Newell Banks was an American chess and checkers master, one of the few to have mastered both games. He excelled at blindfold checkers and won 1,331 out of 1,387 blindfold games in a 45 day period the year this book was printed. No previous owner marks. Text is clean. Binding slightly cracked at front hinge and half title page is about halfway detached. All other pages securely in binding. Spine slightly slanted. Top page edges soiled. Spine a bit faded, light to moderate soiling to front and back covers. Book protected in clear plastic jacket. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages. Seller Inventory # 71776

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Title: Banks' Blindfold Checker Masterpieces With a...

Publisher: David McKay Company, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Edition: First Edition.

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