553072927 ISBN 13: 9780553072921
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italy
Condition: DISCRETO USATO. INGLESE Quarta Edizione, brossura datata con copertina flessibile in cartoncino lucido, mende del tempo e da uso quali: sfregamento e sbucciature ai bordi, piegoline agli angoli, ingiallimento e diffuse fioriture. Le pagine sono integre e la fruibilità del testo, corredato di 200 diagrammi, è molto buona, qualche macchiolina al margine dei primi quattro fogli e sporadiche fioriture ai preliminari; tagli ingialliti e scuriti dall'uso. N. pag. XIII (13) + 222. Totale n. 235.